Outsider art

Imagine not being able to walk on the streets alone without having the feeling your going to get jumped. This book is called the outsiders and this is a young adult fiction. There is a gang called the greasers and they are like family to each other, there is seven people in there gang, Ponyboy Curtis, Soda-pop, Darrel, Dallas, Johnny, Two-bit, and Steve. There is also and gang called the socs and they have a rivalry with the greasers. I have three main points that I feel was important in this…

Would you let a fourteen year old smoke, fight, and hang around criminals? I strongly believe Ponyboy should go into the system because Darry is not a fit guardian. He doesn’t watch Ponyboy very well and let’s him get into fights. Ponyboy often takes numerous pills without Darry noticing and takes Ponyboy to rumbles. Darry should be watching Ponyboy while he takes medication and shouldn’t encourage violence. Others could say it isn’t possible for Darry to watch him every second of the day, and…

How can one simply alter another's life? There is a novel called The Outsiders, and was written by S.E. Hinton, to partly show that anyone can write an intriguing book. In the book, the main protagonist is called Ponyboy, who is a “greaser” as stated in chapter one, “but I am a greaser” (Hinton 1). Some of the choices made by Dally, Darry, and Soda affect Pony’s life, how he sees himself, and relationships with his brothers. Pony’s life is changed by when Dallas couldn’t take it. Near the end…

In life we often see people differently and try to find their faults and shortcomings. We forget that if everyone was the same then the world would be quite boring. However, we are all different and unique in some way of our own. “The Outsiders,” by S.E. Hinton is a novel narrated by a fourteen year old teenager, Ponyboy Curtis. The story revolves around two gang groups, greasers and Socs. The greasers are the east side, poor kids and the Socs are the west-side, rich kids. Ponyboy is a part of…

“Things are rough all over.” The book The Outsiders is about a group of teenagers that go by the name Greasers and another gang of upper class kids called the Socials. When two greasers named Ponyboy and Johnny get into a fight with some Socs. One of the Socs dies, Making the two boys go into hiding. Ponyboy and the rest of the gang must take on the outcome of the death of that Socs in their brutal lives. In the book The Outsiders written by S.E Hinton contains person vs. person and person vs.…

A famous quote from the Outsiders is “Nothing gold can stay”. That means that nothing can stay good or beautiful forever. I thought that the Outsiders book told the story very well. I thought that the movie was more exciting than the book was. While the book and movie have many similarities and differences, the movie was more effective in telling the story. To start, the first comparable scene is when Dally joined the rumble. Two similarities of the book and the movie were that Paul and Darry…

In S.E Hinton’s book, The Outsiders, many of the characters struggle with a difficult family life. It is very clear that being loved and having a sense of self-worth is important in high schoolers’ lives. Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade showed how it is imperative to have strong ties with family and friends. For example, one pivotal point in the novel is when Johnny kills the Soc (Bob) that was trying to drown Ponyboy. After Johnny stabs Bob, he says, "I had to. They were drowning you Pony.…

Ponyboy is a major character in the Outsider. He is the narrator and he is also one of the main characters in the Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Ponyboy is smart, caring, and loyal because of the loss of his parents and the tight relationship between him and his brothers. Ponyboy has a major role in the book and makes all of the events start. Ponyboy is one of the smartest guys in the gang. Ponyboy is the only person in the gang to ever pick up a book and read it, or go to the movies and watch…

"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,…

Throughout Human history, humans have always been in conflict. The same idea is seen throughout the book The Outsiders. Except without nations and armies, it is shown with the Greasers and Socs. Two groups of people divided by social class and appearance. In the novel, Johnny kills one of the Socs to protect his friend from dying. Johnny is justified in what he did and is not guilty. Johnny carries the knife because he had been beaten severely by Socs in the Past. Next, Johnny kills Bob to…