Character Analysis Ponyboy Curtis Ponyboy Curtis is a 14-year-old boy whose world has been turned upside down. His parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months before The Outsiders story takes place. He lives with his oldest brother‚ Darry‚ who is 20 years old and has legal custody of him and his other brother‚ Sodapop‚ who is 16. Darry characterizes Ponyboy as lacking common sense. Pony agrees with this assessment. He readily admits that he is smart at school‚ but sometimes
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poem in the novel to show that things always change. For example‚ the poem states‚ “Nature’s first green is gold‚ her hardest hue to hold.” Frost is saying that at first everything is pure‚ but it’s hard to keep it that way. This relates to The Outsiders because in the beginning of Ponyboy’s life‚ everything was fine. Ponyboy and Johnny even gained a lot of fame and recognition for saving the kids from the burning church. This reminds us of how pure everything is at the beginning. In addition to
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“Outsiders” Compare and Contrast Essay The “Outsiders” film and novel are both very outstanding and interesting.After watching the movie I noticed a few similarities‚ like how they both have all the same characters‚ and the church gets burnt down. Even though there are many similarities there are still a lot of differences‚ including how In the book Ponyboy was jumped‚ but this did not happen in the movie Here are a few of the similarities they share. Darry‚ Sodapop‚ and Ponyboy are all brothers
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This quote took major themes of The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton. Often times‚ people make judgements upon others by first impression. Those judgements can cause anger. This could lead to fighting‚ in his quote it can often be fatal. Fatal doesn’t have to mean the end of a life‚ but an end to a friendship or a family bond. People do not see that everyone has problems that people hid from outsiders. This paper will discuss the three themes of The Outsiders‚ fighting never solves anything‚ everybody
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This book report was done for S.E. Hinton’s novel‚ THE OUTSIDERS. In my essay‚ I explore the quote‚ "stay gold" and it’s meaning. I used a poem that was in the novel to express this topic (the poem is by Robert Frost). What it basically is about is the cycle of life. Title: "Stay Gold" I have just recently completed reading S.E. Hinton’s novel‚ The Outsiders. The author raises many topics faced by the teenagers of her time. Issues such as peer pressure‚ violence and family problems faced by the
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The Outsiders – Film or Novel People like to watch movies because it is animated and they can watch with others. Some like to read novels because they can escape from the world and prefer some time to themselves. People who love to read novel have a different personality to those that love to watch movies. Most modern teenagers would say that they would prefer watching the movie than the novel‚ but even those film lovers would prefer the novel with these two texts. The Outsiders by S.E Hinton
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The Outsiders slang vocabulary 1)corvair-A popular sports car in the 60’s. Ex: I about decided I didn’t like it so much though I spotted a red corvair trailing me. Page # 4 2)Hood- A person that is gong that gets in trouble in their own way. Ex-greasers are almost like hoods. Page # 3 3)Tuff-cool or sharp. Ex-Like a tuff looking mustang or a tuff record. Page #12 4)Rumble-To fight between groups of people. Ex-A rumble is sometimes born out of a grudge fight. Page # 11 5)Hacked off-
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The Outsiders Most Dynamic Character The most dynamic character in the book The Outsiders is Ponyboy Curtis. Throughout the course of the book his actions‚thoughts‚and things he said‚ lead me to believe the he is the most dynamic character. This is true for many reasons‚ first at the beginning of the book he needed to be protected‚ but towards the end of the book he was able to protect himself. Furthermore Ponyboy changed his views toward Dallas during the book‚ lastly he realizes that
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Jaxi Woods-Smith Mrs. Brown English Period 1 September 26th‚ 2012 The Outsiders By S.E. Hinton “Dally risked his life for us‚ to keep Johnny out of trouble.” (Pg. 117.) This is a quote from S.E. 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
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In the novel The Outsiders‚ by S.E Hinton there are two social groups. The Socs and The Greasers. They are rival gangs. The Greasers have it worst off because they have to hideout from the police‚ they are poor‚ and they get jumped by The Socs. The boys‚ Johnny and Ponyboy‚ have to hide from the police because Johnny killed somebody to save Ponyboy’s life. “We gotta get outta here. Get somewhere. Run away. The police’ll be here soon‚” ( Hinton pg. 57). If it were The Socs that killed one of The
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