Summary: The Outsiders
Who Are The Outsiders?
“It seems like there’s gotta be someplace without Greasers, or Socs with just people. Plain ordinary people.” The novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton takes place in Tulsa Oklahoma during the 1960’s. The novel shows how a gang of seven greasy boys deal with society being divided into “Greasers” and “Socs”, however along the way they face hardships including death. In the novel, “the outsiders” were considered people who didn’t fit in. In this case the “Outsiders” were: Ponyboy, Cherry, and Johnny.
In the novel one of the people considered an outsider was the greaser Ponyboy. Evidence of this is in document B Ponyboy is in his advanced class filled with Socs when he is assigned to dissect a worm so he pulled out his switch-blade
to cut it open and the Soc girl next to him shouted “You are a hood”. In document B Ponyboy was considered an outsider because he didn’t fit in with the rest of the Soc-class. Another outsider in the novel by S.E. Hinton is surprisingly a Soc, Cherry Valance. In document C Cherry can be considered an outsider because unlike most Socs Cherry can talk to Ponyboy. Ponyboy says Cherry can talk to him because “I was a Greaser and younger she didn’t have to keep her guard up with me”. In this document Cherry can be considered an outsider because she didn’t fit in with the rest of the Socs.
The final person that would considered an outsider in the novel by S.E. Hinton would be the greaser Johnny. Document D takes place in the church when Ponyboy and Johnny are looking at a sunrise, when Ponyboy tells Johnny he couldn’t tell anyone else about a sunrise only Johnny, Sodapop, and maybe Cherry. As you can in document D Johnny is considered an outsider because only him, Sodapop and Cherry because only they could see beyond the point of Socs and Greasers.
As you can see the novel by S.E. Hinton gives examples of who the three main outsiders in the novel were Ponyboy, Cherry, and Johnny. The novel also shows how the gang of Greasers deals with society being divided into two, and faces hardships along the way.
“It seems like there’s gotta be someplace without Greasers, or Socs with just people. Plain ordinary people.” The novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton takes place in Tulsa Oklahoma during the 1960’s. The novel shows how a gang of seven greasy boys deal with society being divided into “Greasers” and “Socs”, however along the way they face hardships including death. In the novel, “the outsiders” were considered people who didn’t fit in. In this case the “Outsiders” were: Ponyboy, Cherry, and Johnny.
In the novel one of the people considered an outsider was the greaser Ponyboy. Evidence of this is in document B Ponyboy is in his advanced class filled with Socs when he is assigned to dissect a worm so he pulled out his switch-blade
to cut it open and the Soc girl next to him shouted “You are a hood”. In document B Ponyboy was considered an outsider because he didn’t fit in with the rest of the Soc-class. Another outsider in the novel by S.E. Hinton is surprisingly a Soc, Cherry Valance. In document C Cherry can be considered an outsider because unlike most Socs Cherry can talk to Ponyboy. Ponyboy says Cherry can talk to him because “I was a Greaser and younger she didn’t have to keep her guard up with me”. In this document Cherry can be considered an outsider because she didn’t fit in with the rest of the Socs.
The final person that would considered an outsider in the novel by S.E. Hinton would be the greaser Johnny. Document D takes place in the church when Ponyboy and Johnny are looking at a sunrise, when Ponyboy tells Johnny he couldn’t tell anyone else about a sunrise only Johnny, Sodapop, and maybe Cherry. As you can in document D Johnny is considered an outsider because only him, Sodapop and Cherry because only they could see beyond the point of Socs and Greasers.
As you can see the novel by S.E. Hinton gives examples of who the three main outsiders in the novel were Ponyboy, Cherry, and Johnny. The novel also shows how the gang of Greasers deals with society being divided into two, and faces hardships along the way.