Juvenile Deliquents turn heroes

Breaking news, yesterday at 2:30pm at Jay Mountain, near Windrixville. Three teenagers, Dallas Winston (19), Johnny Cade (16) and Ponyboy Curtis (14) were all members of the "Greasers" gang have rescued children from a burning church. Three youngsters Ponyboy Curtis, Dallas Winston and Johnny Cade are recovering in the hospital after their heroic fire rescue in Windrixville yesterday. Early morning at 2:30am. Johnny Cade and Ponyboy Curtis were at the park "to relax and cool off" after Darry has punched Ponyboy Curtis. The "Socs" gang were coming along with their blue Mustang because Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade have "picked up their girls". One of the "Socs" gang member forced Johnny Cade face into the fountain. Ponyboy Curtis was lying unconscious on the floor looking to see where Johnny Cade was. There was a minute silence. Johnny has killed Bob the toughest boy in the "Socs" gang. Bob has been stabbed with Johnny's Cade switchblade in Bob's wound. Johnny Cade only did it for self-defence because Bob was trying to drown Ponyboy Curtis. So Johnny Cade and Ponyboy Curtis asked for help and then took the nearest train to Windrixville. They went to find shelter in a abandoned church in Jay Mountain. Not long that they have stay at the abandoned church. The church was blazing Johnny and Ponyboy dash in to rescue some children who were trapped inside the abandoned

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  • Level: GCSE
  • Subject: English
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Absent Friends: Act One

Absent Friends: Act One The stage directions for the first part of Absent Friends tell us a lot about the house and the two other characters in the first act. It shows that Diana's house is modern and therefore Diana must be Modern and with the style. It shows that she must be quite wealthy with the styles of furniture and other objects within the house. It also mentions that the house costs a great deal of money. The house seems quite fashionable and up to date with artistic frosted glass, wrought iron and archways. Diana also seems as though she spends a lot of money on her appearance and how she is judged and strikes me as an upper-class snob. This is backed by how Alan Aykbourn describes her directly: "Impression of being slightly fraught" So she seems "paranoid" and quite unsociable. She seems to have an unhappy life and has had bad experiences in the past as she is "suspicious" and is perhaps hiding behind her fashions and money a nervous, shaking individual. Evelyn the other person in the scene is much younger than Diana, has a baby who is and inconvenience she doesn't give much attention to. She also seems dreamy and again unhappy. It describes her as: "a heavily made3-up, reasonably trendily dressed, expressionless girl" So this girl is a dawdler, dreary but neat young parent not willing to be here at Diana's house and waiting for someone rather than just

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  • Subject: English
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Rome And Juliet (Father)

Shakespeare What do we learn about Juliet's relationship with her father from Act 3 scene 5? During the Elizabethan period a girl's father would decide when and who the girl would marry. This decision was made by the father because it was a Patriarchal society. If the daughter/girl refused to marry whomever the father choose the only way she would be able to get out of it was either to leave her home and live on the streets or commit suicide. My opinion on this period is that it was unfair as it did not allow the girl to have a say and that she had to do whatever the father pleased. At the beginning of the play we are able to see clearly how much Lord Capulet loves his daughter Juliet and that he is no hurry to get her married of. He says: "Let two more summers wither

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  • Subject: English
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