Not only is Finny a very admirable people person, he is also the most talented athlete in the school. As Finny and Gene grow closer, so does Gene’s envy for Finny. Gene begins to believe that Finny is trying to pull him away from his studies to lower his grades, due to the fact that the fact that Gene gets good marks. Gene’s envy grows so deep, that he actually causes Finny to shatter his leg, thus ending his athletic career. Gene learns shortly after that Finny never was trying to bring him down, rather he thought that his academic success came naturally to him.
His father had told him that whenever he felt “like criticizing anyone…[to] just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had” (Fitzgerald 1) . In other words, his father was advising him to not look at people for what they have, rather for who they are. Having a narrator that has grown up to be disinterested unmasks the characters from all the material things. This book mainly focuses on Gatsby and his pursuit of happiness; to be reunited with his lover, Daisy. This adventure begins when Nick finds his neighbor, Gatsby, stretching “…out his arms toward…a single green light…” (20-21) in which we later find out to be the same “green light that burns all night at the end of [Daisy’s] dock” (92).
Another reason Holden is a rebel is because he drops out of Pencey because he’s flunking four subjects and won’t put any effort in to turning his grades around at all. Here is a quote to back this assertion up. “I forgot to tell you about that. They kicked me out. I wasn’t supposed to come back after Christmas vacation, on account of I was flunking four subjects and not applying myself at all” (Salinger, pg 4) Holden is going against the norm of a teenager in his society by getting kicked out of Pencey and not even caring if he got kicked out.
I decided I’d never go home again and I’d and I’d never go away to another school again” He’s sixteen and he’s already deciding to drop out of school to go away from everyone and starting his new life on his own. He’s always depressed and he doesn’t like socializing with people. 2. • Older brother and younger sister getting along and bonding • Teenagers not wanting to be social with others. • Kids smoking and parents not worrying about it • Teens walking in the streets at night My examples are very similar to Holden Caulfield’s behavior.
Their tenderness and care for Big Joe is very touching. Big Joe is mentally disable and sometimes his noisy and he do thing that he shouldn’t do but they still understand him. Charlie and Tommo look out for big Joe and protect him. Charlie loves and really care to his brother Tommo an example for this is when Charlie sticks with Tommo of first day of school. He defends him against the bully of Jimmy Parson kicks during his fight over big Joe.
THE OUTSIDER’S POINT OF VIEW ESSAY MR.SKIPPER BY: GURVEEN KAUR 7D In the book The Outsiders Darry, Sodapop, and Ponyboy lost their parents in a car crash. The oldest brother was Darrel Curtis, then the middle one Sodapop Curtis and lastly the youngest one Ponyboy Curtis. Then from that day on Sodapop has been the mother and Darry had been the father of the house and they both raised Ponyboy. Sodapop dropped out of school. Soda hadn’t told everyone that he dropped out of school because he thought school was really easy if he did then he won’t seem all tough because Greasers have to be strong and tough not mentally strong as much.
Also Jack has only just graduated high school: “Part of the reason I made it is that my folks pushed me.” He didn’t like going to high school, maybe because he was bullied by the girls in his school. That is why the relationship seems so fake; he does not know how a real relationship should be. This is also the reason of the title: “Lies.” It is only in his head, because he is lying to us. The fact that he is a projectionist could also describe how he is looking at movies all day and is dreaming away to the romantic movies where everything ends good and they always live happily ever after. He describes his relationship with Katy almost like a romantic Hollywood movie.
Fights had to be settled, bullying stopped, and the small kids set straight when they did things wrong. (225)”. Even when Peekay is the most popular kid in the school, he still feels like he doesn't belong. He's a leader, but not one of them. However even though Peekay is an outsider it doesn't stun him from becoming an outstanding student.
He also shows violence when saying “we romped until the pans slid from the kitchen shelf.” Maybe the child thought they were playing, but as he was drunk he probably was stumbling around hitting things causing the pans to fall, plus he says how his mother was discontent with his father at this specific time. When he says “At every step you missed, my right ear scraped a buckle,” doesn’t show violence but does emphasize that he’s drunk. The author is giving an image that as his father walks clumsily, his head hits against his fathers belt and he is too scared to say anything to him Ramirez 2 about it, so he just takes it. There is also a sense of love in the poem. He uses the simile “but I hung on like death, such waltzing was not easy” to show that he hung on to his father not wanting to get off of him even though it was difficult for him to hang on.
Hinton foregrounds a discourse of hope through the marginalised characters of Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade to challenge stereotyping. Ponyboy Curtis is the younger brother of Darry and Sodapop. Their parents were killed in a car accident and the boys were left to fend for themselves. They endeavour to stick together. Even though Ponyboy is the youngest of the gang, he knows that he is different.