...The Outsiders Book/Movie Comparison S. E. Hinton's story "The Outsiders" is a story the examines two different social groups in high school back in the 1960's. The book was such a big hit around the world that Francis Ford Coppola decided to make a movie out of it. When making the movie Francis didn’t want to leave out the little details that made the movie unique. There are many similarities and many differences between the book and the movie. My goal is to examine those similarities and differences and to look at the meaning behind the small details in the book and in the movie. One of the first similarities between the book and the movie was the 1960's setting. The book and movie both use old cars and the way the characters dress to express the story's 1960 setting. In both the book and movie the Socs drive new Mustangs and Corvairs, but the greasers drive old fixed up cars. "The Outsiders" book and movie both have a blue Mustang that is driven by the Socs. The Mustang represents fear and danger in the Greasers eyes, because whenever they see the Mustang coming they know something bad is about to go down. for his little brother, and that he wants Ponyboy to succeed in life. Another relationship represented in the book and the movie is between Johnny and Dally....
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...The Outsiders is about three boys who get into rumbles a lot. Their favorite place is the lot and their parents died in a car accident. They get in many rumbles with the Socs. The brothers are part of the Greasers. A Soc and Greaser try to figure their life problems out. There are many similarities and differences in the characters, relationships, and scenes of the book and the movie, the Outsiders. The characters in the book and the movie have many similarities and differences. Even though Two-bit was funny in the book, he was hilarious in the movie. After reading the book I thought Two-bit was young. In the movie he is small so that also makes me think he is younger. In the book they described him as skinny and tall. Although in the movie you could see he was short. In the movie Two-bit was shown eating cake. In contrast, him eating cake was not mentioned in the book....
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...In the book The Outsiders and the movie have a lot of differences and similarities, one similarity is how Charry and Pony talk about his brothers. These two are very similar but have differences between them that make one just as good as the other one without a doubt in my mind. The book and movie The Outsiders have many similarities one is how no matter what they go to Dally for help to get them out of trouble after stabbing Bob. Another similarities is how when they are in the church instead of only buying food and food only they by a copy of Gone With The Wind and had to eat baloney sandwiches only. Next there is a mention of Paul Newman at the beginning after the movie that pony went to. Both the movie and the book have the part where Pony starts get to know Charry on the way home, right after that Bob, Randy and other socs get out of the car to confront the grocers and get their girls back. One of my favorites is how the three brothers meat in the hallway of the hospital and are reunited with each other. The last one that I have is how Pony and Randy talk...
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...The Outsiders was a book written by 16-year-old S.E. Hinton in 1967. It is a book about two rival gangs, the Greasers and Socs, and how each gang member helps each other in order to defeat the rival gang. Inspired from the book, there was a movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1983. While watching the movie, I have noticed a copious amount of similarities and differences between the book and the movie. I noticed a lot of similarities between the book and the movie. For example, the storyline, plot, setting, and conflict were all the same. The book and the movie started with Ponyboy getting jumped and ended with Ponyboy solving all of his problems and coming back to the beginning. The setting of both the book and the movie took place in Oklahoma. In both the book and the movie, the events happened for the same reason such as the rumble, or Ponyboy and Johnny running away and getting jumped at the fountain....
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...Around 1981, Francis Ford Coppola received a letter from a librarian at Lone Star middle school. The text stated, “ We are all so impressed with the book, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, that a petition has been circulated asking that it be made into a movie. We have chosen you to send it to. In hopes that you might also see the possibilities of a movie, we have enclosed a copy of the book.” The written document was signed by 110 little signatures who were eager for Coppola to make a film. Since he couldn’t resist it, he decided to make one. Two years later, on March 25 The Outsiders was released. As any film director should, he tried to keep the movie close to the original novel by S.E Hinton. However, movies and books are two different ways...
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...The ¨Outsiders¨ movie and novel are hilarious and depressing. Beyond watching both were different. Even though watching them both they had some different qualities. The movie and novel share identical features. For example, both attributed the equivalent hangout places. Cherry,Sandy,Bob and Marcia. Bob was drowning Ponyboy so Johnny stabbed him. Accordingly, Bob died. Despite the fact that the share a spectacular distribute of semblances the movie and novel have very few polarities. There are a lot of differences between the book and movie. One of the major differences between the novel and movie is in the movie Two-bit would always wear a Mickey Mouse shirt and watched it on T.V. In the book he never did. For instance in the movie Two-bit would always wear a Mickey Mouse shirt and watch it on T.V. In the novel they never talked about it. That is one of the major differences, but their are many more....
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...Would you rather want something set and not able to change, or have it your way all the way through? This question is what I am talking about today. The topic I am talking about is the comparison between The Outsiders movie, and The Outsiders book. One reason the experience is always different is because of the person who is interpreting its interpretation or the maker’s interpretation. Many people believe that people can learn multiple ways, for example, there are auditory, visual, and verbal learning. The many ways to learn have one thing in common, a person’s imagination. The format in which you experience the book may be different from the others but great for your type of thinking. The medium, however, can change the way you see the...
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...Sixteen years after a sixteen-year-old wrote this book, Francis Ford Coppola turned this novel into a movie. The book is a coming-of-age novel, but the movie focuses on the characters' loss of innocence. The movie follows the story line very closely. The reader is only told that this story takes place in the southwest, but the movie places it in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the year 1966. It also changes the conflict from the East Side versus the West side to the northside versus the southside. This minor directional change was probably made due to the relative time proximity to the musical West Side Story, which won the best picture Academy Award in l961. However, as with all movies, character insight that is critical to understanding the story is lost when the format goes from the written word to the screen. Ponyboy is telling us the story, the same as in the book, but the 91-minute film only glosses over many character relationships. <a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/CNSite/;navArea=CLIFFSNOTES2_LITERATURE;type=Lit_Note;kword=SE_Hinton;kword=The_Outsiders;contentItemId=139;tile=3;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/CNSite/;navArea=CLIFFSNOTES2_LITERATURE;type=Lit_Note;kword=SE_Hinton;kword=The_Outsiders;contentItemId=139;tile=3;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?" width="300" height="250" border="0" alt="" /></a> With the exception of Ponyboy, the viewer misses out on knowing most of the novel's characters. Darry and Soda...
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...The book The Outsiders has many things different than the movie. This essay will explain some of the similarities and differences of the movie and book. There is a war going on between the Socs and Greasers. Pony and Johnny have killed a man and are now in hiding. They learn many lessons and wait four days until Dally shows up and takes them to get something to eat, but, when they come back the church is on fire and children are inside. In the book and the movie there are many similarities and differences in the characters, their relationships and the scenes. Characters The characters in the book and the movie has many similarities and differences. Even though Two-Bit was funny in the book he was hilarious in the movie. I really liked the part when he makes fun of the Socs pants. Along with Johnny, Pony never wanted to hurt people and when given a broken bottle by Two-bit pony said he couldn't use it when asked by Cherry. Pg 40 Although, Johnny had many things that are the same but, there are some scenes where he doesn't act the same. When Two-bit scares Johnny in the book he was terrified, but in the movie he wasn't very scared at that point. In comparison Johnny and Pony were very heroic in both the book and the movie when the run to the church to save the children. Pg 79-80....
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...the movie Age of Innocence, a movie based Edith Wharton’s book, I found two characters from each to be very similar. Ellen from Age of Innocence and Charity from Summer are very similar in many ways, such as, they are both outsiders in the societies in which they live. Also, they are in secret romances that would be forbidden if ever caught. So throughout this paper I am going to talk about their similarities, and also the few differences they have, and how there societies shape the character they are. First, I am going to touch on the subject that Charity and Ellen both do not fit into their societies, and are considered outsiders. Ellen is in New York City in the 1870’s during this story. During this time era in New York City, the society consisted of wealthy and well respected families, who had special customs and ways of going about things. Ellen being from Europe was not aware of these customs, therefore making her an outsider, because many people looked down on her because she did not act the way that she was suspected to. An example of this would be Ellen was estranged from her husband, and although they were separated, they were still married, so Ellen ran around with a gentleman named Julius who was also married and that was unacceptable in this society. Another example would be that Ellen was talking about getting a divorce from her husband, and that was looked down upon for women to do in that time era. Charity along with Ellen was also considered an outsider. Charity...
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...The film begins in the burning summer heat of 1922 New York, when newcomer Nick Carraway (Sam Waterson) moves to the wealthy area of West Egg in Long Island Sound. Immediately taken under the wing of his beautiful second cousin Daisy Buchanan (Mia Farrow) and her pretentious yet extremely wealthy husband Tom Buchanan (Bruce Dern), Nick finds himself emerged into a world full of people manipulated by money and status. Upon his first visit to the Buchanan's lavish summer home, it is evident to Nick that he is an outsider among their kind. He discovers that Daisy, who no doubt married for money, is miserable in her marriage to Tom who flaunts his affairs like a new sports car. But throughout all of her suffering, Daisy is unwilling to leave her luxurious lifestyle behind for true happiness as her lust for money consumes her. The story doesn't truly begin until Jay Gatsby (Robert Redford) appears, Nick's mysterious nouveau riche neighbor known for throwing extravagant parties for the rich and famous. After being invited to one of his gatherings, Nick befriends Gatsby becoming fascinated by his mysterious past and lavish lifestyle. Soon he discovers that Gatsby had a young love connection with Daisy and has been pining over her for years planning to rekindle their once unbreakable love, while Daisy is completely clueless of what type of man Gatsby has became. Nick assists Gatsby in planning a reunion for the two young lovers, and once they met again it was obvious that their love had...
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...In society today movies are just something people watch for enjoyment but they never take a second and look at the real message behind the movie. Each movie has a different message and anyone can find it. If you fully analyze a film you can learn so much and see how much went in to making the film from the filming to the color and lighting and most importantly editing. As we move into the future and the technology advances I hope that people will look at movies as more than just something to do on a Saturday night and turn it into a learning experience that will last forever. In the filmmaking world there is always that someone that gets looked over and forgotten and that is the person behind the film known as the director. Directors are brilliant people who jobs are to create a film that people will enjoy while putting a meaning behind it. Roberto Benigni is an amazing director who not only directs his movies but writes and stars in them as well. Benigni has created masterpieces such as Life is Beautiful, Pinocchio and his most recent film The Tiger and the Snow, which have brought him such awards as an Oscar for Life is beautiful. Along with being a director Benigni prides himself on being a family man which is why his wife Nicoletta Braschi plays his love interest in most of his movies. Overall Benigni is a great director who blends comedy and romance in most of his movies. His movies might be a little out there but that’s just who Roberto Benigni is and I can’t...
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...people face many different obstacles in life, they still push through, because they have a plan. According to the article, From Gang Life To Grad School, Anton House, a former drug dealer, graduated from college on May 14, 2011. House said, “Hey, I want to change my life.” Another example is found in The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton. This book tells a story about a gang of hoods in an Oklahoma town. In the text, one of the protagonists, Johnny, talks about how his friend and brother can leave the hood: “You still have a lot of time to make yourself what you want.” These examples illustrate how much power people have over their own lives....
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...Lucy Parkhurst Dr. Thombre 11/5/13 Intercultural Movie Review When thinking of intercultural communication, the movie that comes to mind is Sophia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation”. Bob Harris, played by Bill Murray, is an American actor who visits Tokyo, Japan to film an ad for whiskey. Bob, away from his wife and his familiar western environment, experiences isolation, loneliness, and sleeplessness upon entering Tokyo. He is constantly frustrated, due largely in part to his understanding of what others, such as a film director, restaurant waiters, and prostitutes are trying to convey to him in Japanese. In the midst of all this, he meets Charlotte, an American woman who like him, is lonely because her husband is more interested in his photography work than her. Due to their shared loneliness and feelings of isolation and culture shock, Bob and Charlotte become friends, and begin a relationship through respect, trust, and self-disclosure. Bob and Charlotte become a mirror to each other, as both try to sort out their identities and how proceed from their own relational crossroads. While the audience may wonder throughout the movie if Bob and Charlotte’s relationship will ever become romantic, it is plain to see that they learn lots about themselves and each other as a result of being outsiders in this new and unfamiliar culture. The most evident intercultural concepts I noticed in the film is culture shock, language, and identity. The first concept, culture shock, is explained...
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...will look at the similarities and differences between the movie, The Matrix, an excerpt from Plato and an excerpt from Descartes. It will be seen that there are many similarities surrounding the prisoner in the Plato excerpt and the Character of Neo in The Matrix. A bit less similarities follows with the excerpt of Descartes however there are some. Let us begin. The prisoner relates to Neo from matrix as the prisoner and Neo both have only one reality about life. The prisoner and Neo have perceived one reality there whole life and don’t know any different and why would they. They similarly are both taken out of current perceived reality and thrown in to a completely different one. This changes everything for them. As Neo is given a choice of a red or blue pill, the red pill will take him out of his current state and the blue keep him in it. When he is confronted for an opportunity for a completely different reality, to find out the truth you could say. One might say who wouldn’t choose that. If someone says I can show you that your reality if not real and show you the truth who would not want to know. The Prisoner’s reality is as Socrates states, “Then in every way such prisoners would deem reality to be nothing else than the shadows of the artificial objects.” 1 Relating this to neo he lives in a world like ours but he feels or something tells him it’s not right, that he is compelled somehow that his reality is not real. A difference seems that Neo somewhat becomes...
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