Characteristics of Ponyboy in S.E. Hinton's 'The Outsiders'

socioeconomic status. The story is told in first-person narrative by protagonist Ponyboy Curtis. One of the main, eye catching characters is Ponyboy. Ponyboy is a 14 year old boy. He is humble, confused and lacking common sense. One of the characteristics of Ponyboy is that he is humble. He does not regress or lower himself in order to be popular or successful. He is himself, and this allows him to be special. In one instance, Ponyboy cause a Socs to retreat by pointing a broken piece of glass at them. While

Outsiders, by S. E. Hinton, has a lot of characteristics of young adult literature. The characteristics of young adult literature can be used for the novel to make us understand it in a better way. The story is narrated in the first person by a fourteen year old member of the Greasers group, a boy called Ponyboy Curtis, who gives a personal description of the events. “WHEN I STEPPED OUT”. ( The Outsiders, page 3). Ponyboy speculates about the ambitions and characters of his friends and relates these events

How does it feel to be an outsider? Ponyboy knows what it is like to be one for sure. S.E. Hinton writes The Outsiders. The Outsiders takes place in the mid 1960’s in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In The Outsiders, the theme of the story is not to judge people based on their appearance. A teen gang in Tulsa, the Greasers, are always on bad terms with the Socs. When one of the fights turns into a bad situation, involving Johnny killing a Soc. Ponyboy, and Johnny take off to live in a church in Windrixville. Dally

feel to be an outsider? You might not know how it feels, but Ponyboy does for sure. S.E. Hinton writes The Outsiders. The Outsiders takes place in the mid 1960’s in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In The Outsiders, the theme of the story is to not judge people based on their appearance. A teen gang in Tulsa, the Greasers, who are constantly on bad terms with the Socs. When one of the rumbles turns into a bad situation, involving Johnny killing a Soc, Ponyboy and Johnny take off to live in a church in Windrixville.

heroes of the story, not the snobby Socs. The three greasers that specifically met my standards of a hero were Johnny, Dally, and Ponyboy. All three of these characters show that heroes don’t have to be perfect. My definition of a hero is someone tough, not just physically, but mentally, too. Bravery is also an important factor for being a hero. Another characteristic I see in a hero is the compassion and love someone might show, directly or indirectly, even though they might have a tough life behind

In the book the outsiders Ponyboy is the main character. He is mainly distinctive from the rest of the characters by his physical traits and by his actions. Ponyboy was harassed several times by the Socs just because he was a greaser. Overall Ponyboy didn't use his head before he his actions. It caused him to get into many accidents such as when he was jumped in the beginning of the story because he walking home from the movie theaters by himself. Not only did Ponyboy not use his head he also was

quick to judge a person based on only their outward appearance. In the story The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton the characters are in two groups based on looks and money. Hinton uses the characters Ponyboy, Cherry, and Randy to show that people do not always fit the stereotype they are given based on their outward appearance. Ponyboy is the main character in The Outsiders. Hinton uses Ponyboy to prove her point that people can be different from the other people in their so-called group. For example Ponyboy’s

prevalent within S.E Hinton’s novel “The Outsiders” and John Green’s film “The Fault in Our Stars”. Both texts presents their characters as atypical to the norms and conventions of their respective societies; and yet they are both seen to draw spiritual strength from their refusal to conform to such standards. Characters who exemplify and explore this notion in “The Outsiders”is Ponyboy Curtis and Hazel Lancaster from“The Fault in Our Stars”.

In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the main character is Ponyboy Curtis, a fourteen year old boy. From the beginning of this story, Ponyboy changes and develops as character after many events shaped his life. This novel is about Ponyboy, and his gang - which is more like his family. His gang is called the greasers, they live on the East side of town (the poor side), while their rival gang the Socials abbreviated as the Socs, live on the West side. This story takes place in 1965, you could

shows that Johnny is courageous is when he saved Ponyboy from the Socs. There has been this rivalry between the Socs and the Greasers (the rich and the poor) which has caused a lot of fights. When Johnny’s best friend Ponyboy and him were in the park they were jumped by Bob and his group of Socs. They were drowning Ponyboy in the fountain and Johnny decided to take a courageous action and stab Bob to save Ponyboy. If it was not for Johnny, Ponyboy would be dead. Johnny knew that stabbing Bob would