Analysis Of The Outsiders

The Outsiders, a coming-of-age novel, written by S.E. Hinton who was a teenager at the time of writing is firmly based upon groups of teenagers divided amongst their social classes. The novel takes on the rival battles of the Socials and the Greasers.

It was only two gangs, three deaths, and many injuries, but the bloody, death defying, life changing brawl is what ended all of the chaos.In book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton Ponyboy learns a lot about being caring. In this novel two groups called the Socs and the Greasers fight each other continuously. This leads them to unexpected fights and deaths, causing things to not go as planned.Ponyboy is caring because he is thoughtful, trustworthy, and brave.

The Outsiders is about the Greasers and the Socs seeing their differences in a new way and learning that they aren’t as different as they think. The theme of “The Outsiders” is ‘crossing over the gap between the rich and the poor’. The author conveys this through character, symbols and events. S.E. Hinton shows the theme by everyone having their own personal suffering.

S.E. Hinton’s realistic fiction novel, The Outsiders, takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma-where social divisions is the cause of all their problems. Ponyboy, a Greaser, lives in a society where you’re either socially accepted or not. He isn’t as privileged or lucky as the Socs and isn’t socially accepted. Ponyboy and his gang have to endure rude treatment, beatings, and being outcasted. One lesson the story suggests is to stay gold. While some readers believe this means to be who you are and not let others hurt you, I argue that this means to preserve your childhood innocence and not grow up to become a mature, cranky old man, but stay pure and innocent. This is indicated by Hinton’s use of characterization, dialogue, and conflict.

He was only 20, but he never really got to know what that was like. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the mid 1960’s. In addition, conflicts between two gangs were on the rise and the Curtis family was stuck in the middle of it. The main character Ponyboy Curtis had had two older brothers Sodapop and Darrel “Darry” Curtis. Darry happened to stand out because of his father figure presence in this novel. He had to grow up when he was only 20 years old. Both of Darry’s parents had died in a car wreck, forcing him to take on the responsibilities of his two younger brothers. Darry is a responsible, caring, and a prideful young man.

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.

Fracis Ford Coppola’s “The Outsiders” (1983) is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by E.Hinton published in 1967. There are many theories that can be found throughout the movie, victim precipitation theory, differential association theory, strain theory and labeling theory are the most prevalent. The story takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma and revolves around the story of a 14 year old Greaser named Ponyboy Curtis. The town is split into two conflicting adolescent groups, the Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers are of lower class standings with harsh upbringings, poor kids from the wrong side of town (north) and are considered delinquents. The Socs, are privileged kids living on the south side who have an easy life where everything

The Outsiders message is about “Nothing Gold Can Stay.” It explains that nothing good can go on forever and nothing young can last forever. It tells you about how and why we should enjoy what we have and keep and cherish everything we have to its maximum limit. Why shouldn’t we cherish what we have? Why do we need more? Why can't we be equally treated with same amount of things such as money and houses? That is the real question. We have that to this very day. In The Outsiders, their lives are exactly like this. They have their awesome rich people lives and the poor have unhappy lives. Some of each gang just want to be normal, the same, or similar at least. But their money splits them up. All because of a little extra

Do heros exist? Yes in many cases heros are real and have had an impacted on many lives. In this book three brave teens showed many ways that they were true heros. These teens risked their lives for others, proved to the community that they were not what others thought, and helped each other when in need. S.E. Hinton is the Author of The Outsiders. Ponyboy, Dally, Johnny, Darry, and Sodapop are the main characters but only three of them are true heros. The Curtis brothers parents died so the older brother Darry gets custody. Ponyboy and his good friend Johnny end up killing a Soc who tried to kill Ponyboy. Johnny and Ponyboy run away to a old church and hide out there for about a week. Dally comes and finds them they all go into town to get food when they head back to the church they notice it is on fire. Ponyboy jumps out of the car to go help the kids that are trapped in there Johnny goes along. Once Dally, Ponyboy and Johnny get all the kids out Dally helps get Ponyboy out of the church, Dally smacked Ponyboy across the head and knocked him out because he was on fire. The roof caved in on Johnny and fell on to his back. Johnny. Ponyboy, and Dally were in the hospital. Ponyboy was the first to get out, then Dally but Johnny didn’t make it. Dally acted out and ended up getting himself killed. The three heros that are in the book are Ponyboy, Dally, and Johnny. They all risked their lives to help others, all of them proved to the community

Have you ever had a friend that stands out from others or is tougher than an average kid is? The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton takes place in the mid 1960’s in Tulsa Oklahoma. In the story, there is a tension between two groups of people. Greasers are the lower class people and the Soc’s are the higher-class people in the story. One of the characters in the story who stand out is Dallas Winston, or Dally. Dally is a part of the Greasers. He is a very brave and tough individual, but he is known for causing trouble. Dally is very ornery and mischievous. Consequently, he has one big internal conflict with himself: he does not care what he does with his life and he does not think he can change to become a better person. This essay is about Dallas Winston and how he is a criminal, tough, and brave.

“Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.” This is what Ponyboy thinks to himself as him and Cherry were walking and talking together after the movies. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the mid 1960’s. All of the main characters face many conflicts, which are mainly about their social statuses, about the rich and about the poor. In the story, Johnny kills Bob, who is Cherry’s boyfriend at the time, this causes Johnny and Ponyboy to run away and hide out at an abandoned church. Then, there is a fire at the church, and Johnny and Ponyboy save multiples kids, but injuring themselves in the process. Johnny is hospitalized and Cherry refuses to see him because she cannot see the person that killed her boyfriend. Eventually, Johnny dies and there is a trial about the murder case, causing Cherry and Ponyboy to testify. Although Cherry Valance may not be one of the main characters, she still stands out quite a bit. Her character, in literary terms, is described as round and static. To describe her in nonliterary terms, she is described as an emotional, fiery, and snobby Soc. The fiery, red headed teen comes from a wealthy family that lives on the West side of Tulsa, which is why she is classified as a Soc. In the social hierarchy at school, she is on top; she is a cheerleader, has one of the most popular boys as her boyfriend, and is extremely popular herself. She has many different conflicts, mainly man

Have you ever had to sacrifice something, step up, and be the responsible one? A book written by S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders, is about a teen gang in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the mid-1960s who are at odds with a rival gang. You are either a soc in which you are rich or a greaser and are poor. The main theme of this story is that you should not judge a book by its cover. For instance, many greasers think that socs have it easy and get everything handed to them, but they realize that socs have problems just as greasers do. Darry Curtis really sticks out in this story because he could have had a life as a soc. He could have taken a football scholarship and went to school for a well-paying job, but instead he gave that all up to raise his brothers after his parents’ death. He is round in which he is strict, but also likes to have fun when raising his brothers. His dynamic side comes out when he has to take new approaches when raising Ponyboy and Sodapop. We will find out Darry has many different sides, and struggles with man vs self, giving up his scholarship, and man vs man, raising the boys. Three adjectives can describe Darrel Curtis: proud, hardworking, and overprotective.

Imagine being dumb, stealing and carrying blades everywhere you go, and being unable to feel deeply, those words would make people think of Greasers. A character in S.E. Hinton's book The Outsiders, that does support the claims that Greasers are dumb, delinquents, unfeeling is Dally. It can be inferred that Dally is not smart because Ponyboy says “I'm not like them. “Nobody in our gang digs movies and books the way I do (Hinton 2)” which would state that he is not one for books. He also has a reputation for not obeying the law, and he would care less if the kids in the burning church died. The statement that Greaser's dumb, criminals, and unfeeling may not be true, Ponyboy, the main character in S.E. Hinton’s book The Outsiders, opposes all of those statements.

While most teens do not accomplish much by the end of their high school journey, Susan Eloise Hinton outranked most teens by publishing her first novel by the age of seventeen. Born in 1950, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Hinton had always been one for reading. Although, as an article from Contemporary Literary Criticism Select clarified, Hinton had little to no options of novels to read for young adults. This helped to inspire her to write her first story in that she would then have something to read that contrasted from the “Mary Jane-Goes-to-the-Prom junk,” as Hinton had described many of the popular books for her age. She wrote numerous stories throughout her writing career, such as The Outsiders, That Was Then, This Is Now, and Rumble Fish, among others. Many of these novels were later created into film to further spread the phenomenal works of Hinton. Her story of a gang rivalry quickly became a success. Krischer from the New York Times, states that since the novel had first been published, over fifteen million copies have been sold. The Outsiders follows the perspective of a young teen, Ponyboy (Pony) Curtis, as he tells his story of brotherly love within the gang, as well as recognizing the similarities between the rival gangs within the town. Hinton portrays these strong themes through her beautiful character development and intriguing plot that resulted in a timeless classic, The Outsiders.

Have you ever had to sacrifice something, step up, and be the responsible one? A book written by S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders, is about a teen gang in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the mid-1960s who are at odds with a rival gang. You are either a soc in which you are rich or a greaser and are poor. The main theme of this story is that you should not judge a book by its cover. For instance, many greasers think that socs have it easy and get everything handed to them, but they realize that socs have problems just as greasers do. Darry Curtis really sticks out in this story because he could have had a life as a soc .He could have taken a football scholarship and went to school for a well-paying job, but instead he gave that all up to raise his brothers after his parents’ death. He is round in which he is strict, but also likes to have fun when raising his brothers. His dynamic side comes out when he has to take new approaches when raising Ponyboy and Sodapop. We will find out Darry has many different sides, and struggles with man vs self, giving up his scholarship, and man vs man, raising the boys. Three adjectives can describe Darrel Curtis: proud, hardworking, and overprotective.