S. E. Hinton

literature to teach us about identity, and it’s important for authors to reveal identity effectively. For instance, effective writers 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…

“Loyalty is hard to find. Actions speak louder than words.”~ Unknown Being loyal is being supportive to someone or something. Most of the time you would support a friend, or a family member about an argument. Justice is staying true to the facts and following the law. Loyalty is better than justice because if you got in trouble they would support you too, if you cared about them you would help, and you wouldn’t be a loyal friend or family friend if you didn’t support them. To start off, if you…

The Outsiders, is an influential book that has been incorporated into many school’s curriculums and has impacted many readers as it is capable of teaching values to all ages. The novel, about rival gangs that represent social issues during the 1960’s, is a novel that was meant to be relatable to the authors friends, who were classified as ‘greasers’. The characters, family life, and social classes portrayed in the…

The Outsiders Persuasive Essay Have you ever wondered if your own life was on the edge or that you just have a bad life, then you should read The Outsiders. There is an argument about whether Ponyboy should stay with his brother Darry as his guardian and if Ponyboy should just go to a home for boys to go up for adoption. My opinion is that Ponyboy should be able to stay with Darry. One reason why is that Darry and the other always protect and love each other. This is important because…

In the book The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, tells the story of fourteen year old, Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. The fiction book focused on the story of when Greasers Ponyboy and Johnny end up into a fight with several of the Social members, the brawl ends in the death of a Social member. Ponyboy and Johnny are forced to run away and go into hiding. The other gang members of the Greasers must now cope with…

something beefed him, he didn’t keep quiet about it, and if you rubbed him the wrong way-look out” this is used to describe Dally from the book “The Outsiders”. “The Outsiders” is a book about the Greasers vs. Socs in Tulsa and was written by S.E. Hinton. In the book, there are 3 characters that are mostly focused on for character development. One of these characters is Dally. In the book, he tries to help with 2 other main characters with running away from a murder. Dally is considered “tough”,…

The author clearly depicts Johnny as someone willing to sacrifice. There were kids stuck in the burning building who were saved by Pony and Johnny. Ponyboy narrated, “we dropped the last of the kids out as the burning building started to crumble” (Hinton 93). Pony and Johnny had just finished taking the kids out of the burning church. Johnny saved the lives…

This essay will discuss the life of John Wayne Gacy before his murders, during his murders and the ending result when he finally was convicted. Now although there are a lot of things to say about John Wayne Gacy , there’s a lot of background information that may have led up to the cruel things he did. John Wayne Gacy was born on St.Patrick's day in 1942. He was the middle child; his older sister Joanne was born two years before him and his younger sister Karen who was born 2 years after. “To…

Have you ever thought about what life in the 60’s? Well if yes then let Francis Ford Coppola’s movie of The Outsiders take you there. A book written by S.E. Hinon is called The Outsiders. It is a story about a greaser named Ponyboy and his story about what happened when he and his friends fight against the rich kids called the socs. When Pony and his friend walk 2 girls around, a car pulls up and it turns out to be socs and so are the girls. So after some fighting all the socs and greasers get…

We reached the site minutes after the fire was put out. There were five children in the building at the time of the fire. We interviewed Ponyboy, one of the saviors of the children, about what had happened during the fire. “My buddy Johnny and I were coming back from eating and we were heading to the church when Dally slammed on the brake.” said Ponyboy, “We looked at the church and saw that it was on fire. I jumped out of the car and ran toward the church. It was surrounded by a…