BOOK REPORT The Outsiders By: S.E Hinton(New York: Puffin Books‚ 1967) The outsider: The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The novel tells the story of Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. The title of this book is related to the story‚ because in the novel‚ Ponyboy and Johnny are outsiders. They can be thought of as Outsiders because they are labeled Greasers although they do not act like
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Dallas Winston: A vulnerable teenager or just a hoodlum? The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is a novel about a boy called Ponyboy who is involved in a rivalry between two gangs‚ the Greasers and the Socs. The Socs live in the West side of town; they look clean‚ have lots of money and drive blue Mustangs. The greasers live in the east side of town; they wear hair oil‚ t-shirts and jeans‚ and don’t have much money. Ponyboy is part of the Greasers‚ along with his two brothers Darry and Sodapop‚ his closest
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http://www.shmoop.com/the-outsiders/darrel-curtis.html Character Study Task Isabella Ransome ‘The Outsiders’ Darrel (Darry) Curtis is 20 years of age and is legal guardian of his brothers‚ Ponyboy Curtis and Sodapop Curtis‚ due to his parents dying in a car wreck 8 months before the events in the book take place. ‘Darry is six feet two‚ and broad-shouldered and muscular. He has dark brown hair that kicks out in front
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he’s a loyal person and always sticks up for what’s right. he’s not spoiled or selfish. he’s grateful for what he has. He’s world has been turned upside down after his parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months before The Outsiders story takes place. Do you realise that he’s an orphan and he just lives with his older brothers Darry which is only 20 years old and Sodapop who’s 16. Lucky Darry has a legal custody of Sodapop and Ponyboy. Ponyboy wants there to be no fighting between the socs and the greasers
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wives‚ the daughters and sons‚ the best friends. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men and S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders‚ death is a topic all characters are well acquainted with by the end of each book‚ due to unfortunate mistakes or choices made by some‚ leaving the rest of the miserable characters missing their best friends. These deaths force loneliness upon many characters
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Freedom lies in being bold‚ and that is exactly what johnny did this whole time in the Outsiders. There will be an informational talk about johnny being brave‚ scared‚ and caring while in the Outsiders. Johnny is brave‚ caring‚ scared. First up is brave and one way the reader can find that he is brave is that he said “I killed that soc.” another way he shows it is “Johnny shoved me towards the window.” when he even just goes home and that even takes courage because his parents do not care about him
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are going through a lot he greasers have a harder struggle in life. They go through a lot and do things on there only.How ponyboy has harder struggle in life.and whos having a struggle in life.The greasers have a harder struggle in life in the The Outsiders. The greaser are the once struggles in life.”Were poorer than the socs and the middle class.I reckon we wilder ‚ too .Not like the socs who jump greaser and wreck houses and throw beer blast for kicks.”Ponyboy is fourteen tough and confused
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Heroes are strong and brave. A hero is someone who saves someones life and sacrifices themselves for another. Ponyboy is a hero. Johnny kills someone‚ but it was done in heroism. Dally is a hero. However‚ a hero does not have to be a perfect person‚ they can do bad things sometimes. Ponyboy is a hero because he saved the children from the burning church. He risked his own life for someone else because he believed they deserved to live. He is also always there for the rest of the greasers
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The characters Lizabeth and Ponyboy from the short story Marigolds and the novel The Outsiders transition from childhood to adulthood is largely influenced by stereotypes‚ causing them to lash out in anger. Topic Sentence One: In the short story Marigolds‚ the main character‚ Lizabeth‚ overhears her father breaking down and crying‚ going against everything she knows‚ and breaking the stereotypes of her society‚ causing her to lash out angrily at her neighbor‚ Miss Lottie. Background One: “Marigolds”
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Most people think of Superman or Batman when they hear the word hero‚ but the true heroes are in our everyday lives. The Outsiders is a novel about the rivalry between the Socs and the Greasers‚ in one point of the book a cigarette catches a church on fire giving Johnny and Ponyboy a chance to be heroes. In the book The Outsiders there are many heroes‚ like Ponyboy‚ Johnny and Dally. Ponyboy‚ In his most obvious heroic act he saves multiple children from a burning church. This is heroic because
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