“Ponyboy‚ listen don’t get tough. You’re not like the rest of us and don’t try to be…”-Two-bit Matthews Page 171. The Outsiders is a novel written by S.E Hinton in the 1960’s‚ the novel is based on a true story. The story is about Ponyboy‚ a teenager that belongs in the gang called Greasers. There is another gang that opposes the Greasers called the Socs. The two gangs live in two sides of Oklahoma‚ the Greasers being in the east‚ and the Socs being in the west. The Socs and the Greasers often fight
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Have you ever been in an argument where both sides make sense and the conclusion to it all just depends on the evidence provided? Well‚ in the young-adult fiction novel‚ The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ there is the argument of whether a boy named Ponyboy should stay with his older brother Darry or go into the system. Ponyboy should stay with darry for multiple reasons. For example‚ Darry cares very deeply about Ponyboy‚ and he makes certain Ponyboy gets all his work done for school and succeeds.
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Kensit‚ an actress‚ once said “Once a child is confronted with the concept of death‚ there’s a certain innocence that goes.” Kensit means once oneself has familiarized themselves with death‚ part of one’s innocence is taken away. In the novel‚ The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade‚ lose innocence by experiencing death. Hinton proves that losing innocence mentally at a young age has terrible effect through both Ponyboy and Johnny. Ponyboy’s experiences in life shows the devastating
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No parents. Two brothers and a gang that describes brotherhood. These are the three aspects that define the novel The Outsiders. With thoughts swirling in his mind‚ fourteen year old‚ Ponyboy Curtis steps out of the movie house. Ponyboy‚ a greaser‚ with Johnny Cade‚ kill Bob Sheldon‚ a Soc‚ in self defense. In the attempts of not getting caught Pony and the gang lose some of their valued members of their crew by the Socs‚ who believe having money equals superiority. After this occurrence and facing
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The School Uniform Debate In the United States‚ school uniforms were once the exclusive domain of private and religious schools‚ but since the 1990s they have been hailed as a solution to issues surrounding drugs‚ violence‚ and academic shortcomings afflicting many public schools‚ particularly in urban areas (Donnelly‚ 2008). For the past few decades‚ schools‚ parents‚ and students have clashed over the issue of regulating student attire. Meanwhile‚ researchers are divided over how much of an
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If you think about it‚ many other people have a different society than others. These societies have positive attributes and negative ones as well. In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton‚ the clip “On the Road: Middle School Football” with Steve Hartman; the poem “The World Is Not a Pleasant Place to Be” by Nikki Giovanni‚ it gives us positive information about Ponyboy’s society‚ Keith’s society; the society described in the poem. And knowing how their society is positive might change the way
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How can complete opposites of people also have many similarities? How can a law breaking guy have anything similar to a law-abiding person? In most stories this is highly unlikely. However‚ in S.E Hinton’s novel The Outsiders‚ two characters have these differences. Dally Winston and Johnny Cade are similar because they both have abusive parents and they both care about one another. On the other hand they have opposite personalities and have different opinions on the law. Therefore‚ Dally Winston
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Those who have encountered Sirus would describe it with a single word: esoteric. To an outsider it would be unfathomable‚ driven by some strange motive that is known to it and it alone. In truth‚ there aren’t any words to truly capture exactly what Sirus is. The more it is defined the more it evades description. How does one go about attaching words to something so viciously unhuman? No true empathy and no true morality to bind its actions to any sort of code‚ allowing it to act on pure‚ ravenous
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Appearance and Character “Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset” (41) ponders Ponyboy‚ a Greaser‚ when he realizes social class does not define a person. S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders tells of a town where social class splits the citizens into the lower class Greasers‚ who others view as horrible‚ selfish‚ tough‚ trouble-making criminals‚ and the upper class Socs or Socials‚ who the townspeople view as the privileged‚ wealthy‚ law-abiding people. Throughout
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Article Rebuttal By: Nathan BUS/COM 275 According to The Seattle Times Editorial (2012) website a new Seattle Arena will cost too much tax payer dollars and could affect mobility in the city. It should be understood that the arena proposal uses no current taxes to support neither the construction nor the daily operational expenses of the arena. The tax dollars generated by the arena itself will be put toward paying the balance of the 290 million dollars in bonds. Therefore the arena will require
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