The author S.E.Hinton uses extreme events to make the argument that given a chance; even those labelled ‘bad’ by society can do good. In the novel The Outsiders the characters that are labelled bad greasers who are placed in challenging situations. Those situations demonstrate that people are not always what they are labelled. S.E.Hinton uses her characters and their actions to persuade us that you cannot label someone until you know them and what they have been through. The novel demonstrates that
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would do anything for him‚ and as a character Pony is able to realize that “Darry is a good guardian”. Pony learns that Darry is not as bad as he thought‚ does that go the same for the Socs. Pony “hates the Socs as bitterly and contemptuously as Dally Winston hated”‚ but learns they are not all bad. Pony being a Greaser does not go hand and hand with the Socs and think they are a group of “cold-hearted” mean people with no emotion or feelings in them. However‚ when Ponyboy makes friends with Cherry
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boy. Ponyboy has long greased back hair. “My hair is longer than a lot of boys (Hinton 1).” Darry looks tough and mean. Dally is hard‚
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station • Johnny Cade – 16‚ beaten up by Socs before beginning of novel‚ idolizes Dally • Dallas (Dally) Winston – 17‚ street tough‚ in/out of jail‚ loves Johnny 4. What happened to Pony on his way home from the movies? • Pony was jumped by a group of Socs that were riding in a blue mustang • they threatened to cut his hair off • the gang came running and scared Socs away 5. Who did Dally‚ Johnny‚ and Ponyboy meet at the Nightly Double? Cherry Valance and her friend‚ Marcia
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Death is the inevitable end that everybody fears‚ if not for themselves then for their loved ones. As Jean Dubos put it best‚ “Death is a law‚ not a punishment.” Stopping death’s claim that will eventually have everyone is beyond possibility‚ but living life to the fullest until there is no more life to live is one. Then there are the ones left behind‚ however; the husbands and wives‚ the daughters and sons‚ the best friends. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men and S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders‚ death
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violence‚ she’s falling hard for the bad boys. Her rebellious taste in boys‚ such as Bob and Dally gets her in lots of bad situations. In the book‚ she leaves Bob because of his drinking habits and ends up accidentally leading the boy’s into a fight (to which she stops.) In the book‚ Cherry also falls for Dally‚ after he repeatedly said nasty things to her. Cherry tells Ponyboy “If I see that Dallas Winston again‚ I’ll fall in love with him.” showing her bad boy taste in relationships. Cherry
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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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Ponyboy in a nearby fountain. Johnny got scared and stabbed Bob; accidently killing him. Ponyboy and Johnny run and find Dally who gives them a loaded gun and money and tells them to go hide in an abounded church on top of a hill. Ponyboy reads "Gone with the Wind" to Johnny and then recites the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost. After a couple of days at the church‚ Dally comes to get them‚ and tells them that the Socs and the Greasers have been fighting a lot more since Bob’s death. Johnny
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Tamanna Bhatia Ms. Martino- p.5 English 8 1-2-12 People change a lot throughout a period of time. In the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton‚ there is a lot of character change. There are changes in relationships with others as well as with self. People can evolve into almost completely new beings. When you live in a very tough society‚ such as 1960’s in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma‚ people are judging you by the length of your hair‚ and what side of the railroad tracks you live on. Ponyboy Curtis is a
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death of Bob meant that Johnny and Ponyboy had to run away‚ leading to a fire that was the cause of Johnny’s death. Johnny’s death ended in Dally‚ another Greaser close to Johnny‚ being pushed of the edge. From then on ‘Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted’. (154) In the end‚ if it wasn’t for the actions of the Socs‚ Bob‚ Johnny‚ and Dally never would have
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