Analysis Of The Outsiders

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.

The theme of The Outsiders is that everyone can rise above what others expect from them. This is relevant throughout the book when Johnny and Ponyboy save the kids from the burning church, when Randy doesn't want to fight or hate the Greasers anymore, and when Johnny stands up for Cherry and Marcia.

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.

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.

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.

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 first scene of the film, Ponyboy exits a theatre to what looks like the city center area. As he begins his walk home a mustang filled with Socs see him walking and immediately start insulting him, telling him to wash the grease out of his hair. The torment does not stop there, they follow him throughout town, throwing scrap wood at him and chasing him down the street. It escalated to the point the Socs jump out of the car and takes him down, pointing a switchblade at his neck and cutting him. This type of harassment is normal for Greasers, which is why they never should walk alone. This scene is an example of victim precipitation theory. Ponyboy is an adolescent male with a poor upbringing walking alone, even in broad daylight, he is considered an easy target for the Socs and they know they can get away with it. Another example is when Ponyboy and Johnny decide to run away together, they were spotted by the Socs who had been drinking and looking for easy targets.

Have people ever judged you by how you look, dress or act? The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton is about a teenager named Ponyboy growing up in the mid-1960s in the lower class, east side of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ponyboy is a young teenager whose parents died in a car crash a few months earlier. Ponyboy has two older brothers. The oldest of the three brothers is Darry, he watches over his two younger brothers as best he can. Sodapop is the middle child, who instead of staying in school, started working at a gas station to help Darry take care of Ponyboy. Ponyboy grows up in the middle of a man vs. society conflict, between the Socs who are rich and the Greasers who are poor. In the novel The Outsiders Ponyboy gets beat up by Socs, runs away from home with a friend, is involved in a stabbing and loses two good friends before he begins to discover what it means to be who he is. Ponyboy is the protagonist of the novel The Outsiders. He is a dynamic, round character because he has many different sides to his personality, but grows up throughout the novel. Three of Ponyboy’s traits are thoughtful, heroic, and smart.

An Outsider. A loner. One of the most dynamic main characters in S.E Hinton’s novel, The Outsiders, has got to be Ponyboy Curtis, the most confused and judgemental 14-year-old living in Oklahoma City in the mid 60’s. He has to stare his fears and troubles, such as death, loyalty, and friendship, dead in the eye and tell them he isn't afraid. Throughout the story, PonyBoy is faced by many encounters withof different people at different times, and go through things most 14- year- olds couldn't even dream of.

In the story the outsiders the main character that book focuses on is Ponyboy. In this essay we are going to do a character analysis on Ponyboy. .Ponyboy is gentle and caring, Ponyboy is in a group called the greasers. The greasers are into things like fighting,swearing and robbing things. Ponyboy doesn't like to do those kind of things, Ponyboys is more into reading books then he is doing bad things with the group the greasers

The Outsiders is a fantastic novel by S.E Hinton that was published in April of 1967. This novel is about a 14 year old boy named Ponyboy Curtis who lives with his older brothers Sodapop and Darry since their parents died in a car crash years back. Ponyboy is a part of the greasers, a gang of boys and girls who grew up on the east side of town and don’t have too much money so they have fun getting into trouble and are by far, the coolest kids on the block. Even though he is a part of this gang, Ponyboy is a little bit different than the rest of the greasers. He loves to read, go to movies, and watch sunsets which are things that are almost taboo to everyone else. The greasers are not the only people living in Tulsa, Oklahoma though. They are

Do you know Dallas Winston is? Well let me tell you he is not nice. Dallas is a clod, mean, and tough person from the gang in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Later on in the book a member of the gang, Johnny dies from saving kids from a burning church. Also because of his bad record and personality. This fills Dally with hate and rage. For this reason Dally goes to a store to a store and robes it. Meeting his gang in the lot the police pull up with guns. Dally also has a gun without ammunition to scare people,but when he pulls it out the cops shoot without hesitation. Why did Dally bluff the cops? Well there is three reasons. His bad record, his personality, and lastly the death of Johnny.

The Outsiders is mainly about a group called the Greasers that don’t have nice items. They have long hair, they are poor, and they rely on mechanics. The setting of this book takes place in Texas in the southwest during the 1960s. Ponyboy, Johnny, Darry, Sodapop, Dally, Two - Bit, and Steve Randle are a group of brothers and friends. This setting affects the story as it affects everything that is happening in the book: it affects the characters and their actions and affects everything that the characters do.

The novel “The Outsiders”, follows the life of Ponyboy Curtis over a two-week period. Ponyboy is a 14-year-old boy with a taste for adventure, but struggles to live out his childhood in the dangerous environment that is his society. Ponyboy has two brothers; Darrel “Darry” Curtis, who is 20 and Sodapop Curtis who is 16. The three brothers are orphaned after their parents passed in a car accident but Darrel has taken over a role as their legal guardian--- so long as the two youngest boys stay out of trouble.

In the movie “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton I gave the movie a 3 out of 5 star rating. I give the movie a 3 out of 5 because some things that were in the book they changed in the movie. The movie was mainly about Ponyboy and his two brothers and the rest of the Greaser gang. The greasers and another group of people called the Socs were enemies. As a result of them not getting along, it led to many other problems throughout the story. I do not like how they did that because they left very important parts of the story that were in the book. In the book there was more of Ponyboys inner thinking. In the movie there was no inner thinking of Ponyboys. Another thing that was changed in the movie was that Ponyboy was less emotional. In the book they