The Outsiders Essay

The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hilton and released on 1967 was a compelling novel. The book depicted the violence between two gangs, the Socs and the Greasers, as well as discrimination of the poor and lower class. The Socs were described as upper class snobs that always got what they wanted. The greasers were described as long haired kid-brothers that always stuck up for each other but couldn’t stop getting into trouble. Later in 1983 The Outsiders novel was created into a movie. Although both…

The Outsiders At some point in every body's life, they feel like they don't belong, or don't have a place where they can really be themselves. You feel like no one wants you, or you're separated from other people because of small things. Ponyboy, the narrator in the story The Outsiders, is conflicted with not knowing where he belongs, and who he is welcome with. The Outsiders takes place in the 1960s, in a town where your class affects everything. The kids and teens are separated by where…

The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, is a story about a gang of friends known as Greasers and their rivals, the upper class Socials. Two of the Greasers get into a fight with a group of drunken Socs, and Johnny, one of the Greasers, ends up killing Bob the Soc in self defense. Most of the events of the story occur as a result of Johnny’s actions. There are many examples throughout the novel that prove how Johnny plays the role as the “sidekick” to the other Greasers throughout the story,…

The definition of a hero is an individual who stands by their friends no matter what and risks their own life to save others.In the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton.The main Character Ponyboy Curtis embodies the definition of a hero,because he stood by his friend Johnny when he commited a crime and saved children inside a burning church. When one of the school teachers says a few of the children are missing and she has been looking for them for quite a while,she says they must be stuck in the…

Has there ever been a time where you felt like you have the worst life ever? Everything doesn’t go your way? Or you have friends that do things that are wrong? Well there’s a book titled The Outsiders by S.E Hinton were all those things happen. This book is a book were many tragedies, conflicts and commotions happen. There are two specific groups that cause these commotions and those groups are the Socials and Greasers. The Socials are a group of west side rich kids who basically do whatever…

The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, is an award winning novel about a boy named Ponyboy Curtis and his gang, the greasers, and all of their adventures associated with their enemies, the socs. The novel takes off as soon as the socs attack Johnny and Pon in the park one night after Johnny and Pony run away. As the socs are dunking Pony’s head underwater and threatening to take Pony’s life, Johnny stabs Bob, the leader of the socs, in the back which causes him to eventually die. Due to this,…

The Outsiders Persuasive Argument People should always stay close to their family because that’s the only way to be loved. In the story, The Outsiders, there is a choice whether Ponyboy should go to a boy’s home or stay with Darry. Ponyboy should stay with Darry because Ponyboy would feel loved and protected. Darry cares for Ponyboy, that’s a good reason why Ponyboy should stay with him. “Where were you ponyboy?-his voice was rising-”Where in the almighty universe were you” (Hinton,49)? This…

The movie The Outsiders has departed from the book by changing my perspective of the plot, characters, main idea, and feelings for the ending. The first major departure from the book was when the first scene appeared showing Ponyboy writing, "When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie theatre..." A person who had not ever read the book before may be confused by this scene. But if you had read the book, you would know exactly what was happening now. The scene…

Everyone associates with characters in books. Everyone connects to characters in different ways. In the book The Outsiders by: S.E. Hinton have characters that have a vast personality and background. The characters all faced different situations that connect to people in certain ways. In the book, Johnny is a Greaser that is lonely and quiet and very shy to others. He has trouble socializing or fitting in around him. His friends are the only ones who support him and comforts him. Johnny has…

His personality stands out as the gentle one of the gang, but he “was a good fighter and could play it cool, but he was sensitive and that isn't a good way to be when you're a greaser” (88). Ponyboy knows that Johnny could fight if he needed but Johnny says “fighting’s no good. . . .” (148). He believes that fighting does not answer the problems the greasers and the Socs have. Before Johnny died he wrote a note in Gone With the Wind and left the book for Ponyboy. His philosophy on fighting is…