appearance and social class. This has happened since the dawn of time. For example‚ the holocaust‚ civil rights‚ slavery‚ and so many others. In the story the outsiders‚ people are targets by how they dress‚ and how much money they have. S.E. Hinton Shows us that these exterior traits do not signify our true personality. Ponyboy is often segregated based on how he dresses. Many people will assume that he is a bad kid‚ and has no potential. Near the end of the book‚ Ponyboy states “I picked
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Are there any acts of selflessness among lawless brothers? The book by S.E Hinton‚ The Outsiders‚ has two protagonists and antagonists. The greasers are gangs on the poorer side of the city while on the east side there were Socs. The greasers and the Socs fought each other over territory. Although it may seem like the Greasers are completely lawless people‚ they still are honorable due to reasons like how the protect each other‚ how they come together to protect what is theirs and help others who
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Though I usually prefer science fiction and fantasy‚ reading The Outsiders was a phenomenal experience. The story line is good‚ but what sparked my interest is how S. E. Hinton‚ who was 16 at the time she created this‚ writes. Everything flows smoothly‚ and with so much detail. You get to know the characters so well it’s hard to believe the story just covers one week of their lives. This book is extremely hard to put down. The Outsiders is about a gang of “greasers‚” or underprivileged teenagers
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The Outsiders Why do people fight? In the fictional book The Outsiders‚ written by S.E Hinton‚ a 14 year old boy learns the way of street life by getting hurt. The story takes place in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma during the 1960s. There are two gangs that live in Tulsa‚ the Socs and the Greasers. The characters Ponyboy‚ Sodapop‚ Darry‚ Sandy‚ Steve‚ Evie‚ Two-bit‚ Johnny‚ and Dally are all part of the Greasers gang. Cherry‚ Marcia‚ Sylvia‚ Bob‚ and Randy are in the Socs gang. Ponyboy‚ the main character
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The movie The Outsiders by S.E Hinton and the book were very different from each other. Ponyboy‚ Johnny‚ and Dally are three characters that I noticed were the most different. These three are part of a gang called “Greasers” along with four others. In the book‚ Ponyboy has a good relationship with is brother Sodapop but doesn’t get along well with his oldest brother Darry. He is a good reader as well as successful in track. In the movie he still has a good relationship with Sodapop‚ but he gets along
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For my unit 4 novel I read The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton it takes place in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma in 1965. It is told in the first person narrative by PonyBoy Curtis. The main characters of the outsiders are PonyBoy‚ Johnny‚ Dally‚ Darry‚ and Sodapop. Both groups of boys such as the greaser (the main characters and more) and the Socs‚ the Socs are apart of the conflict. I personally like this book because of PonyBoy’s perspective on everybody‚ as him being the narrator and the way he thinks would have been
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Symbolism is a person or thing that represents someone or something. The Outsider is a novel about the different social classes. In the novel The Outsider‚ by S.E. Hinton uses symbolism many times. Ponyboy’s long hair has a symbol‚ and so does his short hair. Pony’s long hair makes him feel tuff. Pony says “not too short‚ Johnny please…My hair looked funny‚ scattered over the floor in tuft.”Ponyboy’s Long hair makes him feel he is going to be a greaser his whole life‚ and he isn’t going to make anything
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Darry is a character on the Outsiders‚ a book by S.E. Hinton. The outsiders is about two gangs‚ the Socs and the Greasers. It focuses on the many challenges between the two gangs. Darrel‚ aka Darry is a strong and responsible young man. Darry is a twenty year old brother of Ponyboy and Sodapop. “Darry is six-feet-two‚ and broad-shouldered and muscular” (6). Darry has cold green-blue eyes‚ and dark brown hair like his dad. He also looks like his father. “He doesn’t understand anything that is not
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In our world‚ there are many groups. For example‚ there are groups in school‚ groups in sports‚ and there are also gangs. This book‚ “The Outsiders” written by S.E.Hinton is about a gang called Greasers and the narrator‚ “Ponyboy” tells us about what happened the year before telling us the story of everyday life as a Greaser. In this book‚the author uses different types of techniques to contradict the characters to their gang. However‚ the author also does not connect the characters to the gang.
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Robert Renfroe‚ better known as Bob Riley once said‚ “Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed”. In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ Johnny Cade is a 16-year-old Greaser with long and greasy ebony hair covering his forehead. He has dark pusillanimous eyes and a scar that runs from his forehead to his cheekbone. Johnny is portrayed as an abused boy who was emotionally and physically traumatized‚ but throughout the novel‚ it is revealed that he is a
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