The Outsiders
The Outsiders
In class we have been reading a novel called ‘The Outsiders’ by S E Hilton. This book was published forty years ago and is still popular because it has an interesting theme and characters as well. The book was set in the 1960’s in Tulsa, Oklahoma, America. This book is about a boy named Ponyboy Curtis and his brothers and his gang. Ponyboy is from a gang called the greasers. The greasers are enemies with the socs who are the rich kids. Ponyboy is good friends with Johnny Cade, who is also part of the gang. They get involved in a fight with the socs and murder one of them. Dally helps them to run away. They go to a place called Windrixville and hide in an abandoned church. When Dally comes to visit them, they go out to eat. When they come back they find the church on fire and some kids trapped in there. Johnny and Ponyboy go over to rescue the children. When they rescue the children and are trying to come out, the roofs fall on Johnny. All of them are taken to the hospital. After some period of time Johnny dies. Dally cannot take the news in, so he shoplifts and gets shot by the police. All this was written after all this happened from Ponyboy’s point of view because he is the protagonist. In ‘The Outsiders’ there are many examples of loyalty and friendship. For example, when Two-Bit, Ponyboy and Johnny are talking to Cherry and Marcia at the drive-in movie, they discuss gangs. Two-Bit explains:
“Us greasers usually stick together, but when we do fight among ourselves, it’s a fair fight…if Tim beats Dally’s head in and then tomorrow asks us for help in a rumble, we’ll show”
This quote shows that although greasers do have in-fighting, they have a sense of loyalty when it comes to joining together against a rival group who are not greasers. Another example where friendship and loyalty is shown when Ponyboy is thinking about gangs. He is at the movies with Johnny and the others. He describes the difference between a gang and a pack:
“…if you don’t
In class we have been reading a novel called ‘The Outsiders’ by S E Hilton. This book was published forty years ago and is still popular because it has an interesting theme and characters as well. The book was set in the 1960’s in Tulsa, Oklahoma, America. This book is about a boy named Ponyboy Curtis and his brothers and his gang. Ponyboy is from a gang called the greasers. The greasers are enemies with the socs who are the rich kids. Ponyboy is good friends with Johnny Cade, who is also part of the gang. They get involved in a fight with the socs and murder one of them. Dally helps them to run away. They go to a place called Windrixville and hide in an abandoned church. When Dally comes to visit them, they go out to eat. When they come back they find the church on fire and some kids trapped in there. Johnny and Ponyboy go over to rescue the children. When they rescue the children and are trying to come out, the roofs fall on Johnny. All of them are taken to the hospital. After some period of time Johnny dies. Dally cannot take the news in, so he shoplifts and gets shot by the police. All this was written after all this happened from Ponyboy’s point of view because he is the protagonist. In ‘The Outsiders’ there are many examples of loyalty and friendship. For example, when Two-Bit, Ponyboy and Johnny are talking to Cherry and Marcia at the drive-in movie, they discuss gangs. Two-Bit explains:
“Us greasers usually stick together, but when we do fight among ourselves, it’s a fair fight…if Tim beats Dally’s head in and then tomorrow asks us for help in a rumble, we’ll show”
This quote shows that although greasers do have in-fighting, they have a sense of loyalty when it comes to joining together against a rival group who are not greasers. Another example where friendship and loyalty is shown when Ponyboy is thinking about gangs. He is at the movies with Johnny and the others. He describes the difference between a gang and a pack:
“…if you don’t