Topics and Themes in The Outsiders, Period 2 by Alison Matthews

Topics from Your Telling Brain Frames

AlisonMatthews — 2017-10-20 13:51:33 UTC

Loyalty

Friendship
Innocence
Identity

Equality

Growing Up
Survival
Reconciliation
Death
Appearance
Acceptance
Fitting In
Moving On
Social Classes
Social Status
Social Groups
Suicide
Resilience
Standing Up
Reputation
Belonging
Expectations
Choices
Struggle
Perspective
Brotherhood
Sticking Together
Emotion
Judgement
Humanity
Love

Loss

2204027 — 2017-10-20 15:18:38 UTC

Everybody loses something in their life, and you have to learn how to deal with it or it will affect you forever.

Family

2206120 — 2017-10-20 15:20:34 UTC

Family helps you get through situations. With family you are not alone.

Please select a topic from the list of topics you generated on your Telling Brain Frame in class today. (I went through your Brain Frames and wrote your topics on this Padlet.) Next make a new post with your NAME and the TOPIC you have selected. Try to use a topic someone hasn't used before! Then develop a theme from the topic you have selected. Remember that a theme is one sentence and answers what the author is trying to say about the topic in their text. Woooooot!

AlisonMatthews — 2017-10-20 15:37:23 UTC

Change

2205050 — 2017-10-20 15:44:42 UTC

Change occurs in you from your choices, events, experiences, and consequences in your life.

Hardship

2202001767 — 2017-10-20 15:46:08 UTC

Everybody goes through hardship whether it's an addiction or money problems; however, everybody has the ability to recover from their hardships.

Friendship

2208036 — 2017-10-20 17:08:18 UTC

Friendship is one of the most precious things to have. They are your best ally and will always help you no matter the situation.

Humanity

2202001758 — 2017-10-20 17:12:43 UTC

Don't try to change your human nature.

Love

2205064 — 2017-10-20 17:55:22 UTC

Love is the most powerful emotion; It motivates or crushes people no matter what kind of love it is.

Appearance

2207215 — 2017-10-20 18:00:44 UTC

Your appearance does not define you.

Reputation

2017-10-20 18:09:58 UTC

You can have a very bad reputation but if you work hard you can get it better

Social Status

2106042 — 2017-10-21 11:38:10 UTC

Your social status shouldn't define who you are, you can be an amazing person even if you have few friends, or the wrong friends and little money.

Choices

2205046 — 2017-10-21 18:03:45 UTC

Although it is hard, in life you should always make the best choices you can, to make your life easier to deal with.

Growing up

jackvgbvi — 2017-10-22 16:06:43 UTC

Growing up is a part of life and as much as you want to stay young, you always grow.

Expecation

2106161 — 2017-10-22 18:06:10 UTC

Expectations put on you should not influence what you expect from yourself.

Standing Up

2205016 — 2017-10-22 22:33:39 UTC

Even you if you don´t know somebody, it is your responsibility to stand up for them (in safe situations).

Sticking Together

2106054 — 2017-10-22 22:50:45 UTC

If you can stick together you can deal with anything that comes your way and you will not feel alone.

Friendship

2106169 — 2017-10-22 23:05:02 UTC

While you may not always have your family by your side, friends are the people you can trust and count on. Whereas family may be fixed and changeless, you have the power to change and choose your friends. When your family isn't there, your friends will always be there to invite you into their own.

Reputation

2204049 — 2017-10-23 12:46:44 UTC

You can have a very bad reputation but if you work hard you can get it better.