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The Hate U Give is an amazing book. It’s a story about a girl who has to live in two worlds. There’s “the hood” where she lives, and “the white neighborhood” where she attends school. She has went through traumatic experiences in her 16 years of life, but by far, this is the worse. It becomes a crazy cycle with a terrible conclusion (in my opinion). It’s very sad yet funny yet aggravating, it’s filled with all kinds of emotions. It’s a pretty long book at 444 pages but it’s definitely worth reading. I would read it 1 million times if I could.

Pearls Of Death

I think alien books are very cheesy, so I steer away from them… but I loved this one. It is written in 2 different points of view. There’s Megs who’s 13 living in a car alone in a parking garage. Then there’s Josh, who just turned 16 and lives with his dad and dog in their house. In the book, alien spaceships come and cover the entire sky to the point it almost looks dark. The aliens are doing weird things and no one knows exactly why. They have to not only survive the aliens, but they have to survive humanity and everyone after them. It’s amazing and I recommend it 100%. I found it in my public library and I’m sure it’s available anywhere.

Outsiders Movie Book Comparison

 
   Both the book and movie were exceptional, but The Outsiders movie did change very much compared to the book.

     For starters, Dally was blonde in the book but has a very dark brown, almost black, hair color in the movie. Also, in the book when Ponyboy and Johnny are walking after the movies, Pony and Cherry have a long talk about sunsets and a very deep talk in general. Yet in the movie, Pony and Cherry barely even talked, which was pretty disappointing. Lastly, in the book, Darry slaps Pony across the face and knocks him into the door. In the movie, Darry shoves him hard enough for him to land onto the floor.

     Although there were plentiful differences, there are some similarities. Johnny had the same motive for killing Bob in both the movie and book, because he was drowning Ponyboy. Also, when Ponyboy gets hit by his brother, he runs to Johnny in the lot and they both run away. Lastly, when Johnny was dying, his final words stayed the same. “Stay gold Ponyboy, stay gold”.

     Besides the subtle differences like Dally having black instead of blonde hair, the actors did a good job of portraying the characters. Francis Ford Coppola, the director, also did a good job delivering the novel's message. He kept most of the key details about the book. The only thing that would help deliver the message is if he mentioned the scene with Pony and Cherry talking. Although, everything did feel very rushed.

     The movie turned out much better than expected and did do a good job of delivering the novel's message.

Greasers and Goats

In the article Herd Behaviors, there are a lot of similarities to the book The Outsiders. What I found most similar was the fact that goats almost always are in herds and that it’s rare for a goat to leave the herd.

In a way, the Greasers are like the goats. In Herd Behavior, goats will follow the group and what one goat does, goes. In The Outsiders, during the rumble, not everyone felt the same. There were people who didn’t want to do the rumble and people who loved these kinds of things. Yet, everyone participated. That’s because people do things that they think is normal to fit in.

It has been proven before that both humans and goats will start acting like the group they’re with, despite their actual personalities. In the book The Outsiders, Johnny and Ponyboy act very tough and like they don’t have a care in the world. While in reality, they both care, a lot. We found all of this out when the boys were talking to Cherry and Marcia and when they went into the burning building. They act tough because they’re always surrounded by tough people, not because they actually want to be.

In conclusion, there are many similarities between goats and Greasers. They all stay in a “Herd” and are always sticking together and acting like each other, despite their true colors.