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Empowerment In 'The Outsider'

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Social Issues Synthesis Essay “Power can be taken, but not given”. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself,” argues Gloria Steinem, a famous women’s rights leader. Building on that idea, we can find examples in books, movies, and songs, all the different ways that empowerment can happen, or not happen, depending on the circumstances. Using examples from Shoe Dog by Phil Knight, The Outsiders by SE Hinton and “Love Yourz” by J Cole, we will see that individuals are born into circumstances where empowerment is readily available to them, while some must work to achieve it, while still others struggle to avoid having empowerment taken from them by others. This essay will show that “taking” power for yourself is the greatest form of …show more content…

Lack of empowerment is a common theme in The Outsiders, which shows the many struggles of the characters through their unfortunate living situations. “I only mean that most greasers do things like that, just like we wear our hair long and dress in blue jeans and T-shirts or leave our shirttails out and wear leather jackets and tennis shoes or boots. I am not saying that either Socs or greasers are better; that is just the way things are.” Many characters in The Outsiders were treated unfairly because of what side of town they lived on. The Outsiders is mostly a sad story about the lack of empowerment of certain groups in certain cultures, but she does show that empowerment can come from within groups like that in the love and friendship that they provide to each …show more content…

Say goodbye.” Phil Knight is a confident man. Phil Knight displays this in his autobiography, he has confidence to do things like none other. Just as J Cole believes everyone should feel empowered and confident with themselves, Phil Knight displays it. Shoe Dog is a fitting example of how everyone should feel. As an example “When you see only problems, you are not seeing clearly.” Phil Knight always keeps an open mind and optimistic, he is not afraid to travel the world. The Outsiders and Shoe Dog are opposites, Outsiders is all about an under privileged group trying to earn their authority with many struggles, on the other hand Shoe Dog is about an empowered young man with the confidence and financial support to start a business straight out of college. “They grew up on the outside of society. They were not looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.” All the young men wanted to feel was to belong, to have somewhere to go to at night when most of them did not. They were all looking and wanting authority and security in

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