The different types of conflicts help shape the book because the conflicts help deepen the story and the characters in the book. In ‘The Outsiders’ the main conflict is person vs society. Since Ponyboy is a greaser he is looked down upon in society because he is poor. One example of a plot is person vs person‚ of Darry and Ponyboy. A lot of times Darry and Ponyboy don’t get along and get into a lot of arguments‚ by yelling and shouting. This would be an example of person vs person because one character
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“They grew up on the outside of society. They weren’t looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.” ― S.E. Hinton‚ The Outsiders. The Outsiders is a narrative about two gangs‚ the Greasers and the Socs. They are gangs that fight each other and in worst cases sometimes they fight to the death. The tale is from the perspective of a Greaser boy named Ponyboy and his best friend Johnny. A couple of Socs had attacked Johnny and Ponyboy and since Johnny panicked‚ he killed one of the Socs named
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The Outsiders Heroes. In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ “A hero isn’t measured by the size of their strength‚ but by the size of their heart.” Anyone can be a hero. People judge others from the outside not the inside. They judge them by their looks and in the end they don’t really know who that person is deep down inside. First of all‚ Johnny is an outstanding example of a hero. Johnny has a bumpy road relationship with his parents. Johnny is beat by his father and ignored by
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control. These four types of conflicts are man versus another man‚ for example in The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ a major man versus man conflict are the rival gangs‚ the Greasers and the Socs. Another conflict is man versus nature‚ where a person is in trouble with a force of nature‚ like a tornado‚ or in this case a fire. Man versus society is where a character has conflicts with society’s views on “outsiders” and people who do not fit in. An man versus self‚ is where a character struggles against
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The literal definition of “outcast” is a person who has been rejected by society or a social group. I believe that being an outsider is universal because everyone is different in some way. Difference is what feeling like an outsider is based on‚ therefor‚ when people compare themselves to others and notice the differences‚ the feeling of being outcasted or being an “outsider” universally affects everyone
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However‚ not everyone faces this transition at the same time or in the same way. In the Young Adult genre‚ the main characters have something in common: they are all going through the rite of passage from being children to young adults. In The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ a boy trying to figure out his identity while being bullied from a rival group‚ in Forever‚ by Judy Blume‚ a girl is coming to terms with her sexual identity‚ and in The Absolute Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ by Sherman Alexie‚ a
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Johnny’s death but he would know that it would be okay because of Johnny’s letter that he wrote. I believe that Ponyboy would have shown Dally the note‚ and Dally would be reassured that even without Johnny everything would better than alright. The book would have ended with only one of their best friends dead and as tragic as it was things wouldn’t get worse but better.
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Reading Log - ‘The Outsiders’ - NO PLAGIARISM The story starts off with Ponyboy‚ the protagonist‚ getting jumped by a bunch of Socs. Socs is the abbreviation for the Socials‚ they are the “West-side rich kids.” Harmony is a joke between the two gangs‚ as differences are common. Unlike the Socs‚ “Greasers are almost like hoods; we steal things and drive old souped-up cars... and have a gang fight once in a while.” Ponyboy Curtis lives with his two older brothers‚ Sodapop and Darry. One night
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“Outsiders” Compare and Contrast Essay The Outsiders‚ movie and novel‚ are both outstanding masterpieces‚ both of them loved by millions‚ and even if the actors don’t match up with how the characters are described in the book‚ they still portray the characters outstandingly. Even though there are a myriad of differences there are also a mass of similarities‚ for instance‚ they are both set in the same time frame (The 1960´s). They both keep the technology and clothing relevant to how it was portrayed
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In “The Outsiders” by H. P. Lovecraft‚ the author more than hinted at what is a horrifically set story. One element of his well put together setting was when he introduced the castle on pg. 21 “ I know not where I was born‚ save that the castle was infinitely old and infinitely horrible; full of dark passages and having high ceilings where the eye could find only cobwebs and shadows.” This is a great example because it was also on the first page‚ which was a clever move from the author. So once you
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