Greaser

“Shut up about last night! I killed a kid last night. He couldn’t of have more than seventeen or eighteen, and I killed him.” He had killed bob because he did not like the socs and, to be honest and don’t know what the greasers have against the socs or the socs have against the greaser but they fight way too much and, that caused this young man to kill Robert Sheldon. As I was saying that is what caused Johnny Cade to kill Robert Sheldon. He also did it for self defense but he killed him. He was…

learn how to deal with specific things with those hardships. This theme is greatly defined in the book “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hilton because it is about groups of people who all have many different types roadblocks. From each side, the Socs and greasers, both have it pretty rough in there own ways. From death, crime, and simply just being labeled and expected to do things because of how you dress. Matter of fact, the theme is mostly revealed involving death. Overall three people die during…

Hard yet Caring Have you ever thought of someone as being hard and caring at the same time? The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about the Greasers not getting along with Socs because of the stereotyping they do against each other. They live in Oklahoma, the Socs live on the West side and the Greasers live on the East side. One character that stands out in the story is Dally because he is the only person in this book to be hard and soft at the same time. Dally had some internal as well as external…

worlds we live in aren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.” (Hinton 41) In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy is the main character. Even though Ponyboy shows many signs of a possibility of being a Soc, he is apart of the poorer class, the greasers. Ponyboy has been intelligent and gotten good grades all his life, unlike the rest of his gang. Additionally, Ponyboy likes to read and do other things that Socs are interested in, and stay out of trouble. If Ponyboy was to go to highschool and…

"The Outsiders" by S.E Hinton is a novel about misunderstood teenagers (greasers) and there ongoing feud with the rich upper class "Socs". The story follows Ponyboy a bright kid and his friend group. He lives with his 2 older brothers Sodapop and Darry. Soda is the middle child, he's always kind to Pony and always hears his side of the story. Darry is the oldest he works 2 jobs to pay for bills after their parents died. The rest of there "gang" consists of Johnny who comes from an abusive home,…

summary of his over all personal appearance. Ponyboy is the youngest person in the group of greasers coming in at age fourteen. He lives with his two brothers Darry and Sodapop because his parents died a few years ago in a car crash. He has long brown hair that is always greased and in his face. He is a good kid for the most part in the story. He goes to school and gets good grades unlike the other greasers. His older brother Darry went to school and so did Sodapop, but he dropped out because…

differences. The two have many similarities. The movie was based off of the book so they have the same plot and story. The characters are the same. Ponyboy is the protagonist in the film and novel. The Greasers and Socs are both present. Johnny, Bob, and Dally all meet their gruesome ends. The Greasers win the fight. Ponyboy writes an essay for his English teacher.…

Turmoil All creatures have conflict, in the novel The OutSiders there is a great amount of conflict. The novel by S.E. Hilton follows a fourteen year old boy named Ponyboy. Ponyboy and a friend named Johnny are part of a gang named otherwise known as “greasers”; the two get involved in a murder and must run away. In the process of eluding capture the boys become heros despite there ruff and tuff appearance. However, one does not live to bask in the glory. Ponyboy experiences turmoil and…

You can’t win, you know that don’t you?” (S.E Hinton 117). In this quote, Randy is talking about how fighting doesn’t do any good and it shows that there are both Greasers and Socs who think that the rivalry between each other is pointless. The purpose of this writing would be to really dig deeper on the feud between Socs and Greasers and how someone in the middle of all of that thinks it can be resolved. This work would be very cool to show to other students to see if it had some kind of an…

stay gold” (Hinton 77), Ponyboy was remembering a poem. Ponyboy was a 14 year old greaser from a short story, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. This book has great meanings, lessons based on friendship, groups, and reality. Ponyboy Curtis is someone who teaches some of these lessons. Ponyboy is a faithful character who showed equality. In the end he cared for everyone. It didn’t matter if you were a Social or Greaser. Ponyboy was always faithful to his friends throughout the good and bad times.…