https://padlet.com/dylanordorica/pfv7ikkwea7r en-us 2017-09-26 21:01:07 UTC 2023-03-06 18:15:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Bigthunderstorm.png jordanhb4life https://padlet.com/dylanordorica/pfv7ikkwea7r/wish/191466720 2017-09-26 21:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/dylanordorica/pfv7ikkwea7r/wish/191466720 dylanordorica https://padlet.com/dylanordorica/pfv7ikkwea7r/wish/191470116 "Encountering the Other" by Ryszard Kapuscinski shows the trends of isolating from and welcoming others. The author is speaking of the many walls and moats mankind has made to isolate itself from others. Kapuscinski wanted to emphasize the good of interacting with others and how much mankind grows from it.]]> 2017-09-26 21:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/dylanordorica/pfv7ikkwea7r/wish/191470116 jordanhb4life https://padlet.com/dylanordorica/pfv7ikkwea7r/wish/193649535 "Revenge of the Geeks" by Alexandra Robbins is a story about high school cliques effecting the students' outcome of success as they graduate and become adults. Many people in high school are outsiders or outcasts because of their looks or interests. The theme of the story shined a light on the fact that the outsiders differences, or quirks, help them to become more successful than adults.]]> 2017-10-03 20:49:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dylanordorica/pfv7ikkwea7r/wish/193649535 jordanhb4life https://padlet.com/dylanordorica/pfv7ikkwea7r/wish/194500958 "The Dollhouse" by Katherine Mansfield is about the struggles between different classes in society and how people treat each other. The main characters (Else and Lil) were seen as inferior because they were less prosperous than everyone else. ]]> 2017-10-05 20:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/dylanordorica/pfv7ikkwea7r/wish/194500958 jordanhb4life https://padlet.com/dylanordorica/pfv7ikkwea7r/wish/194507084 The themes of these three stories all share the idea of being an outsider. Although, it begs the question: is being an outsider a weakness or is it a strength? Being an outsider can be emotionally challenging, but it can make you a stronger person overtime.]]> 2017-10-05 20:59:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dylanordorica/pfv7ikkwea7r/wish/194507084 jordanhb4life https://padlet.com/dylanordorica/pfv7ikkwea7r/wish/194843427 To summarize, these three stories all play a part in the theme "Outsiders and Outcasts", because of the way they express how people are treated for being different. Being different may make you an outsider or an outcast, but that can also make you a stronger person.]]> 2017-10-06 19:54:04 UTC https://padlet.com/dylanordorica/pfv7ikkwea7r/wish/194843427