“Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things‚ not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong things‚ not the things you want to see.” (S.E Hilton‚ The Outsiders). In the Outsiders‚ Hilton demonstrates the rough life of gang living. In the story there many negative examples and consequences from the gang life‚ such as‚ “rumbles”‚ violent acts‚ and even tragic deaths. The gangs were small groups‚ within the community
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loved Johnny and always looked out for him. That’s why they felt this way. (3 points) 3. Ponyboy questions his pride in being a greaser. Why does he do this? Answer: He does this because he hates that the socs and the greasers are always fighting and he wishes that they could all just get along. Or because people always look at them and judge them for being greasers ‚ they always think they are criminals and get into trouble (3 points) 4. Why is it significant that Darry calls Ponyboy “little
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A lot can come from a guy who only wants Paul Newman and a ride home. Ponyboy‚ along with his friend Johnny travel on an adventure while living life running on the edge. Both Ponyboy and Johnny came from a gang called the Greasers that live poorer than the common people. Their adventure all started with a slap in the face. As kids Johnny and Ponyboy didn’t talk much‚ Ponyboy was 14 and Johnny was 16. Ponyboy was the youngest of the gang while Johnny was the gang’s little pet. In the beginning Ponyboy
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like the Socs‚ who jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks‚ and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to society the next. Greasers are almost like hoods; we steal things and drive old souped-up cars and hold up gas stations and have a gang fight once in awhile.” This quote explains how the greasers are the cool ¨tuff¨ kids in town and the Socs are the upper class citizens who are completely opposite of the greasers. Another element that
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I like the book because the time period they were in. The 80s theme was great but the 60s was better for the story. The movie was good but it just didn’t do justice to the book. I love the fact that the book has the greasers and Socs. The movie didn’t really have any of the greasers in it besides Angela’s brothers. I don’t like the fact the movie didn’t have those or the hippies in it. They were an important part of the storyline. The book was just more enjoyable than the movie for
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The Outsiders: Essay Response Demonstrate how the major events that take place in The Outsiders affect the values and attitudes of 3 main characters. The 1967 novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is about the social outcasts; the Greasers and their rivalry against the high class Socs. In the beginning of the book the characters values and attitudes are revealed to the reader through the point of view of Ponyboy. As the book progresses and the lives of the characters take a turn for the worse there
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Hinton’s The Outsiders‚ a novel about two social groups‚ the Greasers and the Socs‚ and how the war between them cost three lives. The book is in the perspective of Ponyboy Curtis‚ a sensitive Greaser who is put in the middle of the social conflict when he friend Johnny kills a Soc in self-defense. Ponyboy and Johnny run away to escape the law‚ and to do so go to their friend Dally for help. Now‚ it is known that Dally was a criminal‚ a true Greaser. He was arrested at the age of ten‚ and mugged small children
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do serious damage‚ the gang of Greasers that he belongs to come running just in time to help Ponyboy. Soda gets worried when he sees the injuries‚ but Darry yells at Ponyboy‚ causing Ponyboy to think that Darry doesn’t love him even though he is his youngest brother. In the next chapter‚ Dally take Johnny and Ponyboy to the movies and they meet two girls. Johnny and Ponyboy become friends with them. They talk to each other about their troubles‚ the Socs’ and Greasers’ troubles‚ and get to know each
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novel‚ The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ loyalty comes in a different form. In a town of greasers and Socs‚ poor hoodlums and privileged rich kids‚ the loyalty of the different groups is tested in struggles between right and wrong as discriminatory attacks on greasers lead up to the murder of a popular Soc. The conflict between the groups was always present‚ but when the reality of the crime strikes‚ two of the greasers‚ Ponyboy and Johnny‚ flee in an attempt to not only escape their crime‚ but the social
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Ponyboy should be put into the foster system. Many families don’t have a safe relationship with each other. Unfortunately Ponyboy is apart of one of those families. His family has been through a tragedy losing his parents. Which means his parental figures are his two brothers who aren’t as responsible as they seem. They allow him to do many things that isn’t going to benefit him in the future. They are teaching him what they learned was okay and they are pretty young so they are probably not that
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