Outsiders

Johnny is a panicky and sensitive boy. For example, when he stabs Bob, he panics after the incident and is afraid of the consequences that would happen because of the crime of murder. To escape from the consequences, he decides to run away with Ponyboy to an abandoned church, hoping that no one recognizes them from the descriptions in the newspapers. To help be unrecognized, they cut their hair short and bleach it, since Greasers are known for their long, greasy hair. Also, Johnny can be a…

Teen violence in the United States has become out of control over the last many years, some examples of this are demonstrated in S.E Hinton’s The Outsiders. Violence, brotherhood, and social standing are some of the main points of the story. It tells the story of an young 14 year-old PonyBoy Curtis. Ponyboy struggles throughout the story with his standing in life. He feels like he doesn’t belong with those he is living around. The environment that he lives in isn’t the best that a young…

I make my way down the stairs of my house and open the door. Soda and Darry yell at me some kind of goodbye and I head out. Walking through my not so pretty neighborhood I reach the lot. I take a minute to look at the lot, and think back to when I sat in it sometimes. Blinking back to reality I look around again and realize that I need to get back on my way. I’m holding with me Gone With the Wind and a sketchbook. Making a few turns and twists, I finally reach my destination, Johnny’s grave.…

world, so without guidance they just follow the crowd because they don’t know better. In the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, the problem of growing up too fast is awfully terrifying. It shows us how children always will need a insufficient bit of guidance along the way. People judge others on the way they act even when they know nothing about them. This is mentioned in the novel The Outsiders when ‘’Dally had been arrested he got drunk, he rode in rodeos,…

The Outsiders Do you ever feel like an outsider? The book the outsiders was written by S.E Hinton she is actually a girl she put her initials so that people would not judge her by writing a book about boys made from a girl. The book was written in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1960. She was mad because the diversity of groups for example the greasers (poor people) and the socs (rich kids) (A). In document(B) it was talking about a kid named pony boy that was a greaser in a classroom full of socs…

In conventional society, there are those that are considered to be insiders and those on the opposite side of the spectrum that are regarded to be outsiders. There is an apparent discrepancy between the treatment amongst those two groups because while, insiders are praised and bestowed upon in a positive light, outsiders are condemned and treated as outcasts. They are rejected and harshly regarded as the bane of all existence. They are excluded from or do not fit into any particular group,…

S.E. Hinton (Susan Eloise Hinton) was born on July 22, 1948. She is an American writer who is famous for her novels set in Oklahoma, specifically The Outsiders, which she wrote while in high school. In 1988, she received the inaugural Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library association. Her first and most famous novel, The Outsiders was set in Oklahoma in the 1960's was inspired by two rival gangs at her school, Will Rogers high school, the Greasers and the Socs, and her desire to…

who were often times the rich white kids who drove around in Mustangs. Many movies were created around the rivalry between the Greasers and the Socs such as "West Side Story", "Grease", and "The Outsiders". The movie, The Outsiders, got its inspiration and is the movie adaptation for the book, The Outsiders. There are many similarities in the movie that are close to the book. Although very similar, there were some differences in…

protagonist in the book The Outsiders written by S.E Hinton faces lots of conflicts. His name is Ponyboy. The book is set in the mid 60s, with a battle between two social groups called the Greasers and the Socs. Some conflicts that Ponyboy faces in this story are being includes getting in trouble with the law, having to save kids that are in danger, and threatened to be taken away from Darry and his family. Conflict #1 The first conflict that Ponyboy faces in the story The Outsiders is getting…

The Outsiders…… What are the Outsiders? The Outsiders is a book about a gang called the greasers. They live in a city called Tulsa in 1900s in Oklahoma. Ponyboy Curtis, a 14 year old greaser, tells the story. This story deals with two forms of social classes: the socs, the rich kids, and the greasers, the poor kids. In the novel, The Outsiders, much of the turmoil and conflict in the community is caused by the Socials. Do you think the Socs were at fault? The book gives many…