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In the novel The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, Ponyboy Curtis is the narrator who experiences many life changing events. He is kind, quiet, stubborn, bold, and absentminded throughout the book. He shows these traits when being respectful to Cherry, keeping his mouth shut, refusing to stay out of a fight, and going straight into a burning church to save some kids. He is one of the major characters introduced in this novel and is a protagonist as well. He is a very well described character and…

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is a very different book. This is because it is written from an “outsider’s” perspective. However, we didn’t get to see much of the Soc’s point of view. Cherry says in the book that life for an “insider” isn’t as great as it looks to the Greasers. Bob As the gang and I were racing down the street in my blue Mustang, I violently jerked the steering wheel away from a mailbox. I knew we shouldn’t be driving this drunk, but we didn’t care. It was way past midnight, and…

The Outsiders The Outsiders was written nearly 50 years ago and schools still use it in the classroom today. It was based around stereotypes of groups, such as Greasers, in the book. Ponyboy, the main character, is different than most Greasers because he is smart and likes to read. In S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, people’s stereotypes for the greasers aren’t always what they seem to be. People in societies make fun and call people many different names because of the way they act and live their…

I believe that friends are one of the themes of the book since there were many places throughout the book, where I noticed how play such a huge role in our lives, and how emotionally attached we are to them. For example at the beginning of this book, one can easily conclude and Rowdy, Juniors best friend, has a great impact on Junior’s, the main character, life. This is clearly evidenced on page 17 when Junior says “ It’s like he (Rowdy) is a family member, an extra brother and son”, and “He…

“The Outsiders” choices Essay In “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton, Ponyboy Curtis made many choices. Imagine being a kid with a automatic bad reputation because of your low class social group and you’re attacked by rich kids and end up killing the person in self defense. Ponyboys choices impact him by separating him from his brothers Sodapop and Darry, making him change his self concept, and hurting his friend johnny. Ponyboys choice to to run away impacts his life by him having to leave his…

¨You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog cryin’ all the time well, you ain’t never caught a rabbit and you ain’t no friend of mine” (Presley). The Greasers are like Elvis Presley because they both use lots of hair gel, they have the same slang, and the same personality. However unlike the Greasers, the Socs are more like the Beatles. The Socs have the same parlance, have the same style, and are very classy. The Socs care about what they look like and they make sure that they are always looking sharp…

How does it feel when someone loses their parents and only having your friends and siblings also having two of your best friends die. Well in the story “The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton” a boy named Ponyboy was in the situation. Since Ponyboy’s parents died, he is staying with his brothers not going into a boys home. Darry and also Sodapop is Ponyboy’s brother and take care of Ponyboy and it should stay like that. Darry is constantly worrying about Ponyboy every day. If the cops found out he is…

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…

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.…

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…