Literature Essay Examples Page 36

Stranger. Outsider. Foreigner. All three words are synonyms, yet each has a distinct connotation. A foreigner is a traveler from another land, ignorant of local customs because they are away from their homeland. A stranger is a fellow neighbor, but an unknown face, perhaps a friend that one hasn’t met yet. An outsider is someone…

Many people believe that the 2016 election is to be called the “outsider” election. What makes 2016 a year of the “outsider”‘some may say that it is because the presidential candidates are appealing more to the publics anger than to the usual political policies. Others may say it is due to the fact that there…

Both Albert Camus’ novel The Outsider and Zack Braff’s movie Garden State share a few similarities. The most obvious aspect that they share is the personality of the main character. Meursault from The Outsider and Andrew from Garden State are both young men, who seemingly live life without any emotions. While both men follow a…

It is a known fact that African Americans were prohibited from learning to read or write during the slave period. Despite this critical rule, there were a plethora of slave activist and former slaves that went against this strict demand, and risked their life to educate themselves on how to read and write. Fredrick Douglass…

Racism has been going on for as long as we can remember. Especially in the 1800’s, many things occurred, that affected society today. In Frederick Douglass’ speech, he uses the Pentad method by describing his experiences, that happened in the 1800’s. For some reason the whites have always been superior against any other race, especially…

From a young age everyone is taught to not judge a book by it’s cover. As one gets older, one learns to judge and label others more and more. People judge others by many things including social status, style, and looks. They are rarely judged by their personality. In the modern world you are told…

Last week, James Lull’s “Hegemony” and Stuart Hall’s “Deconstructing the Popular” discussed how dominance is asserted over other cultures. Both actively and passively. As I mentioned in my response last week, Lull tends to favor a more passive model of hegemony. While Hall describes the process as “active marginalization.” This combination of active and passive…

Prompt: Do you think this book will still be relevant to American teenagers in fifty years? Do you think that it is relevant to young people in other cultures? Explain. Response. I believe that this book will be relevant to American teenagers in fifty years, but not as relevant as it is today. It is…

E. Hinton’s The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel for the protagonist and narrator Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy learns many life lessons throughout the novel, but there are three that stand out in particular. In the beginning of the book Ponyboy he learns that everyone has their own set of problems even if they have money. Cherry…

“Powerful novels are valued for expressing views about human experiences”. The novel we have been studying in class is called “Outsiders”, and I will use this book and discuss the above statement. Susan Eloise Hinton is the author of this book, in which she wrote when she was still in high school. The Outsiders show…