In the book The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton‚ the author highlights the struggles of growing up in poverty while also in battle with a rival group‚ the Socs. The main character Ponyboy Curtis belongs to a gang named the Greasers. The Greasers and Socials are mainly divided by their socioeconomic status. After Ponyboy and fellow gang member Johnny are jumped by a group of socials‚ resulting in one Soc being stabbed and killed by Johnny in self-defense‚ Johnny and Ponyboy go into hiding. After a week
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“When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house‚ I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.” In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ Ponyboy is not the ordinary fourteen- year- old boy for he is a greaser‚ a poor person known to be a public disgrace from the East side of town. All of his life he has been living as a nothing compared to the Socs‚ the rich kids from the West-side. He doesn’t know if he should be proud of who he is until his entire world
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his family unit‚ as he fights with his brothers and feels alienated and unwanted. As Ponyboy tries to find his place within life‚ he turns away from his brothers and towards the support of the ‘greaser family’. Ponyboy’s journey is compared with Johnny‚ who is pushed away by his parents and looks to the greaser gang for family support and comfort. As Ponyboy gains an insight into Johnny’s life he in turn learns to appreciate his brothers and the sense of belonging they offer. “It ain’t the same thing
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Poverty strikes the streets you live in. Everywhere around you you see people starving‚ crying or begging for money. This is what Ponyboy has to live with being a greaser. “The Outsiders” is a book by S.E Hinton. The poem “Poverty and Wealth” is a poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. What do these two pieces of literature have in common? Well‚ more than you’d initially think‚ because I’m here to share with you some of the similarities with “The Outsiders” and “Poverty and Wealth” First the king’s son is
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In the novel The Outsiders Written by S. E. Hinton there is a constant war between the Greasers and the Socs. Two rival gangs constantly fighting because one group‚ the Socs are wealthy and the other group‚ the Greasers are poor. In the story the outsiders the characters Ponyboy‚ Johnny‚ Darry‚ Dally‚ Two-bit and Sodapop are all a part of the greasers. In the story all the characters change some way or another. This is how Darry changed as the story progressed. In the beginning of the story darry
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Have you ever been in the lunchroom at school and seen that there are different types of groups?. Well if you have welcome to the greaser and socs lives. “The outsiders” is a story about two groups of boys name the Socs and the Greasers and it explains how the greaser get in trouble and likes to start fights with the Socs. All kids are in different groups in school and out of school Sometimes it is good to be different from others by being in different groups‚ Sometimes it is good to be different
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In the novel “The Outsiders‚” S.E Hinton uses morality to demonstrate that appearances can be misleading. Greaser‚ Ponyboy Curtis’ literary interests and academic accomplishments set him apart from the rest of the gang and make him an admirable best friend. Although‚ Dallas “Dally” Winston is a troublemaker‚ he can still be trusted to stand up for you. Bob Sheldon is a spoiled‚ selfish individual who values meaningless traits. Ponyboy remains humble even though he excels academically. While hiding
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opinion is Johnny Cade. Johnny is brought up by his father who does not appreciate him‚ does not pay attention to him and barley notices that he is around. Not helping Johnny’s appearance is the fact that he was apart of a group called the Greasers. The Greasers were known as‚ doggy‚ naughty and rough. And this did not attract many people to Johnny‚ however Johnny was able to live with it and I personally think it helped him become a better man. There are many reasons of why I think Johnny is a hero
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because he is a greaser who by far is a gang that is outside society. Most important he is an outsider in his own gang. He is an outsider in his gang because he acts different then the other members of the gang. For example when he is given a broken bottle to fight with he dose not fight he just drops the bottle. Where as the other gang members would fight back with the broken bottle. He is an outsider of the gang because he does not feel the
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drug abuse. The “Greasers” and the “Socs” both had to deal with parents abandoning them‚ being neglected‚ and not having parents there when their own children needed them most. It seemed like if you had a kid in this story that was even a little essential to the plot‚ you were the epitome of bad parenting. One major problem I had with this book was just how useless the adults were in this story. Most of the parents were horrible ones‚ that beat their kids
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