giving‚ and humble. For two criminal teenagers to be considered heroic is strange‚ but for Dally Winston and Johnny Cade‚ sacrificing everything for their closest friends and community is a daily ordeal. Throughout H.E. Hinton’s fiction novel‚ The Outsiders‚ Dally and Johnny are constantly portrayed as dangerous and tough kids involved in illegal activity spouting from their street gang. Although this is true to an extent‚ they are simply trying to protect their family of other traumatized kids. Their
Premium S. E. Hinton The Outsiders Social class
The Significance of Innocence “‘Stay gold‚ Ponyboy. Stay gold…’” (Hinton 148). The last words of Johnny Cade indicates that he is telling Ponyboy Curtis to retain his innocence. In The Outsiders‚ the author‚ S.E. Hinton‚ suggests that Ponyboy and Johnny are trying to keep hold of their innocence. They go through many challenges and obstacles and in the end they realize that innocence can be cherished but there is a time when you have to grow up. Oddly‚ Hinton proves just the opposite; she proves
Premium English-language films The Catcher in the Rye Thought
THE OUTSIDERS Study Guide Answers Chapters 1-2 1. Identify Darry‚ Sodapop‚ and Ponyboy by giving at least 3 descriptions of each. • Darry – oldest brother‚ 20‚ roofer‚ former football player • Sodapop – middle brother‚ 16‚ dropout‚ works at gas station • Ponyboy – youngest brother‚ 14‚ good grades‚ runs track 2. How are Greasers different from Socs? • the way they dress • money • how they express their emotions 3. Who were other members of Pony’s gang? • Two-Bit
Premium The Outsiders S. E. Hinton
Quote "Dally’s okay‚" Johnny said defensively‚ and I nodded. You take up for your buddies‚ no matter what they do. When you’re a gang‚ you stick up for your members. If you don’t stick up for them‚ stick together‚ make like brothers‚ it isn’t a gang any more. It’s a pack. A snarling‚ distrustful. bickering pack like the Socs in their social clubs or the street gangs in New York or the wolves in the timber. "[Dally’s] tough‚ but he’s a cool guy." this is a example of the way pony boy doesn’t want
Premium Management Marketing Strategic management
Johnny It was a big lid. All those years I believed he was gone forever. All those months I spent crying alone in my room‚ reading about his adventures he wrote down for me. Only to find out that he was still there. Anywhere. But there. Johnny‚ that’s what I decided to call my new furry friend‚ barked in his sleep. It seemed like he was dreaming. I did not want to wake him up. I leaned back in my chair and took a deep breath. Down here in my hideout‚ the air was a lot cooler than outside. I spent
Premium Family English-language films Mother
When is the truth a lie?.............. When it is only half told. The truth like an arrow in flight‚ if it deviates by a plus or minus .0 degrees‚ in any direction‚ will not hit its mark. True it may come pretty close‚ may fall with in acceptable boundaries‚ but more times than not it will miss the mark altogether. Seems to me people always say they want that arrow (the truth) to hit dead center bulls eye all the time‚ but because of hidden agendas though the aim‚ was true when the arrow was loosed
Premium Lie Truth Epistemology
Labeling theory is a sociological concept that considers how people are labeled in society and the later impacts of this labeling on their self-identity and behavior. Furthermore‚ it looks at the concept of deviance - behavior that is different to the normal or accepted standards of society (The Free Dictionary)‚ and highlights the “role of government agencies‚ and social processes in general‚ in the creation of deviance and crime”(Paternoster‚ R & Bachman‚ R 2013). In her online lesson on labeling
Premium Sociology Criminology Labeling theory
In S.E. Hilton’s short story “The outsiders” is about a boy named Ponyboy Curtis life in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma. Ponyboy lives with his two older brothers‚ Darrel and Sodapop. His parents died when he was younger from a wreck. Throughout the book‚ the author talked about the towns two rival gangs‚ the Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers are the lower class white people who are considered hoods or juvenile delinquents by society and the Socs are the higher class white people who are the rich kids from the
Premium S. E. Hinton The Outsiders English-language films
Literary Analysis for The Outsiders S.E. Hinton shows in her book The Outsiders that life was rough for people who live in the 1960s. This book takes place in a small Oklahoma town in 1965. The book has two sets of characters‚ the Socs-- who are richer and live on the west side of town‚ and the Greasers-- who are poorer and live on the east side of town. Especially showed in The Outsiders‚ the setting can and will affect the storyline and character development. The setting affects the storyline
Premium Firearm Gun Gun politics in the United States
The Outsiders‚ by S.E Hinton is about two gangs who are considered outsiders. These two gangs are outsiders because they do not fit in with society. Particularly‚ there are three characters who do not only not fit in society because of what gang they are in but they are considered outsiders in there own gang; these three characters are Ponyboy Curtis‚ Johnny Cade‚ and Cherry Valance. One character that would fall under the title of the outsider would have to be Ponyboy Curtis. There are many reasons
Premium S. E. Hinton The Outsiders Fiction