Group Identity In The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton

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

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.

“Bob, the handsome Soc, was lying there in the moonlight, doubled up and still. A dark pool was growing from him, spreading slowly over the blue white cement. I looked at Johnny's hand. He was clutching his switchblade, and it was dark to the hilt. My stomach gave a violent jump and my blood turned icy.” Imagine that you did something, something that you thought wasn’t that bad at the time, but you regretted it later. Something bad that caused your best friend to kill a member of a rival gang, and all of the aftermath that follows. In the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, this nightmare becomes a reality. In The Outsiders there are two rival gangs: the Greasers; the poor hoodlums that live on the east side of town, and the Socs; the rich kids with more stress in their lives than you would think. The novel is told by the perspective of Ponyboy, a Greaser. There is constant conflict between these two gangs, but

Has there ever been a time in your life where you have felt put in the middle? In The Outsiders by: S.E. Hinton, Cherry Valance experiences what it is like to feel stuck between her two groups of friends. The groups were very different from each other. The Socs were the rich kids on the West Side, and the Greasers were the poor, dirty troublemakers. This story takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the mid 1960’s. It shows us what it was like for the protagonist of the story, Ponyboy, to grow up as a Greaser. In this story, Cherry’s friend, who was a greaser named Johnny, killed her boyfriend. Ponyboy ran away with Johnny to a church in Windrixville because of what Johnny had done. While they were outside of the church, the church caught on

I remember the day my dog died I thought I was never going to talk again and I thought I had a bad life but in story The Outsiders by S.E Hinton there are many charters that have harder lives than I can imagine. But 3 characters in this book had especially hard life's but the characters with the hardest life are Dallas Winston , Robert Shelton and Sodapop Curtis

In The Outsiders, there are two gangs, The Socs and The Greasers. These two gangs are very different in many ways, but they both get into trouble. The Socs and the Greasers get into a rumble, which are really big fight(s) that people almost die in. Johnny and Ponyboy’s gang is a gang that is rough and tough. They smoke cigarettes and get into trouble, but they never try to get into trouble by the cops.

How can two people have so many similarities yet be vastly different? In S.E. Hinton’s, The Outsiders, Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston are two boys in a gang of greasers with both similarities and differences. Both Johnny and Dally have abusive parents and the love and care for eachother. On the other hand, Johnny is the most law-abiding while Dally is the least in the gang. Also, Johnny dies a dynamic character while Dally dies a static character.

Jesus looked like a human. Jesus talked like a human. All of this is because Jesus was a human, but there was something that set him apart from the rest of the humans. This is what makes someone an outsider—when they don’t quite fit in with a group that they belong to. Often times, we see outsiders in fiction through people who are different or set apart from the people around them.

In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton the author used three main points such as characters, loyalty and violence. The main character of the story, Ponyboy, is fourteen years old. He along with his brothers and his best friend joins a gang on the east side called the greasers, who are poor and wild and also reckless because they have nobody who will take care of them and show them the right way to do things so they have to do everything by themselves (Hinton 24).

Society will judge your appearances based on the outside just because society doesn't know what is on the inside. The novel, “The Outsiders” written by SE Hinton is based on two big characteristics, loyalty and appearance. Loyalty and appearance are shown in many examples throughout the book, and how they affect the two different gangs. The story retains many examples on the characters looks and how they are stereotyped just because of the way their appearances, also just by the way they decide to dress.

In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, she shows us how real friends will always be by your side, and not leave you when you need them.

What does family mean? In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, family means everything. It does not have to be blood-related either. The gang was more of their family than their actual family was. Family does everything for eachother, loves one another, and keeps each other safe.

As the youth today struggle with many problems, their behavior may affect the decisions that they would make in the future as they become as adult. In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the Greasers are more involved in getting into trouble. The Greasers are becoming more violent because of the Socs. Also, the lack of parental guidance affects how the greasers live. Finally, the main reason that divides the Greasers from the Socs is their social class and money.

What my essay will be about is what I think the theme of The Outsiders will be. “Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold,” (148) in the middle of the book Johnny says this to Ponyboy after they beat the Socs in the rumble. But this book isn’t just about fighting it's about a lot more than that: caring, concerned, loyal. Therefore,  I think the theme of The Outsiders is to stick together no matter what happens. The Greasers should stick together because they go through some tough times that could damage their friendship. There is differences between the Socs and the Greases by how good they look, how they act, but they both are in the same position. Ponyboy thinks there is a difference between the Socs and the Greasers, but that isn’t until Cherry came along and told Ponyboy that “things are rough all over,” (35). Cherry said this when she heard the story when the Socs beat up Johnny, and all of the Greasers were there to make sure to stick with him just like when Ponyboy got jumped while walking home from the movies.

The Outsiders is an action packed novel that envelopes the themes of class conflict and alienation. The idea of social opposition drives the plot of the book between the opulent Socs and poor Greasers. This idea of social difference establishes the feeling of estrangement within some characters of this book, persuading them to find their true identity. The author, S. E. Hinton, further contributes to the idea of estrangement by creating a society that is based upon the idea of cliques. The book pivots on the fact of self-preservation, which the characters achieve by banding together as one to form gangs. Within this novel, the foundation of gangs plays a major role by offering the characters a sense of realistic family love, protection, & friendship in their dangerous and sometimes deadly community.