Book Report The Outsiders

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton was a fantastic novel that was popular among many teens, and it still is. The story revolves around two groups of teens: the Socs, who were the rich kids that live in the west side of the city, and the greasers, who are the tough, poorer kids that live in the east side of the city. The protagonist, Ponyboy Curtis, is a greaser. In the beginning of the story, he narrates that all Socs are cruel to Ponyboy and his friends and family. He thinks that only greasers have problems to deal with, not the Socs, but throughout the story Ponyboy learns an important lesson. He learns that people may appear to act in a way, but in reality they act differently. With his interactions with his greaser friends

Ponyboy Curtis - The novel's fourteen-year-old narrator and protagonist, and the youngest of the greasers. Ponyboy's literary interests and academic accomplishments set him apart from the rest of his gang. Because his parents have died in a car accident, Ponyboy lives with his brothers Darry and Sodapop. Darry repeatedly accuses Ponyboy of lacking common sense, but Ponyboy is a reliable and observant narrator. Throughout the novel, Ponyboy struggles with class division, violence, innocence, and familial love. He matures over the course of the novel, eventually realizing the importance of strength in the face of class bias.

There are two groups in this book, the lower income families on the east side called greasers and the higher income paid families who live on the West side of town called Socs. One night the protagonist, Ponyboy Curtis and friend Johnny Cade were making their way back from a movie, they decide to lay down and talk for a little bit before they go home. His older brother, Darry, is waiting when Pony walks in. They instantly start arguing and Darry smacks Ponyboy across the face. Ponyboy and Johnny runaway moments later and find themselves in a park with drunk Socs who attack Ponyboy. Ponyboy regains consciousness to find himself lying on the ground next to an Socs dead body. Johnny had stabbed a Soc in the back with his switchblade. They hang low at an abandon church for a long week. Then, Dally arrives to check up on them and takes them out to lunch. He

Do you know what bad things could do to you? When you do something, you most likely mean to do it. The end almost always justifies the means. In The Outsiders, Dally helped Johnny and Pony get out of trouble. During WWII, the U.S. bombed Japan to end the war. In the Holocaust, some mothers had to kill one or two of their children in order for the rest of their family to survive.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in the 1960’s while in poverty in the midst of gang fights? The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is a story is about a fourteen-year-old kid named Ponyboy who is in a gang called the greasers who get in a lot of trouble. They are always in fights with the greasers and they get in a lot of trouble and have to run away. The book takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ponyboy stands out in the story because he is the protagonist of the story and he is also a dynamic character. Ponyboy can be described as smart, scared, and brave.

The Outsiders is a novel by S.E Hinton about a gang of Greasers in the 1960s. Greasers being the lower class “hoodlums” and the Socs being the more well off and “civilized” teens. The story follows 14 year old Ponyboy Curtis and the events that take place after a Soc was killed. One or more of the Greasers can be considered heroes because of Johnny saving Ponyboy, Darry not going to college to support his brothers, the gang taking falls for one another and how the gang helped Johnny.

Do you stereotype people by their race, gender, or social class? S.E. Hinton is an author that grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She decided to write the book, “The Outsiders”, because she thought it was “idiocy” that people were socially grouped. “The Outsiders” compares two extreme groups in her high school. The greasers, which are poor and treated as outcasts, and the Socs, which are rich and privileged. While most people put greasers and Socs in the outsider’s category, the real outsiders are the ones that don’t assume people’s actions and values by their social class.

“You take up for your buddies, no matter what” Just a simple phrase, but to the greasers it means so much more. In the book “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton the greasers have a tough life. Dropouts, Murderers and prisoners consist of the gang. When someone lives in such a tightly knitted neighborhood like that the gang becomes family, by blood or not. One rule the greasers live by is “Stick together, make like brothers” Ponyboy, Soda, Darry, Johnny and the rest of the greasers will risk their lives for anyone in the gang that comes in harm's way. Especially if the Socs have anything to do with it.

Should Ponyboy stay with his brothers and stick together as a family? Will Ponyboy have a better life if he gets into the system ? These are all questions we all have asked while reading the dramatic novel , “The outsiders” by the author S.E Hinton . I strongly believe that Ponyboy should stay with Darry, because first of all Darry is his legal guardian after all. Darry is a responsible Young man who is breaking his back to give Ponyboy: Shelter, Food, and most of all love. Darry might be hard on Ponyboy, but he is not doing it because he enjoys doing it, it is because he cares about Ponyboy’s education and well being. A responsible guardian is a guardian who cares about one’s well being. If a guardian didn’t care, they wouldn’t even bother

The Outsiders is about three brothers, Darry, Sodapop, and Ponyboy, growing up on their own after their parents were killed in a car accident a short amount of time before the book started. They are all members of the greaser gang, rough kids who grew up rough, and often did not get along with their rival the Socs, rich kids who grew up privileged. The oldest of brothers, Darry, takes on the role of the father figure more responsible brother for the sake of his little brothers instead of growing up having the fun

This year, The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, is celebrating its 50th anniversary, yet the story and its themes remain as relevant today as they were in 1967. Set in 1965 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, The Outsiders is narrated by one of the main characters, Pony Boy Curtis, an orphaned teen being raised by his older brothers, Soda Pop and Darry. The three belong to the Greaser gang and are regarded by most as “hoods”, troublemakers, and punks. The reality, however, is that most of the Greasers come from less stable, working class families with lower incomes and fewer opportunities. Throughout the novel, the Greasers experience escalating conflict with a rival gang. This gang, the Socs, is made up of the more wealthy teen boys living on the “other

In “The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, characters are exposed to problems in life and societal ills. Some of these ills include stereotyping, violence, and classism. The role of violence is significant. For example, whenever people experience violence, they will take precautions. For example, after Johnny got jumped, he began to carry a switchblade with him, just having it gave him new found strength. However, he thought he would never need it. Taking these precautions come at a cost, though. It might save a life, it may even save someone else’s life. In the end, it saved Ponyboy's life. Johnny used it on Bob, a popular Soc who almost killed Ponyboy. Ponyboy and Johnny were a part of the “greasers” who

S.E. Hinton, the author of the Outsiders once stated this, “It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.” Furthermore, there is a feud going on between the greasers, and the Socs. The two groups, both have been fighting for over a while now. But this quote stated means that these two groups aren’t that different. From their rumbles, and disagreements, there is no reason to fight.

In The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton mentions music by Elvis and The Beatles to help characterize two groups of boys, the greasers and the socs. For example, the greasers enjoy listening to Elvis. At the drive-in-theater, Cherry tells Ponyboy, “You greasers have a different set of values. You’re more emotional.” When Elvis performs, he has a lot of energy, and he is very outgoing and passionate.

The book I read was The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Ponyboy Curtis was the main character. He was a 14-year-old Greaser with long greasy hair, who wears jeans, t-shirts, and leather jackets. Ponyboy likes his gang, school, sunsets, movies, reading, and his best friend Johnny. He hated the Socs (the rival gang) because they were the rich kids with all the breaks. The Greasers were the poor, tough kids. He had a big issue with his older brother Darry because he was always telling him what to do after their parents died. Ponyboy changed in many ways throughout the novel.