S. E. Hinton

oblique, yes, even casual, manner concerning the most serious problems which the human race faces.” (Farrell, 1) Writing is a powerful tool that can help change the world one person at a time. In books such as The Outsiders, S.E Hinton shows how social inequities and persecution can affect people. The Greasers are bullied because of things like their income, the way they look, and how they act. The novel teaches kids not to judge based on the little things, and that everyone is equal on the…

In the Novel The Outsiders there are lots of forms of community and love in the community. Community, according to google.com is ”a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.” This definition very much represents the Greasers feeling of community. For example some community I noticed most was the bond that the Greasers had with each other, especially Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry after their parents died. The Soc’s also have community and…

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is filled with conflicts, but not all of them are clear. Character vs character is obviously very clear, but that is not the only conflict. There are obviously several types of conflicts that characters in The Outsiders have faced, whether they were internal or external. The book The Outsiders is in Ponyboy Curtis’s perspective so his conflicts are very clear. Ponyboy faced many different conflicts in his life, whether they were character versus nature, character…

Chapter 21 is about a study among two different groups of high-school boys (the saints and the roughnecks) in regards to delinquency. The saints, according to chapter 21 are the ones that are "children of good, stable, white upper middle class families that are active in school, active in sports, viewed as good ones by teachers and police as well as well dressed, nice cars and well mannered" whereas the "roughnecks are "the complete opposite raised from less wealthy family home environments,…

Switchblades, Cars and Hair, are possibly the most important symbols of The Outsiders. In a small town in Oklahoma, a group of 6 poor boys called themselves greasers. They had a bitter rivalry with a group of rich boys called Socs. Johnny, a 16 year old greaser, kills Bob, a rich Socs, in self-defense. Johnny flees the city with another greaser named Ponyboy. The switchblade that killed Bob is a symbol in The Outsiders. Additionally, the Socs’ mustangs are a symbol of their power and wealth.…

Carness Greaser; a group of poor but caring people that everyone thinks differently about. Despite the stereotypes surrounding him, Sodapop is caring towards everyone, mostly his closest friends and family. Sodapop is one of the characters in The Outsiders, a book about a group of teenagers who are greasers. The greasers steal, get into fights, and deal with weapons and other dangerous things that could get them in trouble with the cops,but this is not all true, this is only what almost every…

Ponyboy: A Boy in the Works In S.E Hinton’s The Outsiders, Ponyboy matures from a sensitive adolescent to a young adult. Ponyboy, being poor and living with his brothers, joins a gang named the greasers. His brothers, Darry and Sodapop, join the greasers too. because the gang protects each other from the rich and spoiled children called the Socs. First, Ponyboy is different from the other greasers because he is sensitive on the inside. For instance, to look tough, he smokes at the age of…

Poston 1 In the book The Outsiders the last line of chapter seven gives away three major themes. Have you ever had everything but you have nothing well that's what happened to the Socs. In the book Bob Sheldon Had everything but he died because no laws were put down for him. Also don't judge a book by its cover. A lot of the Greasers see the Socs as rich and have everything but, deep down they have nothing. Another example is the Socs think the greasers have nothing but, they have close…

ARGUMENT ESSAY ROUGH DRAFT Do you and your family stick together through everything? I believe that families who stick together can survive any challenge that the world presents. The book “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton is a good example of a family that faces many obstacles but sticks together through good times and bad times. One example in the book that demonstrates this is when Pony boy says to Darry, “What’s the sweat about my schoolwork?” Darry responds by telling Ponyboy that they…

everything that it's day. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That's gold. Keep that way, it's a good way to be…” (Hinton, 178) Johnny noticed that Ponyboy did not want to be like the others. He was youthful. Gold. Ponyboy is a very special character. Unlike Darry would say, Pony did use his head. Just in a different way. “He feels things differently than you do.” [Sodapop to Darry] (Hinton,…