Outsiders

Family in the Outsiders Family has always played an important part in human’s lives. Family especially played an essential part in The Outsiders. It is what gave the bond to the whole novel and it’s characters. In the novel two types of families were displayed. A type of immediate family and a family through a bond of friends. The reader was more than likely persuaded to believe that one of the major themes of the story was that the family stays together. The types of family that are…

In the novel The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, juveniles Johnny Cade and Ponyboy Curtis are on the run. Johnny has killed a Soc, Bob, and they hide in an abandoned church in the Jay Mountains. The fuzz are after them, and they have to act fast. The boys accidentally set fire to their hideout. Johnny and Ponyboy try to rescue some kids out of the building, and the newspaper reports on the story. In the papers, it has the story on the fire, their involvement, and how they are heroes. Two…

use other’s reactions to the character, their experiences, and their environment to reveal who a character is. S.E. Hinton is an amazing example of an author that reveals identity effectively, for she wrote the characters Johnny and Dally in The Outsiders very well. Identity is an important process that will never be complete. Johnny Cade is a sixteen-year-old boy who lives with an abusive father and mother. On the other hand, he has a group of greaser, poor or low-class, friends that are very…

home he tends to be alone an outsider. His has two brothers Sodapop and Darrel Curtis who they call Darry. Ponyboy’s parents died in a car crash( so he is raised by Darry, He cared about Ponyboy, he cared about his grades (Hinton,9) Ponyboy had to adapt to these changes. Ponyboy had to grow up, these changes were hard but Ponyboy eventually grew up, from his immature stage. Ponyboy is a immature 14 year old who hasn’t grown up yet. In the beginning of “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton Ponyboy…

different groups and separation between classes. We have all experienced the difficulties of not being accepted by everyone. The book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is a great example of how being different can trap you in a certain group. The novel is set in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1963 and follows the gang of greasers and the daily troubles they face as being outsiders. The term “greaser” is given to those in the lower class on the East side for their greasy hair. The greasers are in constant conflict…

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…

In The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, the novel is about Greasers, a typically poor subculture of young people named after their iconic greased back hair. The story follows Ponyboy, a fourteen year old boy who lives with his brothers Darry and Sodapop after their parents were both murdered. Ponyboy believes his family is his gang, which consists of himself, his sixteen year old brother Sodapop, his twenty year old brother Darry, Two-Bit, Dallas Winston, and Johnny Cade, Ponyboy’s best friend. Sodapop…

Heroes or villains Many readers of the book the outsiders think that the greasers are villains or heroes. In the book the outsiders by S.E. Hinton the greasers (People that have greased back hair and don’t usually have a lot of money but very smart) are in a war with the Socs (The rich kids that drive mustangs and don’t have strict parents) then ponyboy and johnny go running from the fuzz.One or more greasers can call themselves heroes because they stick up for others they are heroic and they…

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 most stories, family is important, but in S.E Hinton's book “The Outsiders”, family is what brings the story together. Family in my opinion does not have to be blood, anyone can be considered family. Family will always have each other’s back, supports one another, and loves one another unconditionally. Although there are families like the Curtis brothers and Johnny’s family. In this story, the Greasers are a family, and the Soc’s are a family as well. In this book, some important families are…