an outsiders in some type of way, and it can be that you just don’t fit in. That’s Okay because there are a lot of people that don’t exactly fit in! The Outsiders was made in the 1960’s by H.E Hinton and was placed in Tulsa Oklahoma. H.E Hinton is girl who was 17 when she published her book, and she went under the name H.E. Hinton because she didn’t want nobody to judge her book by her gender she wanted them to judge the book by the book. Her real name is Susan Eloise Hinton. What characters in
Smart and Mysterious. Those are the two words that I would use to describe Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy is a brother to Sodapop and Darryl , together they are the Curtis brothers. During Ponyboy’s childhood, he became fine friends with the other kids in and around his neighbourhood. All the boys, including Ponyboys older brothers made a gang labeled the greasers. The term “Greaser” originated from the boys using grease to slick back their long hair. The Greaser’s include Johnny, who is Ponyboys best
The Outsiders Informative Essay In the novel, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, the story revolves around two social groups and the different choices the individuals make in each group. As the role of the narrator and main character, Ponyboy explains to readers how different factors, internal and external, affect the individual in the two groups, Greasers and Socs. These factors affect the choices they make in different situation, leading to different consequences. One characters from the Greasers
Chapters 1 Ponyboy Curtis is walking home one afternoon after watching a film, and his mind starts to wander. Ponyboy steps back from his wandering imagination to explain that walking alone is unsafe for greasers, the East Side gang of friends to which he belongs. When they walk by themselves, greasers attract the harassment of Socials, or Socs, the rich West Side crowd. Ponyboy says greasers are poorer and wilder than the Socs, whom the newspapers condemn one day for throwing parties and praise
and Sherwood Anderson’s “Hands,” both authors present main characters that are isolated in their respective societies. In Welty’s work, Phoenix Jackson is an outsider because she removed herself form the normal life of society by living in the wildlife. Similarly, in Anderson’s work, Wing Biddlebaum, after being accused, choose to remove him from the society and avoided interaction with other people. Therefore, both characters are outsiders in their communities by choosing to live in isolation, away
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
THE OUTSIDERS: Choose one character in the story and consider how he or she compares to a real person that you know [ANALYSIS] The Outsiders is one of the most relatable books about teenage life out there. Every single character in the book has gone through and felt so many things that it makes readers go “I get that.”. Well, except for the whole getting-into-serious-fights-that-can-and-will-kill-you part, I really hope that’s not something everyone can relate to. When I was reading this novel
Ponyboy Curtis probably changes more throughout the course of The Outsiders than any other character. His loss of innocence is a major theme of the novel. Pony is a good student at the start of the story, and he is a member of the track team. Aside from the death of his parents, Pony has suffered less than most of the characters. His older brother, Darry, tries to protect him from the gang violence that At the beginning of the book, Ponyboy is in intelligent, young teen, but he lacks the perspective
“The Outsiders”, by S.E. Hinton, is centered around Ponyboy’s path to maturity and the life lessons he learns along the way. The novel follows Ponyboy, a greaser, and his gang’s conflict with the Socials, a rival gang. In it, he learns to not judge people hastily and reject gang mentality. Ponyboy also loses his innocence. The following paragraphs will explore his growth throughout “The Outsiders”. In the beginning of “The Outsiders”, Ponyboy only likes a few people but in the end, he realizes that
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, the novel The Outsiders by S.E.Hinton, tells a story of two different social class groups who do not get along. The book shows then tension and fighting over the two groups, although the Greasers and Socs are just people, there is tension between them since the Socs jump the Greasers and the Socs have money. Ponyboy at the beginning doesn't think the Socs care and have problems but they truly do. When Ponyboy realizes that the socs have problems, he starts to understand them