Stereotypes Of The Outsiders The emotional portrayal of deprived student’s discounts The Outsiders demonstrates the remodel potential of challenging social obligations. To begin with The Outsiders addresses the community’s assumptions by highlighting how individuals judge others based on their social position and appearances. The novel The Outsiders was written by S.E. Hinton.
In her response lecture, Professor West identifies two very significant inconsistencies in Dr. Scott's lecture on the Judiciary. Professor West says, "You can tell a lot about a teacher by what they lecture. You can also tell a lot about a teacher by what they don't lecture or what they leave out"(West, 2:27). This idea is very apparent when it comes to Dr. Scott's lecture. Not only does Dr. Scott leave out some very vital information in his lectures, but he provides misinformation and makes contradictory points in his lecture.
The message that the story of The Outsides is trying to convey is stereotypes don't define people. The first example is Sherri “Cherry” Valance. She shatters all the stereotypes of a Soc, by being kind to Ponyboy and Johnny. The stereotype of a Soc is a rich troublemaker t hat slaughters and brutally beat up Greasers for fun. But Cherry does not conform to this, as she talked and watched a movie with Ponyboy, without threatening him.
In comparison, both Olive Penderghast and Minister Hooper gain their notoriety through rumors and assumptions. Assumptions that are spread around by their peers gaining more speed as they go, to the point that their images seen by others is changed. Kieffer writes that often, “The target of rumors and gossip often represents a threat to the group power structure by having (often unintentionally) violated unconsciously held group norms, or by merely embodying a set of traits or values that threatens the prestige or power of an in-group” (Kieffer). In Easy A Marianne sees Olive as a threat to what she believes in and starts to spread the rumors about her, even telling her “[to Olive] You 've made your bed... I just hope for your sake, you 've cleaned the sheets” (0:10:20 – 0:10:24).
Seeing Through the Fog S. E Hinton stereotyped most of her characters in the book The Outsiders. She took advantage of doing this, for us to grasp major takeaways throughout the novel and for our minds to always gyrate with new information. Most characters have a strong disliking for the other group, although certain characters can see through the fog of each other's actions, and always remove the negatives and bring out the positives. The Greasers and The Socs are discrete in many ways. Both groups are treated differently mostly based on their appearances, lifestyle, and wealth.
Misjudgement is prevalent in many great works of literature, and many times it is accompanied by an important lesson. Just like in real life, the characters in books, whether they be side, main, or background characters, are misjudged to be something that they are not. This misjudgement usually has negative effects and authors use it to give the reader a moral. In the books The Outsiders by S.E.Hinton and Lord of the Flies by William Golding, two young characters are misjudged by their peers and the reader is taught a useful moral. Piggy from Lord of the Flies is misjudged to be useless by the other boys on the island for being overweight, having glasses and having asthma; this teaches us that everyone can have great ideas, no matter their
"Stay Gold" (Johnny Cade). An individual who eventually learns to understand to empathize with this quote is the protagonist of "The Outsiders," Ponyboy Curtis. This fact is demonstrated throughout the novel as Ponyboy gradually learns about his friends, heroism, stereotypes, and life in general, which helped him to grow and develop as a person in the story. These lessons are highlighted by his understanding of the importance of empathy and comprehension, the value of family and community, and learning about the risks and consequences of violence and aggression.
A stereotype is how people see you according to others around you or a particular characteristic. A choice is a decision you make when faced with two or more possibilities. Which one do you think shows who you are as a person? In The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy is constantly stereotyped for things that do not relate to him as a person. Though, he makes a life-changing choice to save kids in a burning church, which changes the perspective of how people have seen him his entire life.
“As if!” there are still stereotypes of women. Society has getting better with trying not to stereotype women, but after studying the movie Clueless, the stereotypes that were shown in the movie still exist today. For many years women have been told that they have to fit a certain image for our society’s needs. From a woman’s perspective, there are many expectations that are held and are impossible to be met. From a young age, girls everywhere are being told that what they’re doing is never good enough.
Considering high school is generally a cesspool for immodesty and promiscuity there was no reason for everyone to treat Olive so badly because it was unlikely she was the only one to have had sex. Despite this simple fact, Olive is suddenly the target of hypocritical Marianne’s wrath for being a “trollop” and a “slut” despite Marianne dressing very immodestly for someone that is supposedly deeply religious. Her own friend, Rhiannon, ends up turning on her and trying to get her kicked out of school despite the fact that Rhiannon isn’t necessarily Saint Agnes of Rome herself. This is where the whole double standards aspect comes into play with the hypocrisy. All of the males who paid Olive to agree that they had relations only got more popular as a result while it had an opposite effect for Olive.
Many stereotypes of African culture have emerged due to western literature and media and first hand accounts of explorers. Things Fall Apart offers a view into the truth and reality of African cultures, which are often misconceptualized by these stereotypes. Acebe shows how African society functions well without assistance from foreign travelers. In Things Fall Apart, Achebe counters the imperialist stereotypes of Africa by keeping certain words in the Igbo language, as opposed to translating them into English, to fight back against the spreading western culture and to embrace their own way of life. He also counters the imperialist stereotypes of Africa by using Igbo proverbs to show how their culture values many of the same things that western
After Olive wrongfully admits to having sexual intercourse with a guy, the entire high school starts labeling her as a promiscuous woman. Since the uneasy feeling of lying about her acts
Lulu Asselstine Mrs. Olsen LA 8 5 November, 2017 Stereotypes and Perspectives When looking at a bunch of bananas in a grocery store, people tend to choose the perfect spotless bananas, since stereotypically food that is perfect looking, with no flaws, taste better. However, people soon realize that when you start to eat bananas that have more spots and are imperfect they turn out to be sweeter and better. This connects to stereotypes because people who follow stereotyped will always eat the perfect bananas; however, people who choose to look through another perspective can realize that the imperfect bananas are better. This connects to The Outsiders because Ponyboy realizes this after he talks with two Socs, kids from a rival group named Randy and Cherry. In The Outsiders, S.E Hinton presents the idea that teenagers can break through stereotypes if they look at life through another perspective; as shown in the book when Ponyboy starts to talk to Cherry and Randy and realizes the stereotypes about them are false.
Over the past week, I was tasked to choose between one of two articles that all of the incoming freshman at Union County College in preparation for the up and coming school year. This decision will forever change the way the incoming students will do before stereotyping a certain race, religion, or sexual preference. One of the articles I had to choose from was called, “Don’t Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgments” By Robert L. Heilbroner, while the other one was called, “Black Men and Public Space” by Brent Staples. Both articles were somewhat similar in the fact that they both talk about how the typical person, in most situations, stereotype people in a bad or even a good way. The articles also talk and teach that stereotyping is bad and
Stereotyping is an issue that affects all ages, genders, and races. Not all stereotypes are bad, but when you maliciously stereotype it becomes a problem. In S.E. Hinton’s young adult novel The Outsiders, stereotyping is a significant issue. There are two gangs in this novel, the “greasers”, and the “Socs”. The greasers live on the east side and are known as “hoods”.
