I’ve learned that it is hard for the greasers in their town and life. Similarities Paragraph. Both the movie and the book have some similar sim Introduction. The book and the movie of the ‘ Outsiders’ are different in some ways. The book and the movie seem to be similar in some sort of way. However after finishing the movie I had time to think and the book and the movie have some differences.…
The book The Outsiders was written by S. E. Hinton, and published in 1967. The Outsiders movie was then released in 1983 and was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The story is about a group of 7 greasers set in the 1960’s. Basically the greasers are in constant rival with the socs, the upper class kids from the west side. Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade are the youngest in the group. They go threw some very difficult times after Johnny kills a soc, then dies. Ponyboy must learn how to cope with all that has happened.Together they makes up one of the gangs of greasers that live on the East side of town. Both the book and the movie have some differences, but they are very similar.…
The Outsiders was published when Hinton was seventeen. It was an instant bestseller and won Hinton the praise of critics and readers alike for insightful, honest depiction of teens’ emotions.…
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.…
Recently, some young or old black group members would call each other N****. One of the reasons why is because maybe they think that they’re very close friends, and the same skin color that it is ok to call them that name. This would sometimes happen by tossing the name around a little bit in jokes, but then when they start to use it towards their friends. The person wouldn’t care since their good friends. If a random person called someone a N*****, and they didn’t know them. Then there would be a problem since they aren’t that close.…
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…
Chapter 11: Literature involves two types of violence. The first type is specific injury characters inflict upon themselves or others. The second type of violence is where the author causes harm to characters to progress the plot. In the book The Outsiders there are two gangs, the socs and the greasers. They have tension between their groups that goes back for generations.…
'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 a major part in both movies. In 'Grease' for example, the T-Birds spike the punch at the school dance. In 'The Outsiders', most of the Socs have a drinking problem and we see them drunk throughout a lot of the movie. Even though these films have…
The Outsiders, directed by Francis Ford Coppola was released in 1983. Ponyboy Curtis (C. Thomas Howell) is a greaser whose parents were killed in a car accident. He and his friends: Johnny (Ralph Macchio), Dally (Matt Dillon), Two-Bit (Emilio Estevez), and Steve (Tom Cruise), and brothers, Darry (Patrick Swayze) and Soda (Rob Lowe), are always getting in fights with a gang called the Socs. One night, best friend Johnny, are attacked by Socs. The Socs almost drown Ponyboy, and Johnny, defending Ponyboy, stabs Bob (a Soc). Pony, and Johnny find a church to hide out in. A bunch of little kids are trapped inside the church which caught on fire, and Pony, Johnny, and Dally save them. Ponyboy gets out ok, Dally burns his arm, but a huge piece of wood falls on Johnny, breaking his back, and burning him badly. At the end, two of the greasers end up losing their life and both gangs still fight and hate each other. I think that The Outsiders was decent, at best. Please spare yourself save the hour and…
Summer Skies Disclaimer: No, silly, I never have nor will I ever own The Outsiders. S.E. Hinton owns The Outsiders. *sighs* :( I simply borrow them for my own creative enjoyment purposes.…
The Outsider by S.E. Hinton was the first YA Novel published in 1967. S.E. Hinton wrote the Outsiders at 16 years old. It became a success later in the years. Most people would think that it is bad because it deals with gang violence, murder, abuse, but is that what S.E. Hinton is trying to portray in her story? Each reader has different opinion while they read, but in a way we could see what S.E. Hinton is actually communicating something, but is just hidden until the whole story is read. The Outsiders is about a boy named Poneyboy who is the main character of the story. He has two brothers Sodapop and Darry who are part of a gang the Greasers. Poneyboy associates with the Greasers who have greasy long hair, and dress pretty sloppy. Greasers are always going up against the Socs who have the money and are better…
Both the book and the movie are very different, they have lots of similarities and differences. The Setting, Plot and Characterisation are three parts that the book and movie can be compared.…
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.…
The Outsiders is about the battle between the Greasers and the Socs. The Socs are the snobby rich kids that live a high society life style and consider the Greasers sewer scum. Greasers are the tough low class group that have pretty rough life styles and think that the Socs are a bunch of idiots that complain too much. Along with the battle between the Greasers and the Socs the book also tells the life struggles of Ponyboy Curtis a young Greaser. Ponyboy struggles with the death of his parents, a murder, and the death of his best friend, but instead of giving up and Ponyboy tries go on with his life.…
In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the Socs are the ones to blame for all of the problems. After all they are the cause of the rumble. The Socs are no good drunk 24/7 idiots who need to turn their ego down, and intelligence up. They screw up MANY times in the book. Yah yah, greasers are not perfect, but at least they have some common sense. And I’ll tell you why the greasers are innocent and the Socs are not.…