Book Report On The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton wrote ‘The Outsiders’ when he was sixteen years old. She did not just write the book, but she really felt it and lived it. While the author was writing this book she looked back and realized how important it was to have another life. One day, her friend was walking home and a couple of “nice” kids jumped out of a car and just started to beat her friend up because they did not like that he was a greaser. Hinton went home and started writing the story of the boy who was beaten up by rich kids while he was walking home. This is the beginning of ‘ The Outsiders.’
‘The Outsiders’ open with Ponyboy walking home alone after the movie. Ponyboy knows it is really dangerous to walk by himself as a greaser. Socs are the wide side rich kids,
will gang up and start beating up. However, that happened to Ponyboy. Socs came to him and tried to cut his hair and began to beat him up. The most important theme in ‘The Outsiders’ is society and class. The book introduced two different group, the greasers and the Socs. Two groups are divided by wealth, where they live, and appearances. The greasers are poor and wild which all boys living on the East side are like. Socs is the abbreviation for the Socials, the West side rich kids. The Socs are beating the greaser up because the greasers are poorer than the Socs. One of the Socs girl, Sherri (Cherry) Valance said “It’s not just money. Part of it is, but not all. You greasers have a different set of values. You’re more emotional. We’re sophisticated ---- cool to the point of not feeling anything.” Between the greasers and the Socs is not only because of the money, they have different value in living.
“And you can't win against them no matter how hard you try, because they've got all the breaks and even whipping them isn't going to change that fact.” The greasers already know even though they try their hardest they cannot beat the Socs and nothing will change. Later on, Ponyboy leaving town instead of fighting with the socs. Randy, one of the Socs remained Ponyboy “You can't win, even if you whip us. You'll still be where you were before --- at the bottom. And we'll still be the lucky ones with all the breaks. So it doesn't do any good, the fighting and the killing. It doesn't prove a thing. We'll forget it if you win, or if you don't. Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Soc.” Ponyboy knew the reality of their life since he was young. However, there has a bridge between the greasers and the Socs. When Ponyboy and Cherry were talking about sunsets Ponyboy thought “Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.” The two different worlds represented the greasers and the Socs. The greasers and the Socs are made because of stereotyped of society. The greasers were violent and isolated from the world and the Socs are spoiled and able to do whatever they want. Through this book, the author wanted to tell the readers that people who lives in the world cannot divided by their wealth, appearance, and their class.
‘The Outsiders’ open with Ponyboy walking home alone after the movie. Ponyboy knows it is really dangerous to walk by himself as a greaser. Socs are the wide side rich kids,
will gang up and start beating up. However, that happened to Ponyboy. Socs came to him and tried to cut his hair and began to beat him up. The most important theme in ‘The Outsiders’ is society and class. The book introduced two different group, the greasers and the Socs. Two groups are divided by wealth, where they live, and appearances. The greasers are poor and wild which all boys living on the East side are like. Socs is the abbreviation for the Socials, the West side rich kids. The Socs are beating the greaser up because the greasers are poorer than the Socs. One of the Socs girl, Sherri (Cherry) Valance said “It’s not just money. Part of it is, but not all. You greasers have a different set of values. You’re more emotional. We’re sophisticated ---- cool to the point of not feeling anything.” Between the greasers and the Socs is not only because of the money, they have different value in living.
“And you can't win against them no matter how hard you try, because they've got all the breaks and even whipping them isn't going to change that fact.” The greasers already know even though they try their hardest they cannot beat the Socs and nothing will change. Later on, Ponyboy leaving town instead of fighting with the socs. Randy, one of the Socs remained Ponyboy “You can't win, even if you whip us. You'll still be where you were before --- at the bottom. And we'll still be the lucky ones with all the breaks. So it doesn't do any good, the fighting and the killing. It doesn't prove a thing. We'll forget it if you win, or if you don't. Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Soc.” Ponyboy knew the reality of their life since he was young. However, there has a bridge between the greasers and the Socs. When Ponyboy and Cherry were talking about sunsets Ponyboy thought “Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.” The two different worlds represented the greasers and the Socs. The greasers and the Socs are made because of stereotyped of society. The greasers were violent and isolated from the world and the Socs are spoiled and able to do whatever they want. Through this book, the author wanted to tell the readers that people who lives in the world cannot divided by their wealth, appearance, and their class.