Have you ever felt like nothing good ever lasts for too long?
“Nothing gold can stay” By Robert Frost .The theme is shown in a S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders through the demise of the young people.
The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel by S. E. Hinton, first published in 1967 by Viking Press. Hinton was 15 when she commenced writing the novel, but did most of the work when she was 16 and a junior in high school. The book follows two rival groups, the Greasers and the Socs, who are divided by their socioeconomic status. The story is told in first-person narrative by protagonist Ponyboy Curtis. The story takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the 1960’s. The main characters in the novel include Ponyboy and his gang of Greaser which are Sodapop Patrick Curtis, Darrel Shayne Curtis, Dallas Winston, Johnny Cade, Steve Randle and Keith (Two-Bit) Mathews. There was withal Sherri Valance and Bob Sheldon who are one of the Socs. The novel should be included in the …show more content…
Underage substance abuse is an issue still faced in society today and becoming a very major problem which is leading to further problems. Druginfo.adf.org states that 86.2% of Australian aged 14 and over has consumed alcohol once or more times in their lives. “I gotta cut smoking or I'll never make track next year.” Ponyboy was stating when wrestling with Two-Bit. This shows how Ponyboy has started smoking by the age of 14. Drinking has become a major issue faced in The Outsiders and was a cause of most violence occurred. They're not old enough to legally buy a pack of cigarettes but almost 60,000 Australian children aged 15-17 are regular smokers. This has converted into major issue for the public and a leading cause of cancer and other life threating diseases. "It's not my idea of a good time to sit in a drive-in and watch people get drunk”. (2.71) This quotes provides evidence on how drinking is faced by public on a daily
“Nothing gold can stay” By Robert Frost .The theme is shown in a S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders through the demise of the young people.
The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel by S. E. Hinton, first published in 1967 by Viking Press. Hinton was 15 when she commenced writing the novel, but did most of the work when she was 16 and a junior in high school. The book follows two rival groups, the Greasers and the Socs, who are divided by their socioeconomic status. The story is told in first-person narrative by protagonist Ponyboy Curtis. The story takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the 1960’s. The main characters in the novel include Ponyboy and his gang of Greaser which are Sodapop Patrick Curtis, Darrel Shayne Curtis, Dallas Winston, Johnny Cade, Steve Randle and Keith (Two-Bit) Mathews. There was withal Sherri Valance and Bob Sheldon who are one of the Socs. The novel should be included in the …show more content…
Underage substance abuse is an issue still faced in society today and becoming a very major problem which is leading to further problems. Druginfo.adf.org states that 86.2% of Australian aged 14 and over has consumed alcohol once or more times in their lives. “I gotta cut smoking or I'll never make track next year.” Ponyboy was stating when wrestling with Two-Bit. This shows how Ponyboy has started smoking by the age of 14. Drinking has become a major issue faced in The Outsiders and was a cause of most violence occurred. They're not old enough to legally buy a pack of cigarettes but almost 60,000 Australian children aged 15-17 are regular smokers. This has converted into major issue for the public and a leading cause of cancer and other life threating diseases. "It's not my idea of a good time to sit in a drive-in and watch people get drunk”. (2.71) This quotes provides evidence on how drinking is faced by public on a daily