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In this world, people are labeled based on their appearance. Everyone is different, but similar in multiple ways. “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton is a novel about two different social groups: Socs and Greasers. Socs and Greasers are two groups who live their lives differently from one another. Socs are the upper class: wealthy and treated with respect. But, on the other hand, greasers are the low class: poor and treated like garbage. Socs and Greasers face different challenges in their lives,…

In the Novel, The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton expressed the temptations, peer pressure, and the unknown circumstances young teens face in everyday life. Hinton uses the character, Ponyboy, to represent the teens. Drugs, fights, class division, and a broken home are just a few realistic situations Hinton uses to give an honest account of teenage struggles. Unfortunately, because of her raw honesty, many critics have seen the story as a problem novel. For example, one critic believes that the story is…

1950s was created (Kleiser, 1978). Young girls spent days trying to learn how to dress just like Sandy, and even made their own little gang of Pink Ladies with their friends. Even before the premiere of that movie in 1978, in 1967 the novel The Outsiders was written by S.E. Hinton. The story told of a gang of Greasers in rural Tulsa, Oklahoma, just trying to make their way in society. Greasers are what made the culture, the time, the people, so fascinating for the 1950’s and 1960’s. Being…

“Greasers can 't walk alone too much or they 'll get jumped, or someone will come by and scream "Greaser!" at them which doesn 't make you feel too hot if you know what I mean. ” ~ The Outsiders, Chapter 1, Page 2. This quote which kicks off the book helps to bring together what the narrator and main character Ponyboy character is as a Greaser. The Greasers are what the East side poor kids of Tulsa, Oklahoma with their slicked back long greased hair and switch blades, are called, kind of like…

In Stephen King’s, The Body, the inclusion of life lessons is the most evident component in the book. In The Body, four boys, Gordie, Vern, Teddy, and Chris set out on a two-day journey to find a kids dead body. During their journey, the boys’ face many obstacles from avoiding getting hit by a train to fending off a gang of delinquents. This coming of age story has many life lessons that the boys learned, including how not all friendships last, parents are not always reliable, and how various…

In the novel The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, three teenage boys wander around their hometown, unaware of the dangers that lurk behind each alley. Due to their chaotic experiences in the city, Ponyboy, Johnny, and Randy were able to learn important life lessons. Ponyboy learned that even though the city was separated into Greasers and Socials; they were all similar people. Johnny realized that life was too short and did not have enough “good” in it. Lastly, Randy learned that precious time was…

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night, the third novel of Mark Haddon, tells the story of Christopher, an autistic teenager who decides to find out who killed his neighbor’s dog with a pitchfork. The investigation of Christopher soon turns into a journey into the recent history of his family and a difficult initiation into the world of so-called "normal", with lots of up and downs while wandering through London. The outline of the story is simple, traditional at best, but solved in a…

Diego Ramirez Ramirez 1 Phelan Per:1 English 18 April, 2016 The Outsiders-Literary Analysis-characterization In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, there are many interesting characters. The character that I have chosen is the main character, Ponyboy; Now he is not like the others. The three main things about Pony is that he is concerned, fearful, and dependent. Pony is caring because he does not like to fight or kill anyone, he is fearful that the socs will jump or kill him, finally…

The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is a realistic fiction novel. This book is about Ponyboy, a fourteen year old boy, who is being raised by his older brother because his parents have passed away. Ponyboy and his brothers are members of a gang called the Greasers who are in constant conflict with the Socs, an opposing gang. The greasers proved to be the heroes in the story, not the beloved Socs, the three greasers who showed the most heroism are: Ponyboy, Darry and Johnny. Ponyboy has shows multiple…

Johnny died, but eventually realized that he had learned a lot from his old friend--Johnny-- he still had a lot of life left in his grasp. The last two words that slipped before Johnny’s mouth was, “stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold.” page, 148, The Outsiders “Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things. not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you can see a lot. But all the wrong sights. Not the sights you want to see.” S.E…