Have you ever came across two people who have opposite personalities but have so much in common? It does not seem possible, but it is. In S.E. Hinton’s novel, The Outsiders, two characters, Dallas Winston and Johnny Cade are very similar and also different at the same time. Dally and Johnny are very similar because both of their parents do not care about them, they ignore them, and they are are abusive and neglectful. Also, Dally and Johnny both place little value on their lives.…
A very interesting and important character from S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders is Sodapop Curtis. Soda Curtis is a teenage hoodlum and Ponyboy’s, the narrator's, older brother. Soda is the middle child in a family of three boys. His parents died in a car wreck causing him and his older brother Darry to obtain jobs in order for the three of them to survive.…
Some people say that opposite personalities attract. This is true in S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston have their differences. One is tough, cool, and likes to break laws. The other one is compliant, quiet, and would never think to even shoplift. Even though Dally and Johnny are the complete opposite of each other, they still have their similarities.…
How can two people be so alike yet so different? Dally and Johnny have been through a lot of the same things yet their personalities and actions are entirely different. Although Dally and Johnny grew up with similar parents who were abusive and neglectful, they care and love each other like family. Dally’s personality is different from Johnny’s because he likes to fight. As for Johnny he does not like to get into fights and confrontations, he follows the law whenever he can.…
In the novel The Outsiders, the main character, Ponyboy lives with his two older brothers: Sodapop and Darry. If you’ve read the book, Soda and Darry might seem like polar opposites, but they do, in fact, share many common characteristics. Sodapop and Darry. Yin and Yang. Fire and Ice.…
In 2003, Andre Thomas viciously attacked and killed his ex-wife and her two children, and was sentenced to death row. His defense argued that he was not eligible for death row because of his mental state. The court ignored the argument and passed it off, saying that they were using his illness as an excuse to “get out of” maximum punishment. As demonstrated in this case, mental illness is not given the attention it deserves when determining a sentence. Cases such as these have aroused concern how fair the criminal court is towards the mentally ill.…
What’s The Difference? In the book, The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, Greasers and Socs don’t exactly see eye to eye with each other. They have their differences, but doesn’t everyone?…
Always be empathetic “Caring adjective: displaying kindness and concern for others.” Some people can be really mean, but others are understanding. The book The Outsiders is about a bunch of kids with pretty bad lives but one is still empathetic. Sodapop is a very understanding of everyone. Ponyboy and Darry are always fighting but sodapop understands both of them.…
In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton tells the tale of 2 gangs, the stuck-up, rich socs, and the rough, impoverished greasers. Pony thinks that greasers are the only ones that have it hard, and that they’re the only ones with problems. He then talks with his family who agrees, but friends who don’t. He proceeds to go to the movies and meet a girl named Cherry who talks to him about socs lives. Pony then decides to learn more and realizes that even if you’re given whatever you want, that you will still have problems.…
S. E. Hilton’s novel and popular film The Outsiders expresses a variety of internal and external conflicts including the main conflict in the novel, which is the division and struggle among social class. The two groups, Socs and Greasers, are drastically different, but also similar in a variety of ways. Socs and the Greasers are merely adolescents struggling with personal and social complications that unfold within society. As the greasers are portrayed as low-life scum no-good-for-nothing-dirt-bags, and on the other hand, Socs are depicted as privileged rich kids who catch all the “big breaks.” What determines to where each member of society belongs which group is the individual’s appearance and finance.…
“I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.” - SE Hinton. SE Hinton is a famous author known for her young adult novels set in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is the author of Tex, That Was Then, This is Now, The Outsiders, and Rumble Fish.…
For The Outsiders, I picked out two main themes. The first, which is shown throughout the entire plot, is that no matter how different we may seem from each other, we’re all just human and looking for a place to belong. This shown through both the Socs and greasers-- more specifically, Bob and Johnny. I used them as my example for the Parts to a Whole assessment, but I’m going to use them again. So with Johnny and Bob, they seem like complete polar opposites; one’s a Soc with parents that spoil him, and the other is a greaser with abusive parents that don’t pay attention to him.…
In the book, The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, there are many allusions that help the reader make connections between the allusions and the book. One allusion in the novel was Great Expectations which was written by Charles Dickens. In the book, The Outsiders, page fifteen is where Hinton decides to introduce the book, Great Expectations. Hinton states on pg fifteen, “ I had to read Great Expectations for English... and the way that girl kept looking down on him.” In the book, a young boy named Pip is a humble blacksmith’s son.…
Another interesting similarity in their physique is that both are described as having brown hair. Now, arguably this is weak evidence when it stands alone. However, when put into context with both characters’ lives the similarity is much stronger. Both of…
1. The Greasers: the extended family of the Curtis brothers in The Outsiders. The main characters present in The Outsiders are young men ranging from fourteen year-old to twenty year-old. They are very few adults or female characters in the novel.…