Family In Hinton's The Outsiders

“Your relationship should be a safe haven, not a battlefield.The world is hard enough already.”-- Anonymous. One of the teenagers in the story had a very abusive relationship with his parents. He was never loved as much as he wanted to be loved. When Susan Eloise Hinton wrote The Outsiders when she was 15 years old. She saw class warfare happening at her school and also hung out with many greasers but also some socs. The Outsider is a book about greasers and socs and their many differences.The socs are the rich upper-class kids who were born in a good neighborhood.The greasers are the poor lower class kids they were born in a very bad neighborhood.The greasers normally get in trouble sometimes for things they did to or things they

Due to a lack of money, Ponyboy and his family were greasers. As Ponyboy stated to Cherry, who was a rich Soc, “...maybe it was money that separated us” (Hinton 38).

“If it hadn’t been for the gang, Johnny would never have known what love and affection are,” Ponyboy thought as he reflected back on his past thoughts of his fellow greaser brother. The Greaser family shows importance of loyalty, love, and that “broken” families can be complete. In The Outsiders, the theme of family is extremely important. Outside of a gang, not many people have a family, including parents or have a family with parents who takes responsibility for them. Only one out of seven Greaser gangs has a family with parents that care for him.

Johnny and Ponyboy are in The Greaser gang and they love their life just the way it is. They wouldn’t change it for the world. Before the church fire started, Johnny and Ponyboy were hiding out there so they wouldn’t get caught by the police because Johnny killed Bob, a Soc. When they were in the church, all they would do was read, play cards, smoke, sleep, and eat. Dally helped the boys out by bringing them groceries so they would not go hungry.

In the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, a major concept is Family. This helps the reader to understand that Darry saved Ponyboy when he got jumped, that Ponyboy thought that Darry treats him awful because he hates him, and that in end of the book Darry and Ponyboy made up their relationship. Ponyboy got saved by Darry while Ponyboy was getting jumped. After leaving the movies, Ponyboy was jumped by the Socs. The Socs almost beat him up but Darry came and saved him.

First of all, the greasers seem to be like outsiders. For example, during Ponyboy’s biology class, he got out a switchblade to dissect a worm and a girl beside grasped, “They are right.

In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, ponyboy and sodapop and the rest of the gang all stuck together and stayed strong and had a close connection. Ways it shows how they had a close bond is when Johnny got beat up by the Socs. Another way is when Johnny and Ponyboy ran away because Johnny and Ponyboy stuck together no matter what. The last reason is Ponyboy and Dally were there for Johnny when he was in the hospital. One way they show the connection they had is when Johnny got beat up the first time by the Socs.

Later Ponyboy describes

In the beginning of the novel, Ponyboy is walking home alone thinking about the past, and the relationship between Greasers and Socs, or the upperclassmen. Ponyboy later is jumped due to being alone by himself at night. “ Anyway I went home thinking about the movie, and then suddenly wishing I had some company. Greasers can’t walk alone too much or they’ll get jumped…” (Hinton 2). Ponyboy feels isolated knowing there was a chance he could be jumped by a Soc. He was feeling alone which resembled that he wanted some company and wanted to feel safe. Later on, after Johnny saves Ponyboy, and has to kill Bob, a Soc, they have to run away to an abandoned church located in Windrixville. The next day Ponyboy wakes up and Johnny is not sleeping next to him on the ground. This makes Ponyboy feel lonely, and he begins to think about home and wishes he was with his brothers eating dinner. “ I woke up late in the afternoon. For a second I did not know where I was… I convinced myself that I had dreamed the night before.” (Hinton 68)

They show many ways of loyalty they’re there for each other no matter what. From the begging to end they were there when Johnny, Dally, and Ponyboy were in the hospital. However Dally was loyal to Ponyboy and Johnny because he wouldn’t tell Sodapop or Darry where they were no matter what. Dally gave them money and a place to run off till things died down. The Greasers are loyal to eachother because they share the similar backrounds so they relate to each other

Family is family but sometimes your close friends are closer than the people you live with. So friends can be just as good as family. In the book outsiders there is a lot of evidence that is provided to prove that this is true. For instance, Ponyboy (the little brother in the curtis family, he has two brothers Darry the oldest and Sodapop the middle child) is a respectful family member with all the kids in the gang and he is like the family baby/little brother to the gang. There is a lot of good evidence and I have pulled out some of it to prove my point. Here is some of the evidence that I’m using. My evidence is johnny and dally and pony all are like brothers and can’t be separated. The live as if they had grown up together and experienced life together.

The Greasers go to extreme lengths to help and protect their friends. When Johnny killed Bob to save Pony-Boys life it was an instinct that Johnny had. He said “They were drowning you pony, I had no choice.” Johnny saw that his friend was in trouble so on instinct his priority was to save Pony-Boy which meant killing Bob, but he did it anyway to save Pony’s life. This shows us that Johnny cares so much about Pony-Boy that he would do anything to save him even if it meant murdering someone and possibly going to jail. When Pony, Johnny and Dally went back to the church and saw that there was a fire Pony felt responsible so he went to rescue the kids then Johnny went after Pony-Boy when Pony-Boy was out and was waiting for Johnny to come out the church the roof collapsed on him and Dally went in to save Johnny even though it meant risking his life. Both of these examples show the theme of friendship. This theme was important because friends will do anything to help each other and be there for each other, and tell each other everything and anything. Friends will always be there to the end. S.E Hinton was

In The Outsiders, a book written by S.E. Hinton, there are two polar opposite gangs, the socs and the greasers. The socs, who are high class, have mustangs and “tuff” cars and wear plaid clothing called madras. The Greasers, who are lower class, are known for their long and greasy hair, wearing leather jackets and being hoods. They only have each other and always have everyone’s back. No matter the situation like leaving a door open in case they need to run away from home because of an abusive dad , they can count on one another. Ponyboy, a 14 year old Greaser, who is also the protagonist, along with other characters lose themselves while trying to be someone else they’re not. Hinton teaches us that it is important to remember that individual

Towards the middle of the story, a boy named Johnny had killed a Soc that was drowning Ponyboy. He and Ponyboy fled the city to another town, and hid in an abandon church there for a week. When they were going to leave, they realized the church was on fire and there was kids trapped inside. Johnny and Pony were good friends and they decided to go help the children. After they rescued the children, they had to escape the burning, ravaged building. A flaming, steaming hot beam from the ceiling fell on Johnny. After this happened, Pony passed out, “ I leaped out the window and heard timber crashing and the flames roaring right behind me. I staggered, almost

In The Outsiders, we see the respect and honor among the lawless. The Greasers develop honor among one another due to the struggles they face not being treated equally to those like the Socs, that hold a place in the upper level in society treated equally in the law”(Adamson, 58). The Greasers don’t have many people there for them, the rest of society, but they now have to stick together (Hinton, 176). According to The Outsiders, some of the boys in the Greaser face different problems. Darry became responsible for his little brothers, Ponyboy and SodaPop since their parents died, they fight all the time, and throughout the story try to reconcile and come to an understanding of knowing they need one another. (Hinton, 176). Even though the Greasers are stereotyped, and face different problems, they all share a bond of honor that holds innocence and love. Johnny may seem to be a horrible person for killing Bob, but he saves the children in the burning church, which meant he still had