Analysis Of The Outsiders

An ‘outsider’ relates to a person who is ostracised, who does not belong to a particular group and is unaccepted. Director-writer Amy Heckerling portrayed several characters such as Tai and Cher as the outsider in her film in the same way S.E Hinton manifest Ponyboy Curtis and the gang, Greasers as the outcast of her novel ‘The Outsiders’. The Outsiders is a successful exploration and understanding of people who are unlike

Survival instincts allow individuals to persevere during times of hardship and struggle. Unfortunately, many families in America are struggling lower-middle class or live in poverty. It’s nice to think a person can easily go from being dirt poor to filthy rich, but it doesn’t usually work that way. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton depicts the hardships and struggles experienced by two rival gangs, “The Greasers” from the lower middle class and “The Socs” from the upper class. Thesis: In The Outsiders, the Greasers experience disenfranchisement mostly due to socioeconomic class and appearance. However, other types of disenfranchisement such as drug, alcohol use and gang participation are also present in the novel.

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.

Randy and Ponyboy privately speak about how Randy believes the rumble, no matter the outcome, won’t change the divide between the Socials and Greasers. Ponyboy shows sympathy for Randy because of how Randy presents his situation. Randy doesn’t want to fight, but is afraid others will judge him for being cowardly. By the end of their conversation, they exchange names, instead of calling each other a, “Soc”, and, “Grease”, which symbolizes how the two groups got past their stereotypes. This event shows how prejudice, judging someone before you get to know them, is wrong.

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.

In the book, The Outsiders, Ponyboy Curtis is part of the Greaser’s, a gang of boys who are in the lower class in 1965. Their arch rival, the Socs, are the more privileged, upper class boys from across town. Throughout the book, the two gang have many conflicts. Darry, Ponyboy’s oldest brother acts as a parent figure for him since both of his parents were killed in a car crash. Other member of the Greasers are Dally, Two-Bit, Steve, Sodapop, and Johnny. After getting in a fight with his brother, Ponyboy flees to the park where he runs into a group of Socs. The Socs attack Ponyboy and hold his head under the water in the fountain, trying to kill him. Ponyboy blacks out, and later wakes up to see on the Soc boys dead body next to him. Johnny then tells Ponyboy that he killed the boys because they were trying to kill Ponyboy. The boys are afraid, and desperately try to find Dally Winston, who gives them a gun and sends them to the abandoned church to hide. The two boys stay at the church for a while until they decide to go back into town. As they are leaving

The entire book is about Ponyboy against other greasers and Socs. The terms greaser and Soc are used for the kids who live on the east and west side. “Ponyboy . . . I mean . . . if I see you in the hall at school or someplace and don’t say hi, well, it’s not personal or anything, but . .(Hilton 45).” Cherry didn’t want to say hi to Ponyboy if she saw him because she is a Soc and he is a greaser. In fact none of the greasers or Socs said hi to each other. Society played a large role in this book by separating the Socs and the greasers.

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 is a Novel set in the 1960’s that explains the divide between people with similarities and differences. The book explains life as it was in the past, is in the present, and will be in the future. It talks about the rift between different people in society and their social classes. Every rift must try to be changed by someone for the benefit of society, and that person is exalted as a hero. There are many heroes in the outsiders, but the biggest hero is Ponyboy because he was empathetic to others, quick to think and act, and stands strong and moves forward to overcome challenging events in life that seem impossible to overcome.

Cherry is a girl who doesn’t want to fight between the two groups. She is loyal to her family and friends, yet she rides the line of being loyal to the greasers as well. Ponyboy and Cherry are thought to be in different communities, the Greasers and the Socs. Cherry is a Soc who lives on the west side of their town, this division is significant to her because it causes her to think that there is an invisible wall between them. Even though she crosses that wall, she has a hard time.

Ponyboy tells us that,“when you’re a gang you stick up for members. If you don’t stick up stick together, make like brothers, it isn’t a gang anymore,”(Hinton 26). This is what the greasers do for each other: they stick up for one another and build a supportive community. In the story, The Outsiders, by SE Hinton, the book is about Ponyboy and his gang taking care of each other because there gang is that they fight against the Socs. The characters and actions of this story create a supportive community Kindness and Loyalty.

I will do my extended analysis on the film, The Outsiders. The film’s release was in 1983, and the director was Francis Ford Coppola. The genre of this film is drama. The Outsiders would fall into the classification chart in two categories (realism and classicism). This film is realistic because it concentrates more on the content, plot, and themes than form, visuals, and appearance which is the formalism approach.

In the beginning of “The Outsiders”, Ponyboy only likes a few people but in the end, he realizes that he judged people unfairly. In the beginning, he only appreciated Johnny (the second youngest gang member), Soda (the middle child in his family) and Two-Bit (a wisecracking member of the gang). He dislikes Dallas (the most criminal of the gang) and Steve and thinks that his oldest brother, Darry, dislikes him. He also believes that all Socs are bad. His judgments are first brought into question when he meets Cherry Valence, a female Soc. Ponyboy, referring to her and her friend wrote, “It seemed funny to me that Socs -if these girls were any example - were just like us.” (37) Pony’s views on the Socs evolve again when he talks to Randy. After talking to Randy, Pony thinks, “Socs are just guys after all. Things are rough all over, but it was better that way. That way you could tell the other guy was human too." (118) By the end of the novel, Pony does not think all Socs are good because there are Socs like Bob, who jumped Johnny and Pony, but he realizes that people should be

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

The Outsiders, by SE Hilton, includes many different events. The Greasers and the Socs are the complete opposite from each other. The Greasers, compared to the Socs, are known as the lower class and very poor. However, the Socs are known as the socials that are extremely rich. They have nice cars, fancy clothes, and so much more. Throughout the novel, these two groups are rivals and they face problems that are hard to handle. Most of the time they struggle getting along, but they figure out a way through it all in the end even though a couple of people don't survive. The plot of this novel helps me to become a better person in many ways.