In our world today‚ the standards of society are what many of us live by. The people who do not meet these qualifications are cast out by society. The novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ demonstrates what being on the outside is like. The Greasers‚ labeled as outsiders‚ are viewed by their community as hoodlums and criminals; the only reasons being that they are not well off‚ put grease in their hair‚ and dress differently. Reading this book made me think of a very important lesson everyone should
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The Outsiders Essay A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. Anyone can become a hero through perseverance from any point in society. Ponyboy is part of a crowd who are like criminals known as the Greasers‚ who are poor and live on the east side of town. The Greasers are a gang that have Ponyboy‚ Soda‚ Steve‚ Johnny‚ Dally‚ Darry‚ and Two-bit Matthews. The Greasers are hated by the Socs‚ the Socials‚ who are the west side rich kids in the town. In the
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Thesis: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ a novel which tells the story of conflict between the "greasers" and the "Socs‚" captures the voice of ponyboy and his friends in a realistic way that relates to boys and their gangs even today. This story has a lot of issues that are going to be talked about in this paper such as the realism‚ the conflicts‚ the characters‚ Hintons style‚ the themes‚ etc. This book is pretty interesting and brings up a lot of good issues. There are a lot of reasons for reading
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The Outsiders gives the reader hints and ideas from the story explaining how we should act and other moral issues. For example‚ a message the author describes is to stay young and innocent. The Greasers‚ specifically the younger Greasers‚ are taught to smoke and kill at a young age. This leads them to do bad things such as going to jail‚ participating in rumbles‚ and robbing stores. In other words‚ bad influence at a young age allows them to do illegal actions. By showing these actions from characters
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“Your gold when you’re a kid‚ like green. everything’s new‚ like dawn” (Hinton‚ 1967‚Pg. that was what Johnny told Ponyboy in his note in Gone With The Wind explaining what he meant by telling him “stay gold”. In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Ponyboy Curtis is a dreamy boy who has problems with social classes which cause him to run away from home. By the end of the story‚ he learns to deal with loss and becomes an understanding‚ tuff boy. “When I stepped out of the bright sunlight of the dark
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The Outsiders Theme Paragraphs Many times in society‚ people are judged by their 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
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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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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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people are different or just outcasts. In many books as well‚ a character ends up being an outcast or a unique‚ different person as a whole. When are we outcasts and when are we just ‘different’ from the rest of the world? S.E. Hinton’s book The Outsiders represents this interesting situation where some people belong in the path of the status quo while others seem to stand out more than they fit in. Throughout the book‚ characters are shunned for being outcasts‚ honored for being unique‚ or even both
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real-life issues? Ask S.E. Hinton because she did exactly that at the young age of 15. Hinton wrote the life-changing young adult novel The Outsiders‚ about things that she witnessed as a teenaged girl whom some would call a “Greaser”. How much courage it must have taken Hinton to write a book that was the first of its kind‚ and at such a young age! Truly‚ S.E. Hinton is a woman full of inspiration who continues to inspire many to this day and for many days to come. Susan Eloise Hinton was supposedly born
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