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Ideas The Book Should Make You Think About

The document provides journal questions about the themes and ideas explored in S.E. Hinton's novel "The Outsiders". It asks the reader to think about what it means to be an outsider and provide an example from their own life. It also asks how consequences influence decisions and how individuality can be expressed both personally and within a group. The reader is prompted to consider what shapes their identity and if others influence it. Stereotyping is discussed and the reader is asked if people can be stereotyped based on who they associate with. Finally, the reader is given a task to complete a Venn diagram comparing the book's Pony and Greaser gangs.

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Ideas The Book Should Make You Think About

The document provides journal questions about the themes and ideas explored in S.E. Hinton's novel "The Outsiders". It asks the reader to think about what it means to be an outsider and provide an example from their own life. It also asks how consequences influence decisions and how individuality can be expressed both personally and within a group. The reader is prompted to consider what shapes their identity and if others influence it. Stereotyping is discussed and the reader is asked if people can be stereotyped based on who they associate with. Finally, the reader is given a task to complete a Venn diagram comparing the book's Pony and Greaser gangs.

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THE OUTSIDERS 

Journal Questions  
Ideas the book should make you think about…. 
 
What does it mean to be an outsider? Give an example 
of when you may have felt this way in your life. 
 
Do consequences influence the daily or long term 
decisions you make in life? Give an example. 
 
What is individuality? Include an example of what 
makes you unique? Can you keep your individuality with 
your group of friends? 
 

What is identity? Are you in control of yours or do 


others make who you are in one or two ways? 
 
What is stereotyping? 
​TRUE or FALSE: ​A person is often stereotyped or 
judged by the people they hang out with?” 
 

VENN DIAGRAM - ​Pony vs Greasers 


 

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