The Outsiders By S.E. Hinton is about two rival gangs known as Greasers and Socs they are divided by their socioeconomic status. The Greasers are a group of boys from lower class.Their gangs were like their families because they were there for them and cared about each other. On the other hand the Socs were the rich kids. They lived on the Westside and were always getting drunk and looking for fights with Greasers.This story is told in first-person narrative by protagonist Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy
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Summary: The book starts with the narrator and co-protagonist‚ Ponyboy Curtis‚ the youngest member of the Greasers (Lower class) going back home after an outdoor movie night. He is encountered by one of the Socs (Higher class)‚ and attacked until his gang arrives to help. The Greasers and Socs need no other party’s provocation to fight. The next day‚ the Greasers visit the movie theatre once again and find Soc’s girlfriends hanging out. After a failed attempt by the older members of the Greasers to
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small Oklahoma town in 1965. The book has two sets of characters‚ the Socs-- who are richer and live on the west side of town‚ and the Greasers-- who are poorer and live on the east side of town. Especially showed in The Outsiders‚ the setting can and will affect the storyline and character development. The setting affects the storyline by deciding what and how things happen in the book. For instance‚ when Cherry (a girl Soc) was talking to Ponyboy (one of the main characters and a Greaser) about
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The Outsiders is an adolescent book about a gang of young adults and teens in the 60’s. They encounter a lot problems along the way and almost all of the characters emerge as heroes at one point. Everyone’s definition of a hero is different‚ so everyone will have a different person who they think was the most heroic. My definition of a hero is someone who is selfless‚ kind‚ brave‚ someone who helps people‚ and someone who risks their lives for others. I think that Johnny best fits this description
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quickly learn that Ponyboy wants to understand why the Socs and Greasers fight‚ why his brother is overworked‚ but yet they have so little money. We first begin to imagine Ponyboy’s innocence in chapter one when we discover that he is not like the other greaser gang members‚ He says “I make good grades and have a
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Curtis says “Soda just put his hand on my shoulder. ‘Easy‚ Ponyboy. They ain’t gonna hurt you no more.’ ” and “You’re an okay kid ponyboy”. Which is exactly what happens in the movie. “ ‘What’d he want?’ Two-Bit asked. ‘What’d Mr. Super-Soc have to say?’ ‘He ain’t a Soc‚’ I said‚ ‘he’s just a guy. He just wanted to talk.’ ” This line of dialogue is also another example of when the dialogue and actions were
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when we were surrounded by Socs. Don’t worry‚ weren’t out of our territory. The guy who we saw Cherry with after the movies came in with his mustang with a bunch of other Socs to chase us‚ just because we picked up thier girls. After they corned us‚ they drowned me in the fountain‚ trying to kill me and harm Johnny. Remember when Johnny was attacked by them before? Well‚ ever since that happened‚ he has carried a knife around with him. He... Killed the Soc. I know. It’s a lot to take
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rest of the family. He works in two jobs. The other Greasers call him "Superman". Johnny Cade He’s the one Ponyboy relates the most in the gang. He’s 16 years old. He’s mostly quiet and passive compared to the group. He has been attacked by the Socs
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To begin to build up the story‚ Ponyboy informed Cherry Valance of the time when Johnny got attacked by a group of Socs. Ever since the day of the beating‚ Ponyboy tells the readers that Johnny personality changed. “Johnny was jumper than ever... Johnny‚ who was the most law-abiding of us‚ now carried in his back pocket a six-inch switchblade.” (Hinton‚ 34) This shows
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