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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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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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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The Outsiders Heroes. In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ “A hero isn’t measured by the size of their strength‚ but by the size of their heart.” Anyone can be a hero. People judge others from the outside not the inside. They judge them by their looks and in the end they don’t really know who that person is deep down inside. First of all‚ Johnny is an outstanding example of a hero. Johnny has a bumpy road relationship with his parents. Johnny is beat by his father and ignored by
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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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same in both versions of the Outsiders. They both have Johnny killing Bob‚ Johnny getting killed from the fire‚ and Johnny commiting suicide because of Johnny’s death. They also both have the same style of clothing. The Socs wore madras and the greasers wore leather
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(1975)‚ Taming the Star Runner (1988)‚ & Some of Tim’s Stories (2007). The most recognized and famous of all of S.E. Hinton’s works is The Outsiders which she published in 1967. The story was inspired by two rival gangs at her high school‚ the Greasers and the Socs. The story
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I believe that if Dally didn’t die‚ the Socs and Greasers could learn to be peaceful among themselves and not fight all of the time. I also think that Ponyboy and Dally would show them the note and the Socs would also try to live by it. The Greasers and Socs would live happily together and get along. Lastly‚ I believe that Ponyboy‚ Dally‚ and the rest of their gang would get the letter framed and
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He is a fourteen-year-old boy apart of a group‚ the Greasers‚ that is notorious for getting into trouble. However‚ he is unlike any of the other boys. Ponyboy likes to read‚ as well as “go to the movies” (Hinton 13). His school work is also important to him‚ “read[ing] Great Expectations for English‚ and recalls of a dissection experiment in Biology” (15). Ponyboy’s differences create a division in his life. One division is with the Greasers. Since he is not like the other boys‚ he will always be
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several examples of these literary terms. The background of this novel is about two rival gangs named the Greasers and the Socials (or Socs). To begin with‚ I will be using foreshadowing. Here in this quote‚ "Things gotta get better‚ I figured they couldn ’t get worse. I was wrong‚" it foreshadows the fact that things can get worse. Like the fight in the park between the Socs and the Greasers that resulted in the death of the Greaser’s member and friend‚ Bob Sheldon. Also‚ before the fight and after
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