when it comes to the horrific events that occurred in the novel The Outsiders‚ who is to blame? The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ covers the life of two rival gangs‚ the lower class Greasers and the upper class Socs. The feud between the two groups grows out of hand after one of the Socs is killed by a Greaser by the name of Johnny. From then onwards a ripple effect leads to the death of two other boys and a rumble in which both gangs clash. These treacherous
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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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“Gang violence in America is not a sudden problem. It has been a part of urban life for years‚ offering an aggressive definition and identity to those seeking a place to belong in the chaos of large metropolitan.” Dave Reichert‚ United States Congressman. Street gangs have been around in the United States as far back as 1783. In contrast to today’s modern street gangs‚ many early gangs on the east coast were even multi-ethnic‚ the gangs were compromised of boys from the same neighborhoods (Howell
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crowd of strangers‚” as Ponyboy‚ Johnny’s friend‚ states in page eleven. In the novel‚ The Outsiders‚ by Susan Eloise Hinton‚ Johnny Cade is a character who goes through resilient phases in his life. Some phases are on how he created his inflection points‚ his inflection points‚ and the ramifications. Johnny is doubtless the first one‚ and one to have the most‚ to have a tremendous crisis then the other characters. Johnny’s first cause is when he is jumped by Bob’s group. There is no evidence that
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Why do Teenagers Join Gangs? Gangs are a group of people who deliberately engage in illegal behavior. Those people are gangsters who are commonly seen as dangerous criminals and social outcasts; but they do not join gangs for no reason. “Adolescents may be interested in joining gangs because of its supportive features. For example‚ gangs can offer a sense of confidence‚ individuality‚ and connection to something greater than oneself” (McNeil‚ Herschberger‚ and Nedela‚ 2013)The senses they lack are
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No!" I screamed at him. "I’m fourteen! I’ve been fourteen for a month! And I’m in it as much as you are. I’ll stop crying in a minute... I can’t help it.” the main character in this book “The outsiders‚” Ponyboy Curtis has the innocence and immaturity of a young fourteen-year-old. but as we continue to read we soon see when he reaches the point of no longer being “gold” or is forced to mature causing him to lose his innocence. We quickly learn that Ponyboy wants to understand why the Socs and Greasers
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How can complete opposites of people also have many similarities? How can a law breaking guy have anything similar to a law-abiding person? In most stories this is highly unlikely. However‚ in S.E Hinton’s novel The Outsiders‚ two characters have these differences. Dally Winston and Johnny Cade are similar because they both have abusive parents and they both care about one another. On the other hand they have opposite personalities and have different opinions on the law. Therefore‚ Dally Winston
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The Outsiders‚ elucidates that friendship becomes the most vital value in a world where parental influence is scarce and violence seems to be the only answer. Constantly in conflict are the two social groups known as the Socs‚ the rich and privileged‚ and the Greasers‚ the poor ‘hoods’‚ yet both find common ground in the fact that friendship is immensely important . The depth of the friendship between Johnny and Ponyboy can only be explained with one word‚ unbreakable. Both boys confide in each
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The novel "The outsiders" by S.E Hinton is about a young Greaser name Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy is part of a gang‚ called the Greasers. He and his gang are bullied all the time by a gang called Socs- the rich white folks. The Socs hate the greasers‚ the reason why they pick on Ponyboy a lot. Ponyboy’s brother has also been hurt by the Socs pretty bad‚ worst. One day Ponyboy walked back home as the rich kids were following him and yelled things to him. They entered into a alley just to pulverize him
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In the book‚ Gang Leader for a Day‚ a rogue sociologist passionately dives into the lives of one of Chicago’s toughest housing projects in an attempt to develop an insight as to how the urban impoverished lived. Throughout the text it becomes clear that a conflict paradigm is being reflected. A conflict society is based on social inequality‚ in which some individuals benefit and thrive more than others‚ which tends to lead to conflict and thus change. This is evident both in the housing projects
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