The author of The Outsiders is S.E Hinton. Ponyboy is a sweet‚ caring 14 year old boy who is in a gang called The Greasers. He lives with his two brothers Sodapop and Darrel. The Greasers live on the East side and the Socs live on the West side. Johnny‚ Pony‚ Darry fight for something they believe in that brings purpose to their lives. Johnny had killed Bob in the park one night and Ponyboy was with him Ponyboy sticks with everyone no matter what he is very dependable.‚ they were going
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reading. For many years‚ she concentrated on writing about cowboys and horses. She even completed two books about her favorite passion. But the troubling clashes between greasers and Socs that Hinton witnessed during her teen years eventually forced its way into her writing. Though she was neither a greaser nor Soc herself‚ she personally knew teens from both groups. It was the beating of one of her greaser friends that inspired The Outsiders. The Outsiders was Hinton’s attempt
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Everything happens for a reason. In the book The Outsiders by S.E.Hinton they were two different groups. The Socs and greasers‚ the two groups are viewed differently in that city. They are the same‚ but the dress‚act
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In The Outsiders‚ Ponyboy is the only character who changes In ‘The Outsiders’ Ponyboy has changed a lot after the events of what has happened ‘The Outsiders’ written by S.E. Hinton‚ Ponyboy’s personality has changed a lot‚ he wasn’t the only person who changed‚ Darry changed too. Darry’s personality also changed. Another main person who changed is Johnny‚ he changed emotionally and physically. There were physical changes and emotional changes. Ponyboy realises in the end people are just
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As he lies dying in Chapter 9‚ Johnny Cade speaks these words to Ponyboy. “Stay gold” is a reference to the Robert Frost poem that Ponyboy recites to Johnny when the two hide out in the Windrixville Church. One line in the poem reads‚ “Nothing gold can stay‚” meaning that all good things must come to an end. By the end of the novel‚ the boys apply this idea to youthful innocence‚ believing that they cannot remain forever unsullied by the harsh realities of life. Here‚ Johnny urges Ponyboy to remain
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WRITE YOUR ROUGH DRAFT HERE! When most of us think of gang war‚ we think of the bloods vs crips‚ or the other big city gangs. However‚ most of us do not know what gang life was like in the mid 1900’s. Inside this book‚ the author outshines herself in the production of a story so true‚ it makes us think to our core and ask ourselves‚ would I have done the same thing? In this book‚ set in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma in 1965‚ the story follows greaser gang member‚ Ponyboy curtis. In this essay‚ the witch of the
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deaths of his parents‚ to the economic conditions that cast them as greasers‚ to the deaths of his friends‚ life is not fair to Ponyboy. During this two-week period‚ Pony has to weather three deaths — two greasers and one from the rival gang‚ the Socs. The Socs‚ short for Socials‚ are the "West-side rich kids." By realizing that death at a young
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the poor kids with freedom and the Socs‚ the privileged kids from wealthy families and how how they got into a rumble. Ponyboy‚ the narrator‚ protagonist and the youngest brother decides to write about how he lost his two friends and ran away from home as an essay for his English class. Sodapop‚ the middle brother of the Curtis family faces two main conflicts in the story. Firstly‚ he loves his brothers and wants them to get along
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Innocence will fade with age In the world we live in today‚ people go through heartbreaking and traumatic experiences‚ where they are pressured by the society surrounding them that will fade their innocence over time. A perfect epitome of innocence fading over time is in the novel ‘The Outsiders’‚ written by S.E Hinton‚ the story of a traumatic time in the life of a recently orphaned fourteen-year-old boy named Ponyboy Curtis. He lives on the East Side of Oklahoma‚ a member of the lower class and
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The Greasers walk Marcia and Cherry home when Socs; Bob Sheldon & Randy Adderson see them and think that they are trying to steal their girlfriends. To prevent a fight‚ the girls left Bob and Randy willing. That night‚ Ponyboy came home really late and his brother Darry got angry and hit him. Ponyboy got upset‚ left and met up with Johnny. While walking around the neighborhood‚ Johnny and Ponyboy were approached by Bob‚ Randy‚ and three other drunk Socs. They all start fighting‚ and Bob almost drowns
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