Introduction In “The Outsiders” S.E Hinton creates a realistic theme and a protagonist that will intrigue young readers. The Theme Mclean (2011) states that young readers experience real life situations by reading about them. Division by socioeconomic status is a theme that all teenagers can relate to. According to Hinton (1967) there is a clear social division between the teenagers that live on the West- and East-side of the town. This division is caused by socioeconomic status. Hinton (1967) states
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characters Ponyboy and Dally for example from S.E Hinton’s The Outsiders The characters Ponyboy and Dally are both in a gang called the Greasers.The Greasers get into many rumbles with the Soc’s. As members of the gang the Greasers are very close to one another‚especially to Johnny.Another thing makes Ponyboy and Dally the same is the fact that they both care deeply about Johnny.Ponyboy cared about johnny’s welfare like the others but ever since he’s experience with Johnny at the church Ponyboy`s relationship
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Bud not Buddy Oh my there’s Miss Caldwell! This story would be different in modern time because Bud’s mom wouldn’t have died because there would be medicine and hospitals. Also‚ Bud wouldn’t be hungry all the time because there would be more missions and food places. Another reason it would be different is Bud would be going to school because he wouldn’t be on the hunt for somebody. This helps my last point I mentioned. Bud not Buddy would be different in modern times. Bud not Buddy‚ is a
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In the book The Outsiders‚ written by S. E. Hinton‚ Ponyboy‚ a fourteen year old boy who is a part of the “Greasers‚” a gang that exists to help each other in the east side of Tulsa‚ Oklahoma‚ lives with his two older brothers and encounters both sides of the bitter rivalry between the “Socs” and the “Greasers. The novel focuses on the conflicts that arose among both gangs. The book also centers on the narrator‚ Ponyboy‚ and his journey with the “Greasers” and the “Socs.” The three topics addressed
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Thesis: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ a novel which tells the story of conflict between the "greasers" and the "Socs‚" captures the voice of ponyboy and his friends in a realistic way that relates to boys and their gangs even today. This story has a lot of issues that are going to be talked about in this paper such as the realism‚ the conflicts‚ the characters‚ Hintons style‚ the themes‚ etc. This book is pretty interesting and brings up a lot of good issues. There are a lot of reasons for reading
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The Insiders I chose ponyboy and johnny to be my heros of my essay and bob to be my anti hero because A hero is a very special person. He is brave‚ confident‚ altruistic‚ and a maverick. A hero is someone who puts his life on the line to save others. He might be afraid but he will not back off. When everyone else runs away from the disaster or the enemy‚ he runs towards it. Ponyboy fits my definition of a Hero perfectly because he said "’I’ll get them‚ don’t worry! I started at a dead run
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“The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton has many main characters‚ I’m only going to focus on one and that’s Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy Curtis or Pony for short is a 14 year old boy who is apart of a friend group called the greasers. They’re called the greasers because they have greasy hair and are not very clean. Pony also has a brother named Darry‚ who is 20 and has legal custody of him and his 16 year old brother named Sodapop. Darry has legal custody of him and his brother because their parents were in a car
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The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about the greasers‚ the poor teenagers who don’t fit in‚ fighting with the socs‚ the rich kids who have everything. The greasers have it worse because they have bad family life‚ they are always fighting and being jumped by the socs‚ and they don’t fit in with society. The greases have bad family life like relationships with their parents. Dally’s parents don’t care about him or what he does‚ ponyboy’s parents aren’t even alive they died in a car crash. Johnny has a
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celebrities and forget about people’s wealth that we’re would all be just ordinary regular people. We all bleed‚ red blood when we cut ourselves‚ we all hurt and have emotions and rights we are all humans. Reading this incredible story “The Outsiders” By S.E. Hinton was an inspirational book it opened my eyes to such other things that is more important that is going on in the world. I’ve learned a valuable lesson‚ like to stay gold like the poem in the book. Nature’s first green is gold‚ her hardest
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The Outsiders written by SE Hinton continue to be a literary influence on the lives of many teens. This novel has been translated into 30 languages and many fine personal connections with either the plot for the characters themselves. My connection in the novel outsiders is when pony boy tells us that his parents died in a car crash and my dad died in a boat crashing that is kind of the same thing. My favorite quotient from the book the outsiders is when Johnny is about to die and he says to pony
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