...The Outsiders” takes you through a journey of struggle, violence, and death. It examines the life of a recently orphaned young man born into poverty confronted with the prejudices that he could not change. He struggles with the many conflicts between the lower class and the upper class youths. The Outsiders focuses on the life of Ponyboy Curtis who has two brothers, Darry and Sodapop, which belong to a group of young people that were called greasers. The Greasers defined as a group of hoodlums with a background of being poor, mean, and violent. Ponyboy’s brother, Darry, stepped in to support his family after their parents died in an automobile accident. Darry was a smart and serious person that worked most of the time, and was very hard on Ponyboy .He often yelled at Ponyboy to do better in school. Soda, the middle brother considered very handsome and likeable, was happy most of the time. The brothers often fought over Ponyboy’s future. They closely associated with two members of the greasers, Dally who was one of the oldest gang members and certainly the toughest, and Johnny who was shyer than Ponyboy. Dally seemed to enjoy being a criminal and thought the law was a joke. Johnny’s parents abused him, so he always seemed scared which made him the pet of the group. This story has many tragedies. The first tragedy in the story was when the socs jumped Ponyboy, who was walking home from the movies by himself. He was two blocks from home when he saw a red Corvair following him...
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...Depending on what age you are, you might've read a book called "The Outsiders". If you haven't "The Outsiders" is a book about the rivalry between the Greasers and the Socs, but mostly focuses on Ponyboy, who is the main character, and his choices throughout his life. In this essay, we're going to talk about how Ponyboys relationships change throughout the story. The first major change in a relationship is when Ponyboy comes home late after he accidentally fell asleep at the "lot" Once he comes home his brother Darry yells at him. (Page 43-44) "It sounded dumb, even to me, when I stammered, "I... I went to sleep in the lot..." "You what?" He was shouting, and Sodapop sat up and rubbed his eyes. " "He should never yell at Soda. Nobody should...
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...During the reading of “The Outsiders,” written by S.E. Hinton, I automatically felt a connection with Johnny Cade, a greaser who was friends with the main character - Ponyboy. Johnny had a pretty rough life which is made obvious throughout the book. About 4 months before the book begins, Johnny is critically beaten up by a group of Socs which had left him jittery and on edge. That’s not all Johnny has faced with the Socs, however, he has also killed one when the same group tried to drown Ponyboy. Johnny is in a stage of being nervous all the time and carries a blade with him everywhere. A blade that he’ll eventually have to use to protect himself and Ponyboy. However, Johnny is not a wanted criminal, in the eyes of many he is a hero. Most importantly, Johnny is first described as “The gangs pet.” Or “A little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times.” Johnny has had it rough since the beginning. Johnnys parents are viewed as uncaring and unloving. Which is why Johnny basically did anything he wanted because his parents wouldn’t care. He stayed away from home a lot, often sleeping in vacant lots or at Ponyboys house. On top of that, Johnny was severely beaten by a group of Socs last spring. This led to PTSD and fear, and this fear would lead to him potentially killing a Soc....
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...The novel, “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton, is classified as Young Adult Fiction. In this novel, Hinton writes about real life situation teenagers go through. As for the teenagers in “The Outsiders”, social class is a major issue that brings most of the conflicts throughout the story. In this story, there are two types of people: the “Socs” and the “Greasers”. The Socs are a young and wealthy group who believe they are superior over the less fortunate. The Greasers are an example of a less fortunate group. The Greasers are “hoodlums” who live in the ghetto and are basically uneducated criminals who live in poverty.The Greasers get there name from the casual way the gang dresses, long hair that it greased constantly, and leather jackets. Ponyboy is the main Greaser character. Ponyboy has two brothers, Sodapop and Darry, and all three of them are in a gang. The Curtis’ boys have been through a lot since their parents died, and they are living each day trying to fend for themselves. Ponyboy is an intelligent young man who is constantly pushed to become something better than what he grew up to be by his two brothers. Ponyboy is walking home from school where he had been abruptly confronted by the West Side Soc who asked Ponyboy is he “needed a haircut” while he held his switchblade close to Ponyboy’s face. The Socs begin to beat Ponyboy up until Ponyboy’s brothers hear his death scream and quickly gather the gang along to the scene. Months before, another member of the...
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...Ponyboy is a greaser in the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton. Ponyboy plays the narrator and the protagonist in the book. If you were to meet this character for the first time most likely some ideas about him would come to your head, but some of those ideas could be a stereotype. A stereotype is a belief about a group of people based on a common characteristic but is not necessarily true. Some stereotypes of Ponyboy could be he is a criminal, thief, does not care about school, and does bad things to people; however, these are not true. A stereotype for ponyboy of being a gang member is that he is a criminal and does bad things to other people. Some people would have many stereotypes about Ponyboy like if he is in a gang he is a criminal but that not true. Ponyboy is a gang member but he is not a criminal ponyboy helps lots of people out. There are many ways he has helped people, for instance, he saved 8 little kids lives from a burning building without hesitation. Furthermore, people may think he is a thief or a drug dealer for his gang. Ponyboy is not a thief or is involved with drugs in the book it never said anything about ponyboy being into drugs or a thief. When most people think of greasers or gang...
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...I’m aware Paul, that you are thinking about reading the book or watching the movie of the Outsiders. I want you to know of read and watch the movie first and I think you should read the book first. I think you should read the book first because the book gives you more detail about the characters. Like what's the “special ability” of each of the characters. Like Two-bits special ability is shoplifting. It other detail about the characters is there background about who they are, where they have grown up at. It tells you about Ponyboy's history about his family and in the book they really don’t tell you about that or about Dallas Winston history. The other reason why you should read the book first is that the movie skips some parts and doesn’t...
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...downfall. Although Ponyboy is usually seen as the hero in The Outsiders, Johnny is the most heroic character in my opinion. He was willing to sacrifice his life in order to save multiple lives in a burning church. As a result, he was nearly killed because of a falling pillar that hit his back. Johnny is selfless, loyal, and daring. One quality Johnny shows in The Outsiders is selflessness. He displays this trait when he saves the children from the burning church. The children are stuck inside the church while it burns down, and Johnny immediately goes to save them. Ponyboy also saves the children, but he sees something different in Johnny which represents his selflessness: “I blinked myself-- Johnny wasn't behaving at all like his old self... I caught one quick look at his face; it was red marked from falling embers and sweat streaked, but he grinned at...
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...Reasons for Greasers to be Dishonorable Is there honor among the lawless? I think not. In the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is a book about a group of greasers who live in a poor neighborhood and are against a group of soc’s. The greasers do a lot of dishonorable things and they always get mistreated because of it. But the soc’s since they live on the south side they are rich and they can always use anything against the greasers to get them in trouble. The greasers from The outsiders are not honorable because they steal, murder people, and threaten to kill people with blades. In The outsiders, the greasers do a lot of dishonorable stuff. For example, Dally robbed a grocery store and was running from the cops. In the book it quotes that “ It was Dally... he just robbed a grocery store and the cops are after him we gotta hide him..” (157). This is dishonorable because what person robs a store and then pulls a gun out at the cops and starts shooting and calls that honorable. Doing all that stuff was cowardly of Dally because since he didn’t want to feel...
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...In the book The Outsiders , written by S.E. Hilton, the Greasers are discriminated against by the Socs because they are labeled by the Socs as worthless. Ponyboy is trying to be himself but the Socs make it difficult. The Socs give him a lot of trouble but the gang always has his back. The three topics addressed in the novel are the power of friendship, the fight between rich and poor, and what it means to be a hero. First, the novel focuses on the theme of the power of friendship and how Ponyboy knows that he had the support of his family and gang. For example,“We ran into the darkness"(62). This shows, that Ponyboy and and Johnny went together instead of separating, which shows their friendship. Also, Ponyboy didn’t even need to go with Johnny because Johnny was the one that killed bob, but he went because Johnny saved his life. In addition,”I hadn’t realized Johnny had been right behind me all the way."(92) This displays that Johnny went right behind Ponyboy without even...
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...In The Outsiders, a book about the rivalry between two social classes (the socs and the greasers), written by S.E. Hinton, shows a lot of characteristic traits because it is in first person point of view. This allows for more of the characters thoughts and feelings to be felt. Ponyboy is affectionate towards his brothers. In the beginning of the book, Ponyboy shows that he does not care for his older brother, Darry, that much by telling Cherry- a rich west side girl who is a spy for the greasers- that Darry would like to put him in another home. At another point in the story Ponyboy shows his affection for his two friends Johnny and Dally when they each die by saying “Please not him, not him and Johnny both”. Another character trait that...
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...In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy is introduced and develops a wide imagination and organized personality to a dull-like and disorderly personality through his actions and feelings towards someone. The Outsiders is a novel about Ponyboy’s and his greaser friend’s journey about their life living as a greaser. Greaser is a term for poorer boys than the Socs and the middle class on the East Side. They wouldn’t walk by themselves or they will get jumped on by the Socs, or the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, and the rich West-side kids. One evidence from the book that shows us that Ponyboy had a wide imagination are on pages 1-2, and it reads, “I had a long walk home and no company, but usually lone it anyway, for no reason except that I like to watch movies undisturbed so I can get into them and live them with the actors….I mean, my second-oldest brother, Soda, who is sixteen-going-on-seventeen, never cracks a book at all, and my oldest brother, Darrel, who we call Darry, works too long and hard to be interested in a story or drawing a picture, so I’m not like them....
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...his close friend, Johnny in a church fire. Ponyboy also lost Dallas, a member in his gang in police chase. He had lost everyone close to him except his brothers and part of his gang. He tries different strategies to cope with their deaths. After Johnny’s and Dallas’ death Pony was in denial. He convinced himself that they were not dead. He thought to himself “That still body back in the hospital wasn't Johnny. Johnny was somewhere else-maybe asleep in the lot, or playing the pinball machine in the bowling alley, or sitting on the back steps of the church in Windriville. I’d go home and walk by the lot, and Johnny would be sitting on the curb smoking a cigarette, and maybe we’d lie on our backs and watch the stars. He isn’t dead.”-The Outsiders Ponyboy was in such disbelief. He was in shock, because he never thought Johnny would die so soon. He not believing that Johnny was dead made him feel better. When Dally die he just thought...
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...In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton there is two types of people or gangs. You have the Greasers and the Socs the Greasers are the more poor people they live in a bad neighborhood but they still all get along well together. The Socs also get together well but they are more rich and they jump the Greasers for fun. The Socs are the people that have everything and don’t need anything and the Greasers are the exact opposite. The main characters are Soda pop, Ponyboy, Darry, Johnny, Two-Bit, Dally, Bob, and Cherry the story also takes place in Tulsa Oklahoma. My theme for this book is that when you are struggling you just need to talk to someone you trust. One example of is when Johnny and Ponyboy Killed Bob they went to talk to Dally...
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...BOOK TITLE: The Outsiders TOTAL # of BOOK PAGES:180 Page Range 1-5 Character’s Name (you’re interviewing): Ponyboy Question: What happened after the movie? Response: I was done watching a movie and a car pulled up beside me. They were socs and I didn't know what to do and the socs started beating me up. My brothers seen what the socs were doing to me so my brother and his friends came to help me. 2. Page Range: 5-74 Character’s Name (you’re interviewing): Dally Question: Why did you slap Ponyboy when he came home? Response: In my opinion the reason why I slapped him is because he came home late. Ponyboy never come home late but it was very late and I stayed up all night waiting for him to come home and then when he got home we got into an argument. And the out of nowhere I slapped him....
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...What is a hero? What does it mean to be one? The Outsiders is written by S.E Hinton published in 1967 by the Viking Press, the most recent edition was published in 2006. One or more Greaser(s) can be considered a hero, there are many examples such as; Johnny and Ponyboy saved children from a burning fire, Ponyboy stopped Two-Bit from telling off Johnny’s mom, and Johnny risked his life to save Ponyboy’s. Firstly, Ponyboy and Johnny were found in a very difficult situation, Ponyboy was being brutally drowned in a fountain by Bob the Soc, and Johnny was about to be beat. This was a very traumatic moment, during this Johnny was trying to figure out how to save Ponyboy, then he had remembered his switchblade and pulled it out. As Ponyboy was nearing death he stabbed Bob and Bob fell to the floor. A quote from that scene is “They might have killed you, and they were gonna beat me up.” Pg 57 Many argue this is self defense and many argue it’s not, but this clearly states Randy was coming after Johnny too, so it does fall under self defense. Not only did Johnny save Ponyboy’s life he risked his. That is the work of a hero....
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