Similarities And Differences Between The Tuesday Wars And The Outsiders

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Your home life, your friends, and other people you know are different and similar than your classmates home life, friends, and other people they know. In the book The Wednesday Wars by Gary D Schmidt and The Outsiders by S.E Hinton there are many similarities and differences with each home life, friends, and minor character influence for the main characters in the book. The main characters of the book are Holling Hoodhood and Ponyboy Curtis. A short summary of The Wednesday Wars is Holling has to stay at the school with his teacher Mrs. Baker on Wednesdays because his classmates go to Catechism or Hebrew school, which Holling is not either of those. He has to read Shakespeare and do other tasks with Mrs. Baker. He also learns about …show more content…

Holling’s friend, Doug, took a black eye for him from his brother because Doug’s brother made something embarrassing about Holling and he would not help his brother so his brother punched Doug in the face. Holling is thankful for Doug taking a black eye for him. “Whatever it means to be a friend, taking a black eye for someone has to be in it.” This shows that Holling’s friends can sacrifice for him. Sometimes Ponyboy’s friends do not take him seriously. Ponyboy is explaining that has friends do not take him seriously. “My friends---they’d think I was off my rocker or turning soft.” Ponyboy is saying that most of the time his friends won’t take him seriously or pay attention to what he is saying. The friends of the main character treat them …show more content…

Holling’s home life is tensioned while Ponyboy’s home life is disconnected. The main character’s friendships are different from each others. The minor characters make the main character think differently and do different things. Holling’s home life is tensioned while Ponyboy’s home life is disconnected. The main character’s friendships are different from each others. The minor characters make the main character think differently and do different things. Using the text will help you prove your opinion and topic you are talking

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