One boy’s once simple life is impacted by tragic loss after making one bad decision. The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, is a novel about the rivalry between greasers and Socs. It is narrated by the main character, Ponyboy Curtis. He tells the reader about his life being turned upside down after making one childish mistake. The greaser struggle more than the Socs because they are poor, the Socs jump them, and people think that they are trash.…
The book The Outsiders is written by the author S.E. Hinton. There are many character like Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darry, Steve, Two-Bit, Dally, and Johnny. The character Johnny can be seen as a tough or sensitive character. Though, he is seen more tough than sensitive.…
Why do people do such cruel things? The novel The Outsiders explained this when it was released in 1967. Then, the movie The Outsiders was released in 1983. They both show the hardships of a group of boys in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The movie was based off of the novel and they did a good job of recreating the novel, but there are still many differences that separates these two.…
The book starts with the narrator and co-protagonist, Ponyboy Curtis, the youngest member of the Greasers (Lower class) going back home after an outdoor movie night. He is encountered by one of the Socs (Higher class), and attacked until his gang arrives to help. The Greasers and Socs need no other party’s provocation to fight. The next day, the Greasers visit the movie theatre once again and find Soc’s girlfriends hanging out. After a failed attempt by the older members of the Greasers to flirt with them, Ponyboy unprecedentedly succeeds in a long-talk and escorts them to the girls’ home, only to encounter the Soc’s, who are extremely mad. Fortunately, the girls stop the fight and Ponyboy runs back home, where Dally is waiting anxiously for him. Dally is extremely mad by the fact that such a young boy like…
I have read and watched the Outsiders and now I think about it sometimes and the first person who comes up in my mind is Johnny. Johnny, a character in the “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton has to get through hard times in the bad streets and gangs of Tulsa,Oklahoma. He was unfortunately unable to survive the hard times and ends up passing away. He was happy for what he died for after saving kids in a burning church. Johnny scared,uneasy, and intuitive ways make him forever remembered in the Outsiders.…
In the novel The Outsiders Written by S. E. Hinton there is a constant war between the Greasers and the Socs. Two rival gangs constantly fighting because one group, the Socs are wealthy and the other group, the Greasers are poor. In the story the outsiders the characters Ponyboy, Johnny, Darry, Dally, Two-bit and Sodapop are all a part of the greasers. In the story all the characters change some way or another. This is how Darry changed as the story progressed.…
The Outsiders is about 2 gangs, the Socs and the Greasers. The Socs are the rich kids from the West side. The Greasers are from the East side, they are considered juvenile delinquents by other people. One night two Greasers (Ponyboy and Johnny) talk to some Socs (Cherry and Marcia) at the movies. Later that night, the two boys fall asleep in the lot. When Ponyboy runs home, his brother and guardian, Darry, slaps him and Ponyboy runs away to find Johnny. A big fight happens between the boys and the Socs at the park, which eventually gets to the point of Johnny killing Bob. In the end the boys go hide out in a church for a week. A fire happens at the church and the boys run in to save the children inside. Johnny gets fatally hurt and in the end he dies. I learned that even if you do a lot of good, sometimes bad karma still comes around.…
The main character of “The Outsiders” was Ponyboy Curtis, the younger brother of Darry and Sodapop Curtis. Ponyboy is very unique from all of the other characters, they are all unique. He isn’t the tuff like Dally, the pet like Johnny, the leader like Darry, the silly one like Sodapop, the wisecrack like two-bit, or even the confident and arrogant one like Steve. Ponyboy is quiet, smart, young, and kind. One of Ponyboys obstacles in the book was his brother Darry, the leader of the gang. “I could tell it was Darry though - partly because of the voice and partly because Darry’s always rough with me without meaning to be. ‘ “I didnt mean to!” Darry shouted… “Thats all i hear out of you! Cant you think of anything?” “Darry…” Sodapop began, but…
The Outsiders is a story about kids that need to be loved and supported. An example of someone who was not loved and supported was Johnny who was a Greaser. He was not loved at all and…
In The Outsiders Ponyboy overcomes social boundaries. Ponyboy comes to the realization that everybody is not so different. Even though somebody might appear different we are all alike were just human. Ponyboy’s relationship with Cherry Valance proves that even though there is have different social groups and people have different backgrounds we are not that different than other people. When Ponyboy met Cherry at the movie house they started talking and she told him I bet you watch the sunset too. This got Ponyboy to thinking that he and Cherry’s world were not so different because they saw the same sunset (pg. 22-46). When Randy talked to Ponyboy it made him think that everybody should not have labels because we are all the same were all just people (pg. 115-118). Cherry and Randy’s action got Ponyboy believing that he…
In the novel ‘The Outsiders’ by S.E Hinton, we see how hard times bring out the best and worst in human nature. Human nature is basically what people are like deep down. As the characters change and their life grows and gets harder, we are shown their true colours. Some of them change for the best, and some for the worst.…
Outsiders in this book are people who stay true to themselves, and not who they are made out to be. Darry attempted to do his best, but made the sacrifice when he was needed. Ponyboy embraces his love for movies and enjoys the company of people who he likes. Cherry opens her heart instead of closing it to others. Outsiders are needed to create diversity, and while they may be different, they are not…
In the book The Outsiders, the two main characters Ponyboy and Johnny are faced with adversaries their whole life. They are constantly attacked by kids of a higher class to where they kill another kid in self defense. This lead them to realize they had gotten into real life trouble. After a few weeks on the run they decided to face the consequences as adults and return home.…
Overtime, I have noticed some kids are supposed to grow up too fast. There is going to be one time in your life where you are going to have to make some big decisions. You have to know right from wrong because you do not want to end up being in a horrible position. Some kids are already using drugs or drinking things they aren’t supposed to. I believe that you shouldn’t follow others mistakes and crimes while you should follow someone’s success and hard work. Sometimes I think some kids have to grow so fast is because of where they live. In this essay, I will tell you how some kids are forced to grow up too fast and how the book The Outsiders will be a great example on my theme.…
Pony Boy Curtis is the main character in “The Outsiders” novel and experiences two family breakdowns. One shortly before the novel was set and the other during the book. When Pony boy lost his parents before the book, he started to depend more on friends than he ever did but he still had his brothers. When Pony Boy ran away (Pg..) he had no family by his side, the only person he had to depend on was his best friend, Johnny. Ponyboy left his family and ran away with Johnny after he stabbed the Soc, without his friend he wouldn’t have anyone to depend on. Ponyboy didn’t ditch his friend when times looked tough, even though Ponyboy didn’t do anything he risked his future and possibly life to stand by his friend. With Johnny’s family broken down all he could count on was Pony Boy…