Family In The Outsiders

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 friend, Dallas, Darry , Sodapop, Two-bit, Steve and of course Ponyboy who is now fourteen years old.The Socs are the other bunch of youngsters on the opposite side of town who repeatedly jump the greasers because they believe the greasers are better off. Sadly Ponyboy’s parents died in a car crash so that influences his sensitivity and characteristics, especially since he is the youngest.

Johnny’s parents are abusive and don’t treat him with any emotional or physical support. In the book a quote is “Johnny’s father was a drunk and his mother was a selfish slob”. The gang helps Johnny in a lot of ways another quote says “Johnny would have run away a million times if we hadn’t been there. If it hadn’t been for the gang, Johnny would never

Have you ever wonder how to keep kids out of gangs? S.E Hinton is the author of The Outsiders a heroic story of friendship and belonging. The story is about a 14 year old boy named Ponyboy- a 14-year old boy who lives with his brothers. He has many problems that he has to face, but One of the most important and problems that he has to face is the socs a vicious gang and for fun they beat up greasers like ponyboy. Friends and family are the best things you can have in life shows, though many of the characters.

The theme of family is interesting in “The Outsiders” because it shows us that family cares about each other can a family will do anything too keep it together even if that means having massive consequences and that family is forever and will always support you no matter what the circumstances are.

Social novelS.E. Hinton’s realistic fiction novel, The Outsiders, takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma- where people are socially divided. Ponyboy, the youngest child and main character, is treated like a baby by his brothers. He and his friends are part of a gang. They call themselves “Greasers.” Greasers are and of un-wealthy people. The “Socs” are the wealthiest people. Both Greasers and Socs discriminate and jump or beat each other. Ponyboy is considered and even considers himself different from other greasers. Unlike other Greasers, Ponyboy is smart academically, has an interest in reading, and loves to watch movies. One day, Pony was strolling his way home from the movies, and the Socs follow him and beat him. From that moment, problems for the Greasers and Socs start escalating. While some believe S.E. Hinton’s coming of age story theme is brotherhood, I argue that the central theme is about social division. This is supported by S.E. Hinton’s use of dialogue, repetition, and figurative language.From the beginning of The Outsiders, social division have been shown through dialogue. For instance, “...but I am a Greaser,” (Hinton 3.) Ponyboy is aware that he is part of a different social class, he even classifies himself as a Greaser. The whole gang of Greasers gets discriminated. Another example is, Hinton’s use of dialogue to stow social division is when Pony says his goodbyes to Cherry, “’ I mean...if I see you at school or someplace and don’t say hi, it’s not personal

(Hinton 12). Johnny is the most fragile member of the gang, and running away is just a minor example of what he would have done if his friends had not taught him love, or affection, something his parents, and

He sacrifices himself to save his friends and innocent children, and also shows no regret for it, despite losing his own life, shown in his dialogue ‘It’s worth saving those kids, their lives are worth more than ours’ (page 216) This demonstrates that he no longer fears death and that he feels that his life was not wasted because he saved the children. Johnny also ran into the church with Ponyboy, demonstrating that he would do anything at the side of his friends. This helps the reader to understand many of the key themes in the novels, as it shows that the bond that the gang shares is stronger than any other bond they

The Outsiders, made in 1983, is based on the original book made in 1967, The Outsiders. The movie copied the same plot of the book heavily, as it still portrays the same main character, Ponyboy Curtis (played by Thomas C. Howell), a fourteen year old boy living with his two brothers. This one and a half hour film shows Ponyboy’s life as a greaser, as he experiences the positive and negative sides of his family life style, and questions the benefits of the greaser’s biggest enemy; the Socials.

No matter who you are, or where you are in the world, best friends and siblings are people who influence us daily, and help us through rough times in our lives. In the two novels The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton, and The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt, the two main are both example of this universal theme. Ponyboy Curtis, from The Outsiders lives in Tulsa Oklahoma, trying to find a balance from the dangerous world that is separated by the Greasers and the Socs. He soon finds that these two different worlds are not so different after all. Holling Hoodhood is just trying to make it through the confusing world that is seventh grade, while being alone in the classroom with a teacher that hates his guts every Wednesday. One thing both Holling and Ponyboy have in common though, is that they have a loyal best friend with them by their side, their best friends will always stick up for them, and their siblings are always there when the world may seem against them.

One theme in The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is how we are raised affects our decisions. To start off, I am going to use the Curtis boys as an example. Darry, Sodapop, and Ponyboy were brought up by their parents before they died in a car accident, The boy's mom and dad brought them up well by remembering to see the nice in everyone even the ones we don’t like. Also, Johnny’s life was very hard at home. Johnny Cade’s home life was very hard, in his own home he was disrespected by his own parents, in the real world Johnny always acted with lots of caution, he carried a knife with him after he was ganged up on by the Socials.

In the book The Outsiders the message being portrayed is family is not always blood. After Darry got mad at Ponyboy for walking home from the movies alone, Two-Bit told him “Next time get one of us to go with you Ponyboy, any of us will.” This shows that the gang will do anything for eachother. They have each others backs and even though they don’t always show it, they love each other. Knowing that after Johnny and Ponyboys accident in the park, Dally went out of his way to do anything he could showed he cares a lot also.

The honorable Michael J. Fox once said, “Family isn’t an important thing. It’s everything.” Having a good relationship with your family is crucial to happiness. In the novel, “The Outsiders”, by S.E. Hinton, one of the main characters, Johnny Cade, doesn’t have this relationship with his parents. Despite having lots of close friends who care about him, he still yearns his parents love and support.

My narrative relates to the theme of siblings in my Quickwrite and in the Outsiders novel. Darry is overprotective of his younger brother, Ponyboy. This is similar to how me, an older sibling, feels the need to protect my younger sibling, Carrie. Darry wants to constantly care for and monitor Ponyboy, which relates to me wanting to know where my lost sibling was. When Ponyboy wasn’t home at two in the morning, Darry panicked; I panicked when I found out my sister was lost. The common theme between my narrative, and the Outsiders novel is that older siblings care for their younger siblings and want to keep them safe.

The Outsiders S.E Hinton’s The Outsiders, takes place in a small town where there is conflict between Greasers and Socs. Ponyboy was the youngest of the three children. While some think the theme is trust I argue that the theme is Family by S.E Hintons use of dialogue, use of powerful words and description. I think the theme is family because the three brothers are with each other no matter what. I also think the quote “Ponyboy, listen don’t get tough you’re not like the rest of us don’t try to be...

One of the families in “The Outsiders” were the ones that they were born into. Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry had to grow up quickly after their parents died in a car accident. This caused them to grow much closer. They defended each other passionately, but