In the novel The Outsiders‚ by S.E Hinton there are two social groups. The Socs and The Greasers. They are rival gangs. The Greasers have it worst off because they have to hideout from the police‚ they are poor‚ and they get jumped by The Socs. The boys‚ Johnny and Ponyboy‚ have to hide from the police because Johnny killed somebody to save Ponyboy’s life. “We gotta get outta here. Get somewhere. Run away. The police’ll be here soon‚” ( Hinton pg. 57). If it were The Socs that killed one of The
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In the novel‚ The Outsiders‚ appearance is a very important theme to the book. One example of this in the book is when the Greasers thought that the Socs had everything going great because of what they owned. Some things that made the Greasers think this was the fact that the Socs had really nice cars and they had nice clothes. The Greasers didn’t know that the Socs had some of the same problems that they did and they went through hard times just like them. Another example of appearance being an
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is someone who helps others and puts them before himself and would risk his life to help them. Ponyboy is not a villain. Johnny kills someone‚ but to protect his friend. Dally could be a hero‚ but he chooses not to be. Who will be the hero in the Outsiders? we shall find out? Pony is a good guy. He is a hero. Pony doesn’t like to be harassed‚ but he doesn’t like seeing anyone else being harassed either. “Leave her alone‚ Dally(page 24). He didn’t want the girls to be harassed and also didn’t want
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“Outsiders” Compare and Contrast Essay The Outsiders‚ movie and novel‚ are both outstanding masterpieces‚ both of them loved by millions‚ and even if the actors don’t match up with how the characters are described in the book‚ they still portray the characters outstandingly. Even though there are a myriad of differences there are also a mass of similarities‚ for instance‚ they are both set in the same time frame (The 1960´s). They both keep the technology and clothing relevant to how it was portrayed
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The different types of conflicts help shape the book because the conflicts help deepen the story and the characters in the book. In ‘The Outsiders’ the main conflict is person vs society. Since Ponyboy is a greaser he is looked down upon in society because he is poor. One example of a plot is person vs person‚ of Darry and Ponyboy. A lot of times Darry and Ponyboy don’t get along and get into a lot of arguments‚ by yelling and shouting. This would be an example of person vs person because one character
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“They grew up on the outside of society. They weren’t looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.” ― S.E. Hinton‚ The Outsiders. The Outsiders is a narrative about two gangs‚ the Greasers and the Socs. They are gangs that fight each other and in worst cases sometimes they fight to the death. The tale is from the perspective of a Greaser boy named Ponyboy and his best friend Johnny. A couple of Socs had attacked Johnny and Ponyboy and since Johnny panicked‚ he killed one of the Socs named
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In the Outsiders‚ there are two gangs- the greasers and the Socials or Socs. The greasers don’t usually have a whole lot of money‚ compared to the rich Socs. They both participate in crime‚ though Socs tend to be more vicious and attack for no reason other than for
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of individuals. In 1957‚ Camus was awarded with the Nobel Prize in literature “for his important literary production‚ which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times.” (Novel Prize Literature) The Outsider concentrates on the rational meaning of human existence and the lives of individuals. This written work follows the life of our Algerian protagonist‚ Mersault‚ who becomes involved with a violent murder after his mom demises and is indifferent by
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“Stay gold‚ Ponyboy‚ stay gold‚” Those are the words that Johnny wrote to Ponyboy before his tragic death. Johnny wanted to let Ponyboy and his best friends know that life goes on and just because there is hardships‚ there still is happiness in the world and that the grass is always greener on the other side. I believe that if Dally had not been killed then all of the gang’s lives would go on living the motto of Johnny. Dally would be alive and still heartbroken from Johnny’s death but he would know
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