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Create a 4 page essay paper that discusses Rationale Paper on 'The Outsiders' by S. E. Hinton.Download file to see previous pages... This novel is suitable across a wide range of grades, from 7 and 8

Create a 4 page essay paper that discusses Rationale Paper on 'The Outsiders' by S. E. Hinton.

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This novel is suitable across a wide range of grades, from 7 and 8 in middle school, right through all high school grades. Described as Young Adult Literature and aimed at ages from 12 years to 17plus, it contains many elements which would immediately engage students.Some educators have suggested that less academically minded students would relate easily to the book, and in so doing, may be motivated to pursue further literary examples.(Wilder and Teasley, 1998) It has enough material to encourage discussion, study, report writing and to work well as a whole class study. By involving themselves in these processes, students would at the same time be learning what makes a novel or a good piece of literature. the themes, plot, characterization, symbols and motifs in this book would ensure that this learning takes place.It is the reality of the experiences portrayed by the protagonists which will help bring this about. here are groups of young people whose life experiences can be easily understood and related to by adolescent readers. Their feelings, concerns, issues and needs as adolescents are expressed in a way that allows young people to recognize their own situations and think more deeply about what it all means. An example of this shows when Ponyboy says lie to myself all the time.(Hinton, p. 8). With themes such as rich/poor, loyalty, loss, rebellion and honor, violence, teenage pregnancy, death and change, not only does it provide a huge range of topics for discussion, but more importantly, gives the reader an opportunity to explore their own feelings on them. Discussions in whole class study will allow individuals to express themselves through the characters, and possibly help to make sense of where they are in life, while developing an understanding of others. Not only is it a marvellous teaching aid for English, humanities, social

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studies, but it touches on all those areas which affect the adolescent with strength and simplicity of language.

Summary of the Work Written by a young girl of 16, back in 1967 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the book

has universal themes, applicable to all young people everywhere, in any period of history, helping to make sense of life, using difficult and starkly realistic situations. It is based on the rivalry which exists between two gangs of teenagers, rich and poor, their differences expressed by material wealth or its lack, values, behaviours and status in late 1960s society. Ponyboy Curtis, an orphaned boy of 14, with two older brother, acts as narrator and is a member of the Greasers gang who are poor, rebellious and often violent, yet with standards of honor, chivalry and loyalty. After being beaten up by one of the rich boys, Bob, a Socs (short for socialite) war is declared, matters made worse by the fact that Ponyboy and his fellow Greaser Johnny, befriend two Socs girls, Cherry and Marcia.

Things move from fights, bullying, to murder, running away to avoid the police, to the death of a beloved gang member, killed by the police, and the loss of Johnny, dying as a result of a fire and injuries sustained in it. Family too, is an important theme, as Ponyboy and his brothers are close to being separated. That they manage to stay together in the end is a light in the darkness. In all of this, the narrator expresses the feelings of connection and isolation, his love of literature, his values of loyalty, loss and redemption. In the final analysis, Ponyboy's experiences, traumatic and potentially self-destructive, lead him to a depth of understanding and a desire to reaffirm his individuality. The message would seem to be that there has to be a better way a message of hope in the darkness of the realities portrayed in this novel. This is what all young people, trying to find their own identity in the face of so many pressures, can relate to.

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