The Outsiders Essay

The Outsiders Loyalty, sometimes it is good and sometimes it is bad. In The Outsiders, the author S.E. Hinton shows many acts of loyalty from the greasers. From good to bad there are many ways of showing these acts of loyalty. On way of showing loyalty is that Ponyboy stay with the greasers, but also questions their decisions. He is anti-aggressive, he does not like to fight but he will act like he will to protect himself. He also does not agree with how two-bit steals a lot of thing, that…

The Outsiders story written by SE. Hinton takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma where there are two rival gangs. The Socs and the Greaser. The theme of the story “The Outsiders” is in the name of the book itself. The book’s name “Outsiders” is a theme itself, the characters feel as if they’re being treated like freaks and feel like outsiders. For example. that fact that they have to carry “switch-blades” everywhere they go gives the reader the impression that the Greasers are hated and can be jumped at…

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is filled with conflicts, but not all of them are clear. Character vs character is obviously very clear, but that is not the only conflict. There are obviously several types of conflicts that characters in The Outsiders have faced, whether they were internal or external. The book The Outsiders is in Ponyboy Curtis’s perspective so his conflicts are very clear. Ponyboy faced many different conflicts in his life, whether they were character versus nature, character…

Outsiders that Became Heros Have you ever felt like hero or wanted to be a hero. Heroes are people that risk their lives or put themselves in danger to save others. In The Outsiders Ponyboy, Johnny and dally are heros to their friends and others. Ponyboy is a hero because he likes to see things from other people's perspectives. Johnny is also considered to be a hero to many people. Dally is also a hero even though he's a tough guy on the outside. Ponyboy is a hero because he likes to…

their parents. Their parents and family often do not understand all that a teenager has to do. Parents are constantly yelling at their kids, not understanding and listening. The only thing that helps teenagers to get by is their friends. In “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton, the breakdown of family is shown through the author’s family background, through the alienation…

Often times in life you find yourself settled with a lot of problems that will determine the change of you for the best or for the worst. Ponyboy, the protagonist in ‘The Outsiders’ by S.E Hinton, struggles with himself by the death of Bob, this event of conflict changes Ponyboy in a way to where he probably will not ever be the same. This change can be considered good and bad, and there is what could be called a ‘tree of conflict’, as just like a family tree, there is a large connection of…

The Outsiders The Outsiders is a great story by S.E. Henton. This book will make you cheer, cry, laugh, and happy. The Outsiders takes place in the year 1965 and follows a young, 14 year old boy named Ponyboy Curtis. Pony lives with his two brothers Dary and Sodapop curtis. The boys live together by themselves after their parents are in a fatal car accident. Taken care by the oldest witch is Dary. With the odd living style the boys reach out and they find more family with a local greaser gang…

The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton is a novel that is specifically written to target teenagers, adolescents and young adults. It can therefore be stated that the novel is a form of Young Adult Literature as it meets many of the characteristics required to define this type of writing. The two characteristics that will be spoken about in this essay is firstly, the novel is written in the first person of a fourteen year old, making “Ponyboy” the protagonist; and secondly, there is an absence of adult…

Have you ever thought sometimes life seems unfair? Well, many people have thought the same thing. This is a recurring theme throughout The Outsiders by S.C. Hilton. In this story a boy named Ponyboy and his friends known as the Greasers go through some hard times. They face many difficulties that make life seem harsh and unfair. Life is not a always easy because when you grow up around certain people others expect you to be a certain way. Also, people don't look at your side of the story.…

in the story who saves the world and gets the girl in the end, They usually have super powers and stuff like that. But i’m talking about the foil character who does anything and everything for the other characters. Every story has one, And in the outsiders Dallas is the hero. Even know Dallas has done some bad things in new york here in tulsa he’s done some pretty heroic things. The story starts off with Dallas and the gang saving Ponyboy from the socses so he doesn’t get beat up like…