The Outsiders: Essay Response Demonstrate how the major events that take place in The Outsiders affect the values and attitudes of 3 main characters. The 1967 novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is about the social outcasts; the Greasers and their rivalry against the high class Socs. In the beginning of the book the characters values and attitudes are revealed to the reader through the point of view of Ponyboy. As the book progresses and the lives of the characters take a turn for the worse there
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In the book‚ The Outsiders‚ life was different then it is now‚ people had hard back then! The setting in The Outsiders is small town in Oklahoma divided into the east and west sides. The main characters‚ Ponyboy‚ Sodapop‚ Darry‚ Johnny‚ Dally‚ and Cherry. All live there. How does the setting in S.E Hinton’s novel‚ The Outsiders. Effect the storyline and characters? To begin‚ the setting in this book effects the story quite a bit. For example‚ if they didn’t have the divide of Socs and greasers
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Although I thought they were two very different movies. To my surprise‚ ’Grease’ and ’The Outsiders’ do have some very similar characteristics. Even though the genres are different‚ they have similar themes. Not surprisingly‚ sound and lighting had almost no similarities. However; camerawork is very similar at various points of the two films. ’Grease’ and ’The Outsiders’ are very similar in numerous ways: Both movies involve gangs‚ the struggle to fit in and peer-group pressure. Alcohol also plays
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Outsiders Compare and Contrast The Outsiders was a book written by S.E. Hinton in 1967 and tells the life of greasers. The main Character’s name is Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy is a greaser and life isn’t easy for him. They have a gang that consist of 8 people. One day Pony learns that‚ “Things are rough all over‚” (Hinton‚ 35.) He learned this from his new friend Cherry valance‚(A soc) and ends up learning that both greasers and socs. are just normal people. He learned this over a week of losing
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do not have to be handsome‚ wear a cape‚ or fly to do that; sometimes ordinary people can unexpectedly turn out to be heroes. In the book The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ one unexpected hero is the character Ponyboy Curtis‚ a poor member of a gang called The Greasers. A second unexpected hero is Johnny Cade‚ a quiet‚ abused teen who is also a Greaser. Being an underdog does not automatically make one a hero‚ though. The character of Dally Winston‚ for example‚ is not quite a hero. An imperfect‚ ordinary
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Character Analysis Ponyboy Curtis Ponyboy Curtis is a 14-year-old boy whose world has been turned upside down. His parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months before The Outsiders story takes place. He lives with his oldest brother‚ Darry‚ who is 20 years old and has legal custody of him and his other brother‚ Sodapop‚ who is 16. Darry characterizes Ponyboy as lacking common sense. Pony agrees with this assessment. He readily admits that he is smart at school‚ but sometimes
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This book report was done for S.E. Hinton’s novel‚ THE OUTSIDERS. In my essay‚ I explore the quote‚ "stay gold" and it’s meaning. I used a poem that was in the novel to express this topic (the poem is by Robert Frost). What it basically is about is the cycle of life. Title: "Stay Gold" I have just recently completed reading S.E. Hinton’s novel‚ The Outsiders. The author raises many topics faced by the teenagers of her time. Issues such as peer pressure‚ violence and family problems faced by the
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too pretty either. Class issues play a big part in the book and movie‚ The Outsiders. These class issues in The Outsiders leads to a rough competition because the two gangs‚ Greasers and Socs‚ are completely opposite and believe there can only be one gang in the town. They hate each other and because of class issues the town looks down upon the Greasers and don’t mind the Socs. These problems were not just in The Outsiders but is also portrayed in the book and movie‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. The competition
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be honorable? The Greasers from The Outsiders are examples of people who break laws and are still honorable.The Greasers are law breakers. They have a grudge against the Socs. One of the Greasers accidentally take things too far. He and another Greaser run away‚ but they come back because of certain events that happen. They start to realize who the person they killed was.The Greasers are law breakers‚ but can still be good people. Johnny from The Outsiders is a law breaker‚ but is still a good
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In the book The Outsiders‚ written by S.E. Hinton‚ it tells the story of a young boy named Ponyboy‚ who is a greaser that feels like he is on the outside of society. The book which is fiction focuses on how Johnny killed Bob‚ and how the cops are after him and ponyboy. It also focuses on how they both feel like they are looked down upon by the world. The three topics addressed in this adventurous novel our the fight between the rich and poor‚ the power of friendship‚ and what it means to be a hero
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