The Outsiders Essay

In the novel The Outsiders, S.E Hinton makes use of the literary element of conflict to develop the characters personality. This quote is explaining the concept of Sodapop putting realization in both of the brothers minds, Darry and Ponyboy, that they should love each other more. Also the quote is the resolution of the problem Darry and Ponyboy have been having, throughout the novel. At this moment in the book both boys are hit with the obvious information that they have been missing the fact of…

The message that S.E. Hinton was trying to tell readers through the book The Outsiders is that one should not judge a book by its cover. An example of this would be how Ponyboy thought that all Socs are bad because they were Socs. But once Ponyboy got to know Cherry and Randy, he realized that they weren’t the violent, snobbish, rich kids that many people he thought that they were. Ponyboy didn’t get to know those two until later on in the book so throughout the book, he had a distorted vision…

Ponyboy’s Changed Perspective in The Outsiders The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton is an inspirational book about teenagers, choices, and change. There are many characters that are important to the narrator Ponyboy, some more than others. Some members of their "Greaser" gang are tough, or happy-go-lucky, while others are shy or serious. One very important character, who changes drastically over the course of the novel, is Dally Winston. In the first half of the book, Ponyboy views Dally as extremely…

Are greasers good? Are Socs bad? Outsiders shows us all what dividing ourselves can do. It shows us the division we created just because they are different. Johnny, Dally, Darry, Sodapop, Ponyboy, and Two-Bit show us and our friends the divisions we create are terrible. I favorite character was Johnny because even after a traumatic experience he was still a kind person. He was willing to sacrifice himself for the lives of others. He may have died, however, he died a hero in the people's eyes.…

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. The Greasers’ parents are dead, indifferent, apathetic or abusive. Most of them have to learn to live with poverty and violence The Greasers share the feeling that they don’t belong anywhere. As we have seen previously, The Outsiders, does not only tell the story of the…

In the novel of The Outsiders the presence of showing loyalty is stronger than the loss of child innocence because it showed more signs of loyalty than loss of child innocence here’s why. Although the greasers are “almost like hoods” who constantly run afoul of the law, stealing cars, holding up gas stations and fighting. They exhibit loyalty which made them almost as close as brothers which sets them apart from the Socs. In Chapter 7, Two-bit and Steve walk into the Curtis home, and Ponyboy…

The Outsiders by S.E Hinton demonstrates the gap between different social classes, and how different groups of people see each other based on the lack or abundance of money or simply how they look. Throughout the book S.E Hinton also demonstrates how you can see the truth in people without letting previous opinions based on looks or money interfere. In the beginning of the book Ponyboy says, “ It seemed funny to me that sons - if these girls were any example were just like us” (p.37) This is the…

“Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.” -Anne Frank. In the book “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton there are two rival gangs, the Greasers and the Socs. The two gangs have two completely different appearances, mainly because of their social classes. The ‘boys on the East side’ are referred to as Greasers because they live in a lower class…

Can the roughest toughest greaser become a kind, supporting guardian? keep reading to find out. In the book The Outsiders by Se. Hinton. I believe he is an unworthy guardian, he is a good brother but is a bad “parent”. Because why would a brother do things that I’m about to label. isn't being taken care of him because he is too young! I think darry is 20-years old and 17-years old soda, his sibling being a dropout? he doesn't want that. He will barely get to pick a job with that record, in my…

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. Soda is always the middle man, but he can bring his family together. Sodapop can understand both sides of an argument. On page.…