Dangerous Emotions In T. S. Hinton's The Outsiders

S.E. Hinton’s the Outsiders takes place in a little town in Oklahoma where the town is divided in two by the Socs and Greasers. This book is mainly about Ponyboy Curtis who is the youngest of the member of the Greasers and always hang around his brother Sodapop and doesn’t believe his oldest brother Darry cares for him.

In today’s world there are people that commit violent crimes every day. Violent people all over plan horrible things to do to public people such as a shooting in a school, a store, or an airport. Not all people are violent but there are many violent people in the world, people go through horrible things and it can alter their brain to think differently and violently. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton contains a great deal of violence throughout the story, violence is a lifestyle in the main character, Ponyboy, and his gangs lives. Violence is something most people want to avoid; although, some try to bring violence to society.

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

The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, is an enjoyable, intriguing book, that displays many different types conflicts. The Outsiders is a book written in the perspective of the greasers, a dirty, heartfelt, gang that lives in a poor, worn-down part of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The main character of the book is a boy named Ponyboy. Ponyboy lives alongside his two older brothers, Darry, and Sodapop. The greasers have a rivalry with the Socs, the rich kids, with a hard, cold heart, who live on the “nice” side of town.

“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”.

Growing up can be very difficult, whether you live in Minnetonka in 2017 or in Oklahoma in the 1950s. It is sometimes easy to lose your own identity and become just another member in a group. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton tells the story of a group of young men growing up in a town that is divided based upon wealth. Hinton describes the wealthy kids as “Socs” and the poor kids “Greasers”. While perhaps not as extreme as in the book, MME also has these divisions such as “popular” and “unpopular”. The message behind The Outsiders is the importance of finding the individual within the group which is just as true in Minnetonka as in the book.

In S.E Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, the main character Ponyboy and the rest of the greasers not only face conflicts with their rival gang: the Socs, but also against each other and even as society as a whole. These obstacles were created due the fact that people don't realize that everyone has problems, this is a theme that Ponyboy learns throughout this story. Just like in real life, some conflicts will never be resolved as they are beyond their control. Over the course of the novel some conflicts will be settled, while some will stay the same or even become worse.

Oprah Winfrey once said, “Where there is no struggle there is no strength.”This means that to be strong in life you have to go through struggle.The Outsiders is a novel written by S.E. Hinton, which is about two groups,the Greasers is the poor group that no one likes because they are hoodlums and the Socs are the wealthy group that doesn’t like Greasers.Both of these groups experience difficulties in their lives because of different purposes.The theme of the novel which is “Things are rough all over” means that both the Greasers and the Socs have different struggles but both of their struggles are really hard to handle in life.Several events from the story, as well as evidence from the article,”The

Most people strive to belong, to be someone or part of something important. People all around you experience different ways of belonging, such as cliques or social class. Others who are excluded, are simply left as outsiders, forced to make up their own groups, maybe just because of where they live, how much money they have, and the items they have and do not have. This is the case in author S.E. Hinton’s prominent novel The Outsiders. Within this well known book is a 2 week story of 14 year old Ponyboy, as he learns to mature in his rough, poor, East side neighborhood while also dealing with most of the rich, stuck up, West side kids known as the Socs. To rival the Socs are the Greasers, a tight-knit gang that includes many East side teens that have become almost like brothers to each other. Throughout this novel, Ponyboy learns many life lessons, while facing multiple obstacles and overcoming his own inner problems to finally realize a bigger picture in the end. S.E. Hinton focused deeply on symbolism to display these multiple themes.

Have you ever thought about what it might be like to be an outsider? The Outsiders is a story written by S.E. Hinton, in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the Mid 1960s. All of the characters involved in this story are in a stereotypical conflict between the rich and poor, the Socs and the Greasers. One central and essential character in this story is Ponyboy. Ponyboy is a character who is at a young age, starting to grow up and is finally starting to realize what life is really about. The protagonist of this story gets into some trouble as he and his friend Johnny kill a Socs and are running away from home. Just as they thought they were going to get caught for murder, they end up being heroes by saving eight kids’ life from a burning church. By doing that, Pony lost some of his close friends. At the end of the story, Ponyboy realizes that life is not about being a Greaser or a Soc. Emotions are the only thing separating the two gangs. He is a round character as he has many different sides to his personality and a dynamic character as he grows up throughout the novel. Foreshadowing happens when Ponyboy has a dream about a funeral going on; just a little while after that Pony lost two close friends, Johnny and Dally. An internal conflict happens to most of the characters, Pony’s internal conflict is that he does not know if his brother Darry loves him or not. Smart, scared, and sensitive are three words that describe Ponyboy.

“The functions of intellect are insufficient and useless if you are without courage, love, friendship, compassion, and empathy,” says a quote by Dean Koontz. Throughout S.E. Hinton’s book The Outsiders, there are many themes that she conveys in the book as she narrates the experiences of a greaser named Ponyboy who is a member of the Social group (Socs). Ponyboy meets many people and witnesses many difficult situations throughout the book. This inspirational book teaches the reader crucial lessons that are very important for everyone, even if their lives are not anything like Ponyboy’s. Three important themes in the book include friendship, courage and empathy.

After reading the first eight chapters of SE Hinton's The Outsiders, it becomes apparent that many of the characters have differing points of view, and these conflicting perspectives create tension Two characters that have tension are Johnny Cade and his mother Mrs.Cade. These two characters differ in opinion on whether Mrs.Cade should be allowed in the hospital room with Johnny. The tension between the two becomes especially visible when Mrs.Cade and Johnny are arguing so much that Johnny passes out. Mrs.Cade and Johnny Cade have never had the best relationship you can see that when he says (Hinton 104)

In 1966, if you lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma you would either be a Soc or a Greaser. The book “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton, revolves around a town that has two sides, the west and east side. These two sides have two groups called the Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers live on the east side of town and the Socs live on the west side. The Greasers have less money and don’t have the nicest houses while the Socs have nice houses and have more money to spend.

The Outsiders protagonist Ponyboy Curtis, is a boy barely fourteen years old exposed to a world heavily divided by social class. As a member of the lower class designated to the east side of the of the train tracks, Ponyboy has grown up at a disadvantage. The novel explores both the struggles of the ‘Socs’ and the ‘greasers’ and plays off the idea that, “things are rough all over,” (Hinton, 33). Cherry Valance so eloquently explained this to Ponyboy saying that though wealthy the socs too faced social requirements that hurt just as much as they did for the greasers. The novel centers around the murder of Bob Sheldon, a soc who had brutally beaten up Ponyboy and his best friend Johnny.

Ponyboy was kinder, smaller, and weaker. Because of that, he took on less people and showed mercy towards Cherry and Marcia. He was definitely different than most of the gang;