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 chose the quote,"You cannot open a book without learning something" by the Irish proverb because I can relate it to my favorite book,"The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton which taught me lots of stuff that I did not know about. The book is about a 14 year old named Ponyboy and his two brothers Darry who is 16 and Sodapop who is 20 years old. Darry is in charge of them due to both of his parents dying in a car accident. They are all greasers in a gang and often watch over Johnny ,who is another greaser, because his alcoholic parents abuse him. They also have a gang rivalry with the Socs who are rich and pick on the poor.…
However, The Outsiders movie was very interesting, the novel portrayed the story line better in my opinion. For one the novel is more detailed such as when Johnny got jumped by Bob and three of his Soc friends, but the movie does not. Also, the novel describes in chapter 4 page 53 that there is a swimming pool at the park but they movie shows nothing about there being a pool there. In addition, the novel also states when Dallas Winston takes Ponyboy and Johnny to Dairy Queen they sit in the Restaurant, but in the movie, they do not. Lastly, those are the few reasons why the novel is better than the movie.…
The Outsiders was a book written by S.E. Hinton in 1967 and tells the life of greasers. The main Character’s name is Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy is a greaser and life isn’t easy for him. They have a gang that consist of 8 people. One day Pony learns that, “Things are rough all over,” (Hinton, 35.) He learned this from his new friend Cherry valance,(A soc) and ends up learning that both greasers and socs. are just normal people. He learned this over a week of losing two of his best pals. Her drunk boyfriend tried to kill them, and Johnny, Ponyboy’s best pal, ends up killing the drunk soc. They run away to a church and hide for four days until Pony’s other best pal, Who he doesn’t even like that much, comes and…
In the 1960's there were gangs that influenced the culture in The Outsiders. They were not called Socs, nor Greasers, but they were similar to them. What gangs were like then: - Rumbles/ getting into fights - Stealing - Kidnapping - Jumping people - Carry weapons (guns, switchblades, and small knives) How gangs influence the culture: Both gangs in The Outsiders seem different which makes them split apart and fight against each other. The Socs seem like they were a high-class gang.…
Did you know that rival gangs have faced many of the same struggles? In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton there are two rival gangs, the Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers live on the Eastside of town and don’t have a lot of money. The Socs live on the Westside of town and are very wealthy. There are three problems that both gangs face: drinking and smoking, having parents who do not care about them, and rivalry with the opposing gang over a variety of issues.…
Most people would not like to grow up in the 60s. Especially if they were a greaser in a bad town like the characters in S.E Hinton's book The Outsiders. The setting of the book is east/west side of town. There are two groups in town, the socs and the greasers. They were a greaser or soc depending on what side of town they lived in. For example the greases lived on the east side and the socs lived on the west side of town. They setting affects the characters by developing their personality based on where they lived.…
In the Outsiders Cherry and Ponyboy describe their way of living through sunsets. Cherry is a Socs and Ponyboyis a greaser. Both of them are completely different people and live in a different environment. However, they still manage to find similarities between each other. The sunset represents unity and connection between people. Most of the fights are happening between the Socs and the greasers because of one group not agreeing with each other. Both of them think that they live in two different parts of the world. However, when Cherry describes Ponyboy the sun sets they realize that they do live in the same world. In this case, the sunset represent being equal and the same. It doesn't matter who you are, how much money your parents make…
In the novel “The Outsiders,” S.E Hinton uses morality to demonstrate that appearances can be misleading. Greaser, Ponyboy Curtis’ literary interests and academic accomplishments set him apart from the rest of the gang and make him an admirable best friend. Although, Dallas “Dally” Winston is a troublemaker, he can still be trusted to stand up for you. Bob Sheldon is a spoiled, selfish individual who values meaningless traits.…
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.…
Sometimes, just because you may be related to a person, it doesn't make them family. This was a theme that was beaten into to us throughout the story of the Outsiders. So many characters dealt with fathers beating them, mothers turning a blind eye, whether it was from sheer will or from drug abuse. The “Greasers” and the “Socs” both had to deal with parents abandoning them, being neglected, and not having parents there when their own children needed them most. It seemed like if you had a kid in this story that was even a little essential to the plot, you were the epitome of bad parenting.…
“Gulp Gulp” that's the sound of you drowning, you think your dieing. Then a miracle happens but soon after you realize there's a guy laying half dead. What happened? As a class we read the “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton. Some of us think we should read the story, others not so much. Here's why!…
place where they can have a great life. Countries like this are all over the world, but one…
If I had a ticket to go anywhere in the world, I would go to hawaii, because Hawaii is has always been a dream of mine because of the warm weather and amazing scenery. I’ve always wanted to go since I saw my favorite youtuber get married there. I’ve been watching them since they started and to see them get married in Hawaii and how the scenery and the amazing trips to the beach, I just had to go see for myself. One day I hope I can visit Hawaii myself and getting married as well.…
If you were to give people the option of traveling anywhere in the world, majority of people would choose beautiful vacation spots on exquisite beaches or breathtaking mountains. However, I am the opposite. If I was given a ticket that would take me anywhere in the world, I would choose to go to Haiti.…