External expectations play a big role in the life of a greaser. Things such as appearance‚ speech‚ and behaviour. Things such as clothes‚ hair‚ skin‚ and features‚ influence their first impression. People make first impressions to decide wether they want to be in the presence of someone or not. The most common bearing of a greaser is long hair‚ with hair oil or grease in it (hence their name ‘Greasers’). The status quo for Greasers is that they are impecunious‚ meaning that they can’t afford expensive
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The novel‚ The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ is about Ponyboy Curtis who is a fourteen-year old who goes on a journey through depressing times. Now his older brother‚ Darry‚ is responsible for Ponyboy and his other older brother‚ Sodapop. Ponyboy is a greaser on the west side of town and with his friends that have bad reputations‚ things could get out of hand. Throughout the book‚ there are big decisions being made whether to go one way or the other. Making one decision could influence how another decision
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Reading Log - ‘The Outsiders’ - NO PLAGIARISM The story starts off with Ponyboy‚ the protagonist‚ getting jumped by a bunch of Socs. Socs is the abbreviation for the Socials‚ they are the “West-side rich kids.” Harmony is a joke between the two gangs‚ as differences are common. Unlike the Socs‚ “Greasers are almost like hoods; we steal things and drive old souped-up cars... and have a gang fight once in a while.” Ponyboy Curtis lives with his two older brothers‚ Sodapop and Darry. One night
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The Outsiders is a novel written by SE Hinton. It was first published in 1967 and is a novel written for young adults. It is about a boy named Ponyboy who belongs to a social group called “Greaser” which dislikes the “Socs” which stands for Socials. The novel teaches about groups‚ friendships and affection for each other. In the novel there is violence between the two groups and how the greasers changed from violent to knowing affection. The relationship between the Curtis Brothers has change throughout
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The Outsiders: The Relevancy of “Stay Golden” The greatest movies of all time are the ones that stand the test of time. The ones that you can relate to even if they came out more than 50 years ago. The Outsiders‚ directed by Francis Ford Coppola‚ is a classic drama written by a teen‚ for teens‚ played by teens. Showing the conflicts of teens in the 50’s and the struggle of being “golden” when surrounded by the harsh realities of the world you live in. According to “Francis Ford Coppola Biography
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Although I thought they were two very different movies. To my surprise‚ ’Grease’ and ’The Outsiders’ do have some very similar characteristics. Even though the genres are different‚ they have similar themes. Not surprisingly‚ sound and lighting had almost no similarities. However; camerawork is very similar at various points of the two films. ’Grease’ and ’The Outsiders’ are very similar in numerous ways: Both movies involve gangs‚ the struggle to fit in and peer-group pressure. Alcohol also plays
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Character Analysis Ponyboy Curtis Ponyboy Curtis is a 14-year-old boy whose world has been turned upside down. His parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months before The Outsiders story takes place. He lives with his oldest brother‚ Darry‚ who is 20 years old and has legal custody of him and his other brother‚ Sodapop‚ who is 16. Darry characterizes Ponyboy as lacking common sense. Pony agrees with this assessment. He readily admits that he is smart at school‚ but sometimes
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book‚ The Outsiders‚ life was different then it is now‚ people had hard back then! The setting in The Outsiders is small town in Oklahoma divided into the east and west sides. The main characters‚ Ponyboy‚ Sodapop‚ Darry‚ Johnny‚ Dally‚ and Cherry. All live there. How does the setting in S.E Hinton’s novel‚ The Outsiders. Effect the storyline and characters? To begin‚ the setting in this book effects the story quite a bit. For example‚ if they didn’t have the divide of Socs and greasers‚ then the
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The Outsiders Do you ever feel like you’re being forced to do things because of the expectations society has placed on you to do them? For instance shaving your legs just because you are a female. Societal expectations and expectations placed on the characters in the novel “The Outsiders” by themselves greatly affected their actions and reactions‚ as well as the final outcome of the novel. One example of the role societal expectations play in the novel is that all the members of the Greaser gang
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different. We saw the same sunset” (41) ponders Ponyboy‚ a Greaser‚ when he realizes social class does not define a person. S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders tells of a town where social class splits the citizens into the lower class Greasers‚ who others view as horrible‚ selfish‚ tough‚ trouble-making criminals‚ and the upper class Socs or Socials‚ who the townspeople view as the privileged‚ wealthy‚ law-abiding people. Throughout the novel‚ one Greaser‚ Ponyboy‚ comes to realize outer appearance‚ the way someone
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