As I did so there came to me the purest ecstasy I have ever known; for shining tranquilly through an ornate grating of iron, and down a short stone passageway of steps that ascended from the newly found The Outsider doorway, was the radiant full moon, which I had never before seen save...
As I did so there came to me the purest ecstasy I have ever known; for shining tranquilly through an ornate grating of iron, and down a short stone passageway of steps that ascended from the newly found The Outsider doorway, was the radiant full moon, which I had never before seen save...
Wilson speaks of the bourgeois, he means anyone who is not an outsider, thus not only does he lament the fact that the language used by us has become a tired and inefficient thing in hands of journalists and writers who have nothing to say but ...
Event ReportDKU Library Successfully Hosts the 2025 Book FairDuke Kunshan University (DKU) Library successfully held the 10th Book Fair from April 16-23, 2025. Following the recurring activity of "You Select, We Collect," ...
Book Summary The Outsidersis about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The novel tells the story of Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. Ponyboy and his two brothers — Darrel (Darry), who is 20,...
Someone who always feels like an outsider may conclude that life is unfair. Pony and the rest of the greasers must deal with the hardship in their own lives, while the Socs enjoy all the advantages of class privilege. This "life isn't fair" theme is prevalent throughout the book and co...
Another beautiful Western-style book from Tana French with her signature sparse vastness and melancholy。 What do you owe to your community? What do you owe to your community after they've harmed you? What do you owe to your community when they've branded you an outsider?Cal and Trey and...
job in the company. Once you're in the top job, you really don't have access to some of those people and staffs that you used to. And it really does get lonely pretty quickly. What were some of the challenges—and advantages—of having an outsider's perspective on the CEO experience...
he may have been compulsive, but it seems clear that to a great extent he knew what he was about. As Bonesteel contends, the outsider stereotype usually applied to Darger is way wide of the mark. If Darger was truly unusual, it was in the same sense that anyone approaching genius is ...
It is, as acknowledged by one support body, “very hard for a reasonably well-informed outsider to understand how this [the support landscape] fits together, let alone the small businesses not familiar with public policies or public institutions” (interview 29). As one commentator pointed out,...