Fictional Novel 'The Outsiders' By S. E. Hinton

On April 24, 1967, S.E. Hinton published the book The Outsiders. Then sixteen years later director Francis Ford Coppola’s movie version of The Outsiders was released on March 23, 1983. The book is about a young boy named Ponyboy who lives with his two older brothers because his parents were killed in a automobile accident. Ponyboy goes through a lot of tough times because he is a part of this group known as the Greasers. The Greasers are a group that are known for being from the poor side of town and the Socs are the rich kids on the other side of town. Throughout the entire book the two groups kept fighting and then something terrible happened that changed Ponyboy’s life forever. The movie and book have many differences

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.

Ponyboy is 14 years old and is the youngest member of the Greaser gang or otherwise known as the poor kids on the east side of town. Due to the fact that he is a Greaser many people had developed a biased view on him, resulting in him facing prejudice throughout the book. An example of this prejudice was noticed in chapter 4 page 67, Bob was angrily drunk and made a statement that was aimed to belittle Ponyboy and Johnny, “Nup, pal yer the ones that need to watch it. Next time you want a broad, pick up yer own kind---dirt”. Regardless of his status Ponyboy is a kind hearted person with an interest in literacy and his academic accomplishments are what set him apart from the rest of the Greaser gang. The main change that occurred for Ponyboy was his relationship with his eldest brother Darry, in the beginning Darry is resented by Ponyboy for being too strict and harsh. This view on Darry changes when Ponyboy sees him cry for the first time in chapter 5, he realised then that Darry did care for him and the

There were conflicts between the Socs that conflicted with the greasers. They were two opposite groups that didn't get along. The Socs, "the jet-set...West-side rich kids, wear madras shirts, smell of English leather, and drive new sports cars..." (6). Socs were rich, while greasers were low class. "Soc" is an abbreviation of the Socials, which are the West-side rich kids. Socs had a better reputation than the greasers.

The Outsiders is a young adult novel written by S.E. Hinton. The book was first published in 1967 by The Viking Press. Today, the book is published under Speak, an imprint of Penguin Group. The book has a total of a hundred and eighty pages. The Outsiders fits in the genre of young-adult fiction because it relates to teens on emotional levels. Like Ponyboy, the teen protagonist of the story, teens relate to his emotional growth as he tries to piece his life together. The story follows a rivalry in a socially divided community. The Greasers are a gang of teenage boys who live on the east side of town; the wrong side of town. Their rivals, the Socials, better known as the Socs; come from the wealthier side of town. The two groups are always head to head with one another, seeking a fight. Ponyboy belongs to the Greasers. He is the youngest out of the three brothers in his family. Apart from his brothers, Ponyboy hangs out with Johnny, Dallas, Two-Bit and others who are also Greasers. The rivalry between the two groups heightens when Johnny kills Bob, a Soc, in an attempt to save Ponyboy from drowning. In this book report, I will go through the meaning of this book and my opinion on the story itself.

A young boy walks out of a theatre alone as a blue mustang approaches him. Or was it, a young boy is writing about a random topic then walks around with his two friends causing trouble? Books and movies do not always line up completely. However, The Outsiders is one example of a book and movie that have same and different aspects.The Outsiders was originally a book written in the 1960’s by a fifteen year old girl, S.E. Hinton and later turned into a movie around the year 1980. The story is placed in the 1960’s about a group of greasers who take things too far with a few socs and learn more about growing up.The movie and book have been reviewed while taking notes about them. A greaser is a social label, referring to as underprivileged, poor, and troublesome, commonly greasers are proud of their hair and know how to look tough. A soc is another social label that is opposite to greaser. Socs are referred to as rich, spoiled, and they look down on greasers. The Outsiders book and movie have similarities and differences

“The Outsider’s” is not considered a literary merit but will, be given the time too. It follows with two groups of people, these people are the Greaser’s and the Soc’s. They have a really big rivalry and have fights throughout the book. The main characters in this book are : Ponyboy Curtis, Darry, Johnny, Sodapop, Keith “Two - Bit” and, Sherry. The real conflict begins when Johnny and Ponyboy go to the park they sit there and slowly “The Socs” begin to pull up to hurt them, They then get ganged up on and Johnny helps his friend Ponyboy and stabs a “Soc” to kill him. They see that they are on the news and go to there good friend darry to ask them what to do. Darry tells them to go an Old abandoned Church and stay there until he comes to pick

The Outsiders by S.E Hinton follows the lives of two groups of young adult’s set in 1950’s America. The groups are the “Greasers” and the “Socs”. Greasers is a term used to class all the boys living on the East side, which was the poor side of the town they were mainly known for their long and greased hair. The rival gang, the Socs short for Socials, are "the jet set, the West-side rich kids," who are from upper-middle-class families. Ponyboy explains that the gangs are "just small bunches of friends who stick together, and the warfare is between the social classes" (pg 10). Ponyboy is a Greaser, a 14-year-old boy whose world has been turned upside down. His parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months before The Outsiders story takes place. He lives with his oldest brother, Darry, who is 20 years old and has legal custody of him and his other brother, Sodapop. Society views greasers as dull but views soc's more hardworking as they get better grades. They are more favoured as they are better looking and are rich. Greasers aren’t respected by society, many of them have heroic qualities. This novel The Outsiders shows that all people have heroic qualities all it takes is a dramatic event. A hero is someone who helps those in need and does not expect people to applaud or reward them for it. Dally, Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade are the three main Greasers and three unlikely heroes in the novel. They achieved this state by saving people's lives, help those in need, showing care and standing up for each other. These three greasers put their lives in front of others to save people.

In the novel the outsiders by S.E. Hinton the identity of ponyboy is he is a greaser and doesn’t do everything they do the only things he does that they do is smoke and go to the rumbles and fight as a group ponyboy is a scared kid but at times can be tough and stands up for the right things and doesn’t go and beat up people that don’t have any reason for doing it. Ponyboy is a hero due to jumping into the church when it was on fire and saved so many kids as well as johnny. Ponyboy was a straight A student that got good grades almost all the time. Being a greaser to there town was not always a good thing the reason for this is

How many problems could a greaser in the 1960’s gone through, and how bad could they have been “ The Outsiders”? The author S.E. Hinton had a very strong connection with this book because she wrote at the age of 15 and was there in the middle of the conflict with the greasers and Socs. She also based the characters in the book off of real people.The name of this book is The Outsiders and was written by S.E. Hinton.The main characters in this book are Ponyboy Johnny and Dally and also includes the rest of the gang. The Outsiders is a book about two boys who are a part of a greaser gang. They get jumped by Socs Johnny kills one of them runs away and ends up dying but Pony end up having a better life.In the book The Outsiders Ponyboy runs into some problems with the law, his friends, and family. Even Though he goes through these things, the novel shows how problems can make you stronger.

This book showed the struggle between rich and poor. The two main groups of the story were the Socs and the greasers. The Socs are in the upper class while the greasers are the poor ones that dislike the Socs because they have more money, better cars, and act like they are better than the greasers. The Outsiders is a good story by S.E. Hinton that shows the struggles of growing up Hinton did a fine job with the character development, the plot, and the theme with a few flaws.

One or more of the Greasers can really consider themselves as a hero, because Darry and Soda sacrificed their future for their younger brother Ponyboy. Johnny and Ponyboy fixed their wrongs and saved some kids from a fire, Johnny was going to turn himself into the fuzz (police), they can also be very light hearted considering most of them came from a very harsh background. Ponyboy and Johnny were the best of friends. They went through a lot together. In chapter 6 they had to “live” in a church for 5 days, because of a recent incident that had happened.

The Greasers have bad family lives. Ponyboy’s parents died in a car crash, and dally’s family doesn’t care about him. Out of all the boys Johnny Cade probably has it the worse. With a sad, drunk excuse for a mom and a dad that abuses him, Johnny's home life with his family is not the best.

The Greasers are known for their long greasy hair and always seem to be fighting with the rich kids named the Socs. One night, Ponyboy and Johnny plan to run away until they are stopped a group of Socs who are mad at them for hanging out with their girlfriends. While one Soc is drowning Ponyboy, Johnny stabs and kills the Soc named Bob. Realizing what happened, Ponyboy and Johnny do in fact run away, and they end up at an abandoned church in the country with money and a gun that a member from their gang named Dally provided for them. After spending a few days away from town, the boys decide to come home and turn themselves in to the police. On their way back home, they see the church they had been staying in on fire with little children inside.