Character Analysis: The Outsiders, By S. E. Hinton

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

Ponyboy is 14 years old and is the youngest member of the Greaser gang or otherwise known as the poor kids on the east side of town. Due to the fact that he is a Greaser many people had developed a biased view on him, resulting in him facing prejudice throughout the book. An example of this prejudice was noticed in chapter 4 page 67, Bob was angrily drunk and made a statement that was aimed to belittle Ponyboy and Johnny, “Nup, pal yer the ones that need to watch it. Next time you want a broad, pick up yer own kind---dirt”. Regardless of his status Ponyboy is a kind hearted person with an interest in literacy and his academic accomplishments are what set him apart from the rest of the Greaser gang. The main change that occurred for Ponyboy was his relationship with his eldest brother Darry, in the beginning Darry is resented by Ponyboy for being too strict and harsh. This view on Darry changes when Ponyboy sees him cry for the first time in chapter 5, he realised then that Darry did care for him and the

The Outsiders was about the greasers and the Socs. The Socs always jump the greasers, one day Johnny fights back, he ends up killing Bob. Johnny and Ponyboy run away to a church and hide until Dally comes and gets them. They then see the church was burning, Ponyboy and Johnny run into it to save the kids inside. Johnny and Dally get injured, Ponyboy is okay. The greasers win the rumble, the Socs will stay out of the greasers territory, Johnny passes away from his injuries, Dally robs a store, the police shoot him, and he does not survive the shots. In the end Ponyboy decides to regather his life and he starts with writing his theme for his ELA class. The book The Outsiders book, the better version, was published in 1964 and written by S.E.

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.

Would you be willing to go against your community to stand up for what is right? The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma during the 1960’s. Characters in this novel are involved with internal and external conflicts. In a coming of age story, Johnny kills a Soc, he and Ponyboy run away, and they go from being criminals to heroes. Also in this novel Johnny and Dally die. One character who stands out in this story is a red- headed girl named Sherri “Cherry” Valence. Cherry is a round character with many sides to her personality. She can also considered a static character because she does not grow throughout the novel. Three of Cherry’s traits are considerate, honest, and snobbish.

S.C Hinton’s story The Outsiders takes place in a town divided by class. The Greasers and the Socs have been on a social war. When the Socs ganged up on Ponyboy and Johnny they had to run away. They go far from their whole life. Tragic events take place and Johnny dies in the hospital. While others believe the main theme of The Outsiders is separation of society I believe that it is love conquers all to provide evidence there will be three points dialog, symbolism and characters.Dialog can give you the meaning of any story. In The Outsiders it gives hints. Dialog contributes to the theme because you can feel the emotion. Dally himself had dialog like this, “’ Dry off and wait here. At least Johnny’s got his jeans and jacket. You ought to run away in a sweat shirt, and a wet one at that.

Ponyboy notices “me and Darry just didn’t dig each other. I never could please him (15).” Although Darry and Ponyboy are brothers, Ponyboy feels that Darry is too strict and does not love him. Darry may feel that he is helping Ponyboy by making him work hard, but Ponyboy feels too much pressure with getting good grades and doing homework. Pony also feels that Darry only loves Soda. Since his parents died he feel he can only turn to Soda. Ponyboy also feels that “I like Steve only because he was Soda's best friend. He didn’t like me-he thought I was a tag along and a kid…(9).” Pony is implying that even some people in his own gang do not like him. Overall Ponyboy feels that people are not that nice to

The thin rustic pages scrape past my loose fingers as I sit engaged. My heart pounds harder and faster with every word my eyes pass over. My ears hear nothing, even within booming noise. My complete focus is on the book that lays in my hand with a laminated cover, and I have no choice but to submit to the content. My breath tastes of spearmint and the aroma of fresh paper floats past my nose. I couldn’t resist but delve into the worlds and mysteries that books hold. Once opened, everything around me becomes a distant blur. I am hooked. Books have always created an escape for creativity and fancies to run free. Books are used as a medium for reason. Books are formative to the development of human beings. In my instance, books changed my life.

The author in The Outsiders has a variety of characters that she uses to explain her backlife. Such as Ponyboy, Darry, SodaPop, Johnny, Dallas, Two-bit and Steve. All of these characters have different and unique personalities. Ponyboy is good at recognizing these personalities. This makes Ponyboy the mature one of the group. Withstanding the death of his parents make him stronger as a person. This helps him value his family more, since he lives with his two brothers, Darry and Sodapop.

In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the author creates a rant that reveals Ponyboy’s feelings about the life struggles of his fellow gang members as compared to the carefree lives of the Socs, their rivals. It reveals Ponyboy’s anger and allows the author to show that Ponyboy deeply cares for his fellow gang members and strongly despises the Socs. When Ponyboy and Johnny are at the movies, they meet Cherry and Marcia, and even though the girls are Socs, they engage in friendly and honest discussions about the lives of the two rival gangs. When Cherry asks Ponyboy what Darry, his brother, is like, he becomes angry and eventually redirects his indignation at the reality of their lives. He begins by repeatedly exclaiming, “It ain’t fair!” and follows it with a long mental list of specific problems that each fellow gang member has been experiencing (Hinton 38).

Nowadays, even though our society is less stereotypical, people are still classified into groups based on wealth or others, this could create conflict between groups. In the book, The Outsiders, written by S.E Hinton, the Socs are a high class based on people’s wealth, and the Greasers are a lower class because this group has a very low level in money. The characters should not be classified and placed into specific social groups because different classes can lead to conflict between people, cause depression and anger. There are three main points to support this argument. Firstly, Dally decides to kill himself because of his fearful struggles on the social groups and the death of Johnny. Secondly, Randy has no more force to fight with the Greasers because Johnny killed his best buddy, Bob. Thirdly, the Socs and Greasers are dissimilar social groups with different classes, this may result in battles between each other. First of all, Dally will be discussed about the conflicts he suffered.

First, In the story The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton the character Ponyboy Curtis has many strengths. A couple of them are that he is tough. He is tough because when the Soc’s pinned him on the way home from the movies he was strong and didn’t just let them kill him he fought back and got away but still got caught. Another is that he is respectful, he is respectful

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

In Mrs. J’s class, we read a variety of books. The books varied from the 1960’s to segregation time periods. All the books I read were all interesting.

No sirree, bub’” (Hinton 13). In the text Ponyboy is being berated by his oldest brother Darry. Ponyboy simply did not think about the consequences of a greaser walking home alone when so many socs (short for socials. They are high class rich kids, and the greasers cross-town rivals) are milling about ready to jump an unsuspecting greaser.