Romeo & Juliet, West Side Story, and The Outsiders all share the same basic themes. One theme that stands out the most is the feuding that takes place between the two groups. In The Outsiders, the Socs and the Greasers are always fighting. Romeo & Juliet has the Montagues and the Capulets and West Side Story has the Jets and the Sharks. In the stories, these groups fight to see who is better and there always is some conflict between them. As you can see, feuds exist between two groups in all of these stories for the same reasons.
Romeo & Juliet is a romantic tragedy including the themes of fate vs. freewill, marriage and obviously love. Fate vs. free will is a term describing if our lives are determined by what we choose to do or what is chosen for us. In Romeo & Juliet, it is already said in the Prologue that lovers will have to take their life. This is an example showing what Romeo and Juliet’s …show more content…
Romeo and Juliet are two lovers from completely different families with an ongoing feud. West Side Story is a modern version of Romeo & Juliet, and it shares similar traits. For example, in West Side Story, two people, Tony and Maria, from opposing gangs fall in love. Therefore, you can make the following analogy; Romeo is to Juliet as Tony is to Maria. SE. Hinton, the author of The Outsiders, incorporates brotherly love between Ponyboy and his gang. For example, during the rumble, the Greasers fought together and it wasn’t one man for himself. In the book, it explains that all of the Greasers love Johnny. SE. Hinton describes Johnny as a “lost puppy”, and you couldn’t not love him. Darry, Ponyboy and Sodapop have family relationships and they care for each other. Although The Outsiders doesn’t quite have the romantic love included in these two stories, it can still fall into this category along with Romeo & Juliet and West Side
Romeo & Juliet is a romantic tragedy including the themes of fate vs. freewill, marriage and obviously love. Fate vs. free will is a term describing if our lives are determined by what we choose to do or what is chosen for us. In Romeo & Juliet, it is already said in the Prologue that lovers will have to take their life. This is an example showing what Romeo and Juliet’s …show more content…
Romeo and Juliet are two lovers from completely different families with an ongoing feud. West Side Story is a modern version of Romeo & Juliet, and it shares similar traits. For example, in West Side Story, two people, Tony and Maria, from opposing gangs fall in love. Therefore, you can make the following analogy; Romeo is to Juliet as Tony is to Maria. SE. Hinton, the author of The Outsiders, incorporates brotherly love between Ponyboy and his gang. For example, during the rumble, the Greasers fought together and it wasn’t one man for himself. In the book, it explains that all of the Greasers love Johnny. SE. Hinton describes Johnny as a “lost puppy”, and you couldn’t not love him. Darry, Ponyboy and Sodapop have family relationships and they care for each other. Although The Outsiders doesn’t quite have the romantic love included in these two stories, it can still fall into this category along with Romeo & Juliet and West Side