Outsiders: Comparing The Book And Movie

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The ¨Outsiders ¨ novel and movie are very interesting and fun. Watching the movie and reading the novel they seem somewhat very similar. Well, after reading the novel and watching the movie I’ve seen that they are very different.
The movie and novel have some similar things. For example, both have the same characters and features. Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry are brothers. All have features like their parents Dally robbed a store, Thus, from running away he got shot. Even though the share a great number of similarities, the novel and have differences. In the novel and the movie the way Darry hits Ponyboy is different. In the novel Darry hits Ponyboy. In the novel when Darry hits Ponyboy, they were arguing. But, in the movie Darry

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