Analysis Of The Book ' The Outsiders ' By Bys.e Hinton

The Outsiders, a novel by S.E. Hilton is set in Oklahoma in the 1960s, tells the story of a group of greasers that will always back each other up no matter what the situation. On the other hand, the play Our Town by Thornton Wilder, is set a small town in New Hampshire in the early 1900s that focuses on the lifestyles of common people that share common interests and live together as a whole community. Both stories emphasize the theme of cherishing life.

Stereotyping plays a large role in the events of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders. The two main opposing groups, the Socs and Greasers, constantly face problems because of the stereotypes associated with their social groups. As seen in the novel, stereotypes and prejudice cause extreme and unnecessary conflicts. Both groups have predetermined opinions of the other, but as the story progresses, many of the characters begin to realize how similar the groups can be. The stereotypes observed in the novel can easily be compared to those in real life. Both the Greasers and the Socs share many of their opinions with the other members of their groups, and this leads to many misunderstandings. In fact, most of the conflicts in the novel are caused

Thesis: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, a novel which tells the story of conflict between the "greasers" and the "Socs," captures the voice of ponyboy and his friends in a realistic way that relates to boys and their gangs even today.

In S.E Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, the main character Ponyboy and the rest of the greasers not only face conflicts with their rival gang: the Socs, but also against each other and even as society as a whole. These obstacles were created due the fact that people don't realize that everyone has problems, this is a theme that Ponyboy learns throughout this story. Just like in real life, some conflicts will never be resolved as they are beyond their control. Over the course of the novel some conflicts will be settled, while some will stay the same or even become worse.

This causes Dally to become reckless and finally ending in him being killed by the police, Ponyboy tells the reader “Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted.” (p.187). From this the reader can gather how the events had modified Dally, creating a more emotional and caring character, weakening his value for himself and in return, strengthening his value for others.

The novel and film, The Outsiders by S. E Hinton, can be composed based on symbols, imagery, characters, and chronology. The Outsiders is a novel and a movie. The novel was written by Susan Eloise Hinton, in 1965, where it took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After the book was published the movie, The Outsiders was produced in 1983 directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The author has a great sense of imagery. Ponyboy the narrator of the story used much imagery in chapter one in the novel to bring his brother and friends who are also Greasers to life. Ponyboy 's big brother, Darry who "had eyes that are like two pieces of pale blue green ice" letting the reader know that Darry is the serious and determined person. In addition with "broad shoulders", "muscular" and "six two feet height", from the description, the reader can picture Darry as an athlete from the physical appearance. Ponyboy uses imagery on his second older brother Sodapop "His eyes are dark brown lively, dancing recklessly laughing eyes that can be gentle and sympathetic one moment and blazing with anger the next". The descriptions gave Sodapop an image that signified effervescent and a slight of anger but kind. Dally one of Ponyboy friends and a member of the Greasers, has eyes that are "blue, blazing ice, and cold let the reader know that Dallas heart if filled with rage".

If you had a chance to go to college with an scholarship would you go even if it means leaving your only family behind? Darry is the oldest of the Curtis brothers. At twenty, Darry is the “old man” in The Outsiders a novel written by S.E. Hinton. He has two little brothers named Sodapop and Ponyboy. The brothers are greasers, a class term that refers to the people on the East Side, the poor side of town. They are known for their long, greased hair. Darry is devoted to try and be a parent figure for his brothers. He sacrifices everything and does everything he can for his little brothers, the only family he has left.

Dally and Johnny both cherish each other deeply. At the theater, Johnny told Dally to back off when he was bothering Cherry and Marcia. Pony explains that if it was anyone else Dally would have beat them up hard but since he loves Johnny he would never do anything to hurt him in anyway. Also, Dally loves the person who Johnny is, which is why he does not want Johnny to go to jail because he knows it will change him.

This book showed the struggle between rich and poor. The two main groups of the story were the Socs and the greasers. The Socs are in the upper class while the greasers are the poor ones that dislike the Socs because they have more money, better cars, and act like they are better than the greasers. The Outsiders is a good story by S.E. Hinton that shows the struggles of growing up Hinton did a fine job with the character development, the plot, and the theme with a few flaws.

They began arguments impulsively, and not always as part of their feud with the Socs. One example of this occurred when Dally robbed a grocery store in a period of despair after a Greaser named Johnny died. Dally notified his fellow Greasers after the crime and they responded in panic, feeling that they “gotta hide him” (page 153). The other Greasers encouraged Dally’s evasion of the cops, becoming accomplices to the crime. The cops pursued and shot Dally, fatally, when he acted as if he was about to shoot them. This part of the downward spiral of events in the book began with Dally’s impulsiveness in the grocery store, not with the feud or with fury. Ponyboy even admitted that Dally was an unstable person, saying, “he died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he’d die someday” (page 154). This proves that even the Greasers see that they are liable to cause turmoil in any

Have you ever been in a place with two rival groups? Is one seen as better than the other? In S.E. Hinton's book, The Outsiders, two groups, the Socs and the Greasers, are rivals. Greasers are viewed as menaces, when the true menaces are the Socs, the partiers, and the wolves in sheep's clothing.

In 1966, if you lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma you would either be a Soc or a Greaser. The book “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton, revolves around a town that has two sides, the west and east side. These two sides have two groups called the Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers live on the east side of town and the Socs live on the west side. The Greasers have less money and don’t have the nicest houses while the Socs have nice houses and have more money to spend.

The novel The Outsiders is written by S.E. Hinton and is told through the perspective of fourteen-year-old Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy and his brothers Sodapop and Darry are members of a Greaser gang, meaning they are considered hoods or juvenile delinquents by society. Other than being financially and socially disadvantaged, the Greaser’s main problem is getting jumped by the Socials, the rich kids from the West Side of town. Essentially, the Socs, are what make the Greaser’s life a literal living hell because they fear for their life anytime they encounter the Socs. Johnny Cade, Dally Winston, Two-Bit Mathews, and Steve Randle are also members of the Greaser gang. They all stick up for one another and protect each other from the Socs.

The novel The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, gave a realistic depiction of teenage slum life and showed common themes such as loyalty and friendship; in addition, the mindset of Ponyboy was affected severely by the letter Johnny had left him before his death. First of all, Johnny’s letter made Ponyboy’s mindset become sentimental. Ponyboy stated that “I could picture hundreds and hundreds of boys living on the wrong sides of cities, boys with black eyes who jumped at their own shadows” (Hinton 187). This shows how Ponyboy’s mindset was changed because the letter made him think of more people like Johnny; this made Ponyboy more sympathetic about life. Moreover, Ponyboy’s mindset became more reminiscent due to Johnny’s letter. Ponyboy had rememberance

The novel, The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, Johnny and Ponyboy made an important decision to rescue the children from a fire in the church they had been hiding in. This was an important decision as it affected their lives, it cost them their lives and to take responsibility for what they did. As a result of the fire, Ponyboy and Johnny get concussed dies but their heroes. They made the reputation of a greasers change as they were known as caring and kind people even though they are seen as trouble-makers. Dally and Johnny loss the most, he loses hope in the world and ends up being shot by the police. This is a suitable novel for teenagers as it show as is effectively told by the author of how the lives of people who are struggling in all aspect