BOOK REPORT: "The Outsiders" 1. Hinton‚ S.E. The Outsiders. New York: Puffin Books‚ 1967 2. The title of this book relates to the story‚ because in the book‚ Ponyboy and Johnny are "outsiders." They can be thought of as Outsiders because they are labeled Greasers although they do not act like hoodlums‚ like the rest of the Greasers. They are thought of as Greasers just because they live on the East Side of town‚ and because they slick back their hair. But Ponyboy and Johnny are different
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Phillip Malloy is a fibber. Charlie Gordon is mentally disabled. Phillip Malloy deliberately lies and is untrustworthy with his actions and statements. Charlie Gordon is mentally disabled and sees the world as a happy and innocent place. Phillip Malloy is an undependable teenager who only says what benefits him. It’s a real debate on who is the unreliable narrator. Phillip Malloy sees the world like any other teenage boy would see it. Phillip questions the world around him. He knows how to analyze
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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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“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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“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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Reading Log - ‘The Outsiders’ - NO PLAGIARISM The story starts off with Ponyboy‚ the protagonist‚ getting jumped by a bunch of Socs. Socs is the abbreviation for the Socials‚ they are the “West-side rich kids.” Harmony is a joke between the two gangs‚ as differences are common. Unlike the Socs‚ “Greasers are almost like hoods; we steal things and drive old souped-up cars... and have a gang fight once in a while.” Ponyboy Curtis lives with his two older brothers‚ Sodapop and Darry. One night
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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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developed-and is still developing- controversial topics like gay marriage are still prominent is today’s society. William J. Bennett‚ an influential figure in America‚ strongly voiced out his standpoint on the topic of same-sex marriage through his article “Against Gay Marriage.” His concerns persistently argue that the rights for gay marriages are “pointless and even oxymoronic” (Bennett‚ 2011‚ p.409). One does not need to fully agree with his assertions to acknowledge the intensity and goodness of his
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