What Is The Difference Between The Outsiders Movie And Book
Francis Ford Coppola's film, The Outsiders, remains faithful to S.E. Hinton's novel, The Outsiders, because both are very similar when looking at, the dialogue, the setting, and the order of events.
The dialogue and order of events in, The Outsiders, is almost completely the same between the novel and the movie because in the book Sodapop Curtis says “Soda just put his hand on my shoulder. ‘Easy, Ponyboy. They ain't gonna hurt you no more.’ ” and “You’re an okay kid ponyboy”. Which is exactly what happens in the movie. “ ‘What'd he want?’ Two-Bit asked. ‘What'd Mr. Super-Soc have to say?’ ‘He ain't a Soc,’ I said, ‘he's just a guy. He just wanted to talk.’ ” This line of dialogue is also another example of when the dialogue and actions were
completely the same. The director, Francis Ford Coppola, wanted to keep the spirit of the book the same in the movie, that is why a lot of the dialogue is the same in the film and in the novel. The order of events is also not changed between the film and the novel, “We climbed up the road to the church, although it was a lot farther away than it looked. The road got steeper with every step.” This scene takes place after Johnny killed Bob the Soc when the boys are walking to the abandoned church on Jay Mountain. This is the same order that things happen in both the novel and film. Then after the boys get back to their town Ponyboy falls ill and asks a tired Soda, “ ‘Soda…’--- my voice sounded weak and hoarse--- ‘is somebody sick?’”. After that, Johnny and Dally die on the same night, “Two friends of mine had died that night: one a hero, the other a hoodlum.”
Finally, the setting is very alike in the novel, The Outsiders, and in the film, The Outsiders, because in the novel it states: “Dally had reached the circle of light under the street lamp…” and “...Our house isn't really great. It's run-down looking and everything, and the inside's kind of poor-looking, too, even though for a bunch of boys we do a pretty good job of house-cleaning.” this description of the Curtis brother’s house matches what the house looks like in the film. When Dally dies he is standing under a circle of yellow light in a park and gets shot by the cops and in the film, he is under the circle of light from a street lamp in a park.
The dialogue and order of events in, The Outsiders, is almost completely the same between the novel and the movie because in the book Sodapop Curtis says “Soda just put his hand on my shoulder. ‘Easy, Ponyboy. They ain't gonna hurt you no more.’ ” and “You’re an okay kid ponyboy”. Which is exactly what happens in the movie. “ ‘What'd he want?’ Two-Bit asked. ‘What'd Mr. Super-Soc have to say?’ ‘He ain't a Soc,’ I said, ‘he's just a guy. He just wanted to talk.’ ” This line of dialogue is also another example of when the dialogue and actions were
completely the same. The director, Francis Ford Coppola, wanted to keep the spirit of the book the same in the movie, that is why a lot of the dialogue is the same in the film and in the novel. The order of events is also not changed between the film and the novel, “We climbed up the road to the church, although it was a lot farther away than it looked. The road got steeper with every step.” This scene takes place after Johnny killed Bob the Soc when the boys are walking to the abandoned church on Jay Mountain. This is the same order that things happen in both the novel and film. Then after the boys get back to their town Ponyboy falls ill and asks a tired Soda, “ ‘Soda…’--- my voice sounded weak and hoarse--- ‘is somebody sick?’”. After that, Johnny and Dally die on the same night, “Two friends of mine had died that night: one a hero, the other a hoodlum.”
Finally, the setting is very alike in the novel, The Outsiders, and in the film, The Outsiders, because in the novel it states: “Dally had reached the circle of light under the street lamp…” and “...Our house isn't really great. It's run-down looking and everything, and the inside's kind of poor-looking, too, even though for a bunch of boys we do a pretty good job of house-cleaning.” this description of the Curtis brother’s house matches what the house looks like in the film. When Dally dies he is standing under a circle of yellow light in a park and gets shot by the cops and in the film, he is under the circle of light from a street lamp in a park.