As you read S.E. Hinton’s, The Outsiders, you will be challenged to think about what it means to be an “outsider”. Other ways we might refer to “outsiders” are “rebels, dreamers, outliers, and/or innovators.” We have created a short list of examples of persons that we believe may have felt like “outsiders” or been considered “rebels or outliers” at some point in their lifetime. Your job is to research a person of your choice and write a three part essay about them. Your essay will be 3 paragraphs; the paragraphs should flow with transitional sentences and ideas.
Technology/Entrepreneurs
Steve Jobs
Bill Gates
Mark Zuckerberg
Jack Dorsey
Steve Chen
Stephen Hawking
Athletes
Danicka Patrick
Babe Didrikson
Tiger Woods
Jackie Robinson
Jim Abbott
Jeremy Lin
Jesse Owens
Wilma Rudolph
Michael Jordan
Doug Flutie
Venus and Serena Williams
Musicians
Bob Dylan
Elvis Presley
Johnny Cash
Joan Baez
Michael Jackson
Stevie Wonder
Authors
Stephen King
Sylvia Plath
Truman Capote
JK Rowling
Harper Lee
Maya Angelou
Theodore Geisel (Dr. Suess)
Entertainers
Oprah Winfrey
Alfred Hitchcock
George Lucas
Walt Disney
Ellen Degeneres
Politics
Nelson Mandela
Barack Obama
Margaret Thatcher
Abraham Lincoln
Margaret Mead
