The Outsiders

Outsiders Essay Joey the teacher told me that you couldn’t decide to read or watch the Outsiders. Well I have done both and I wanted to give you my opinion on both the movie and the book. I would personally read the book. The reason I would read the book is, that I think it goes it to more depth than the movie and it explains it much better. The movie misses some things that I think are important to the story line. Like where Ponyboy gets jumped on the way back from the movies and the gang…

“The outsider’s” comparison essay Greasers are the basic people who have to work for everything they own and they normally wear blue jeans and black leather and their long hair always done up with a lot of grease. They normally don’t have a car to drive and most of them walk everywhere they go and they go to rumbles where they get with another gang and fight the Soc’s. Most of them spend their time with a group of really good friends and do stuff that’s very illegal, most of them…

In the books The Outsiders and The Lord of the Flies, Hinton’s and Golding’s approaches to the themes of challenges, choices, conformity all contrast. For example, in The Outsiders, Hinton’s approach to challenges contrast Golding’s plot and the way they affect the story. One of the challenges Ponyboy faces is the fact that his parents are dead and his oldest brother, Darry, is supporting the family. On page 3, Ponyboy says, “Since Mom and Dad were killed in an auto wreck, the three of us get to…

The Outsiders The book and movie about the outsiders was a very enjoyable story that had many events and funny scenes like the big rumble. The book was very good and explained the scenes in many details. I enjoyed the movie because I got to relaxed and got to watch some funny parts. While the book and movie have many similarities and differences, the movie was more effective in telling the story. To start, The first comparable scene is when The greasers and socs lined up getting ready for the…

“When something bad happens you have 3 choices , you can either let it define you, let it destroy you or let it strengthen you.” by an unknown person. You have to keep going or you won’t move at all. Being a greaser means that bad things will happen no matter what. You can either give up or toughen up. Johnny’s first choice was the choice that changed Ponyboy’s life, by taking another's. Ponyboy had decided to run away and Johnny helped him. Then they got attacked by soces. Johnny stabbed the…

Pony and I lay there in the woods watching the stars. As Pony went home I started to doze off as I watched the stars. As I was sleeping, Ponyboy woke me up with an aggressive tug & push, “come on Johnny, we’re getting out of here” Pony began, “we’re going far away” he continued. I didn’t know what happened or what was wrong but I just followed Pony’s lead. Pony and I went to the park, greaser territory. As Pony and I sit and talk a blue Mustang pulled up, it was the SOCS. “This is greaser…

In the The Outsiders book and movie, many similarities and differences can be noted. Some are very noticeable, and others are not as much. Some main events in the book were left out of the movie, and little sentences from the book are entire scenes in the movie. Since certain scenes were left out from the movie that were in the book, the significant aspects and symbolism that were connected to them were also left out. Although some scenes did not have as much importance as others, the absence of…

Some people might consider outsiders weird and strange, but they can bring many much needed changes to society. Most of the great minds in this world were outsiders. Outsiders can bring a much needed change to society. For example Abe Lincoln fought for the rights of black slaves. Many people thought that having slaves was necessary and normal. Abe Lincoln the great outsider he was fought for their rights he didnt care what others thought he just did what was right. Although some people might…

Are outsiders simply those who are misjudged, or misunderstood? When you are an outsider, are you understood by people for who you are? Does being an outsider affect how people view you? Outsiders are people who are misunderstood, rather than misjudged. When you are an outsider, it affects the way people view you. Because you don’t fit in, you slowly become an outcast. Many examples of this transformation are prevailed in the short story, “Metamorphosis,” by Franz Kafka. Outsiders are those who…

The story, The Outsiders, there are lots of actions that are controversial whether they are honorable or dishonorable. The story started like every other story, introducing the characters, which are Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darry, Dallas, Steve, and Two-Bit in Oklahoma. Then, Socs beat up the Greasers Ponyboy, and Johnny because they picked up the Soc’s girls. Next, Johnny kills the Soc Bob, to protect Ponyboy and himself, and they are forced to run away, and hide. Then, Johnny decides to turn…