Night Post 1

The cold metal of the guns, the hungarian police pushed, poked and herded us like cattle. The cold metal of the guns swept across my back as I was thrown to the ground. We were asked to leave and surrender all of our possessions we were asked to move to a smaller ghetto we were hungry we were scared and distressed, we were cattle. One fell the rest moved on, family's clinging on to one another trying to stay together. Little ones falling behind kicked and hit with the guns to stay in the herd. We were cattle, rounded up and beaten ready for slaughter. The guards were relentless and violent. There were shots fired and people fell, we were told to run, pick up the pace. A little boy next to me clung to my dress and ran with my trying to keep up. "Come on" I urged him "we need to move." We reached the gates of another prison, a smaller ghetto for all of these people. We were divided as we came to the gates, some were being pulled away and loaded onto trucks. The boy next to me was grabbed, he held on and resisted the guard crying for his family that he could not find. The officer raised his rifle and gave the boy one more chance. He let go of my dress and looked me in the face those eyes burned themselves into me. The officer beat him with the gun and dragged him away. I entered through the gates grateful for my life and not for those that went the other way.

Outsiders Essay

"Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the thingsyou want to learn" Discuss this quote from the noveland how it applies to one of the greaser's lives. What things did he learn? Support your ideas with what you know about the character through examples from the novel.



I would expect the quote to be from Ponyboy I don’t think it really matters because I think that it applies to everyone in the gang, you don’t grow up wanting to get shot and worry about getting jumped when the hair on the back of your neck stands up. I think that the Greasers were brought together by problems and they didn’t know how to deal with them but get in trouble. Darry, Sodapop, and Ponyboy were brought into the gang by the fact that they suffered the loss of their parents. They grew up lost and made the best out of it. Johnny came from a “broken home” where his parents hated him. The only people that really cared about him were the greasers, the greasers were family. Dallas was closer to him than anyone he was his little brother and when Johnny died that was like losing your little brother to him. Darry was like the father or the parent figure for the gang. He looked out for all of them and he took care of all of them. He said in the book that he would rather let someone rob him then lock someone out and let them get in trouble out on the streets. Darry led the responsible role for the greasers, he worked and provided, and he stayed out of trouble and took care of everyone.

OUTSIDERS POST 2

1950-1967 Dallas Winston



Dallas Winston died today, Dallas was gunned down by police because he aimed a gun at police, the gun was not loaded police were later informed. Dallas died shortly after being rushed to the hospital suffering from severe bleeding from several gunshot wounds. Dallas carried a heavy criminal record and will be remembered by his who were the closest thing he had to family. Dallas will be remembered by his friends and will live in there hearts. Dallas is remembered as a brother to the young boy that died shortly before Johnny who died in the hospital. Dallas had saved him in a church fire when Johnny had chosen to try to save several small children from the fire.

OUTSIDERS POST 1

To me family is more based on qualities, I think that family can range from people you work with or friends or relatives. Sometimes when you live in a close community your neighbors or your community are family.I think that people that you care about and people you talk to or spend time with can be family. you need to have some kind of trust for someone to talk to them about something personal. You need to like someone to talk to them.The greasers were family they depended on each other and spent time together they supported each other and cared about one another.

feeling like an outsider

"Consider a time you felt like an outsider. Describe the experience. How did it make you feel? Why did it make you feel that way?"


A couple years ago I went to my cousins graduation party. I was excited but on the way up i started to get the feeling that i was not gonna fit in or have a good time. When i got there i knew i was right everyone was older and went off into there own thing i sat by myself. eventually i sat with my aunt and uncle but it wasn't like i was having a good time so i was pretty bummed out. I felt really crappy all day. I was pretty much all alone. I couldn't belive i was so excited to go but of course it was a major dissapointment.