The Outsiders gives the reader hints and ideas from the story explaining how we should act and other moral issues. For example‚ a message the author describes is to stay young and innocent. The Greasers‚ specifically the younger Greasers‚ are taught to smoke and kill at a young age. This leads them to do bad things such as going to jail‚ participating in rumbles‚ and robbing stores. In other words‚ bad influence at a young age allows them to do illegal actions. By showing these actions from characters
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The Outsiders was set in a large‚ unnamed town in the United States. According to the website (http://www.shmoop.com/the-outsiders/setting.html)‚ the setting of ‘The Outsiders’ was based on the author’s‚ S. E. Hinton’s‚ hometown of Tulsa‚ Oklahoma‚ when she wrote the story as a high school student. The story took place in the late 1960’s. The landscape in the story was mostly in the cold‚ and dark nights. In one scene Ponyboy and Johnny walk through a park. The weather had seemed to be a freezing
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Truth is an important theme in both Oedipus and the Outsider as it changes the fate for both of the characters. I will talk about how the characters find out about the truth. I will also talk about how this theme is presented to us similarly in both the play and the text‚ as both the characters stick to the truth of their crimes which leads to both their downfalls. As Oedipus and Meursault based in different settings‚ this contributes to how the truth is presented. In the play Oedipus‚ he seeks
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People all need‚ have‚ and want something or already have it‚ and what they wanted or need.In the Outsiders‚hinton highlights the conflicts of both the greasers and socs to show that life is difficult for rich and poor kids. Through depicting their personal conflicts‚Hinton reveals that these young men‚seem so different but share similar needs. In the Outsiders‚ Hinton explains how we all have our problems and difficulties. In the following paragraphs I talk about what problems/challenges that people
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The book and movie of the “Outsiders” are quite interesting. They both have their similarities. But‚ they do have quite some differences. The movie and novel both share some of the same things.For example‚ they novel and movie both take place in the same town. They lived in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma.Johnny and Ponyboy saved the kids at the church when it was burning down. Johnny got hurt by a wooden board falling on him and he later died.Although‚ the movie and the novel have their similarities they also
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The book and the movie of ¨The Outsiders¨ are generally the same but differs at some of the parts. As books and movies usually do‚ they both share the same same story line and the general idea. Nonetheless‚ the differences are quite large. Both the book and the movie are very similar‚ or else it wouldn’t be much of a point to make a movie for a book. For instance‚ the both have Johnny killing Bob while they were drowning Ponyboy. Although it‚ like the book‚ doesn’t go into great detail about it
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The novel ‘The Outsiders’ written by S.E. Hinton is about a character called Ponyboy who learns some very important lessons. Ponyboy is a 14 year old boy he is very intelligent but his Greaser lifestyle holds him back. Some lessons Ponyboy learns is that ‘violence doesn’t solve anything’ and he must ‘stay gold.’ Firstly‚ the main character Ponyboy learns that he must ‘stay gold’. ‘Stay gold’ means staying true to yourself and don’t change. When Johnny was about to die the last words he said were
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The Outsiders Essay A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. Anyone can become a hero through perseverance from any point in society. Ponyboy is part of a crowd who are like criminals known as the Greasers‚ who are poor and live on the east side of town. The Greasers are a gang that have Ponyboy‚ Soda‚ Steve‚ Johnny‚ Dally‚ Darry‚ and Two-bit Matthews. The Greasers are hated by the Socs‚ the Socials‚ who are the west side rich kids in the town. In the
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Dallas Winston or "Dally" is one of the main characters in the book The Outsiders. He is a very dynamic character. He is the toughest member of the outsiders’ gang. He grew up in New York where he was toughened into a cold hater of the whole world. Dally’s first characteristic is that he is tough. When in New York he was arrested when he was ten. "Man‚ I thought New York was the only place to end up in a murder rap‚ Jesus Christ!". Everyone in the gang knew Dally was the toughest and wasn’t one
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For example‚ the novel‚ The Outsiders‚ includes many examples of conflict between the upper class‚ “the Socs”‚ and the lower class‚ “the Greasers.” In The Outsiders the main character‚ Ponyboy says‚ “We’re poorer than the Socs and the middle class” (Hinton 3). This description shows that social class was a big part of what defined individuals and
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