In the The Outsiders book and movie, many similarities and differences can be noted. Some are very noticeable, and others are not as much. Some main events in the book were left out of the movie, and little sentences from the book are entire scenes in the movie. Since certain scenes were left out from the movie that were in the book, the significant aspects and symbolism that were connected to them were also left out. Although some scenes did not have as much importance as others, the absence of them left a gap in the story line.
To start, several physical encounters with the Greasers and Socs are left out in the movie. In the book, Ponyboy is walking out of a movie theater when he is jumped by some Socs threatening to “give him a haircut” …show more content…
For instance, Sandy, Sodapop’s girlfriend whom he wanted to marry, was left out. By leaving out Sandy, Sodapop’s reactions and feelings towards her were also excluded. In the book, he explained how he was going to propose and marry her. When she leaves for Florida, everyone can infer she got pregnant by someone else besides Sodapop, which meant that she was with someone else. This is traumatic to Sodapop, for he thought they were truly in love with only each other. Another example of emotions being left out is where Dallas Winston dies. The scene was changed, so the symbolism in the book is not present in the movie. In the book, Dally is shot by police in a parking lot under a street light after he points his fake gun to the police forcing the officers to fire. The symbolism is where Dally dies. Being under the light is like the aura around a saint. It shows the Dally is truly not a bad person on the inside. This is huge, but unfortunately it was left out of the movie. In the movie, Dallas is simply shot on a hill in a park. The last example is when Darry and Ponyboy fight after both Darry’s and Johnny’s death. As the heat to the brothers’ argument rises, Sodapop hears them, and realizes he cannot stand it. He bolts out of the house with Darry and Pony slightly behind him when the reality set in. Once the brothers caught up with each other, Darry and Ponyboy
To start, several physical encounters with the Greasers and Socs are left out in the movie. In the book, Ponyboy is walking out of a movie theater when he is jumped by some Socs threatening to “give him a haircut” …show more content…
For instance, Sandy, Sodapop’s girlfriend whom he wanted to marry, was left out. By leaving out Sandy, Sodapop’s reactions and feelings towards her were also excluded. In the book, he explained how he was going to propose and marry her. When she leaves for Florida, everyone can infer she got pregnant by someone else besides Sodapop, which meant that she was with someone else. This is traumatic to Sodapop, for he thought they were truly in love with only each other. Another example of emotions being left out is where Dallas Winston dies. The scene was changed, so the symbolism in the book is not present in the movie. In the book, Dally is shot by police in a parking lot under a street light after he points his fake gun to the police forcing the officers to fire. The symbolism is where Dally dies. Being under the light is like the aura around a saint. It shows the Dally is truly not a bad person on the inside. This is huge, but unfortunately it was left out of the movie. In the movie, Dallas is simply shot on a hill in a park. The last example is when Darry and Ponyboy fight after both Darry’s and Johnny’s death. As the heat to the brothers’ argument rises, Sodapop hears them, and realizes he cannot stand it. He bolts out of the house with Darry and Pony slightly behind him when the reality set in. Once the brothers caught up with each other, Darry and Ponyboy