John Hinton's The Outsiders

In the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, there are groups called the Socs, who are rich kids, and Greasers, who are hoods, just like the main character Ponyboy Curtis. The story takes place in a town called Tulsa in Oklahoma, where Ponyboy lives. He lives with his older brothers Sodapop Curtis and Darry Curtis, and is part of a gang of consisting of Johnny, Dallas Winston (Dally), Steve, and Two-Bit. One night when Johnny goes too far and kills a Soc named Bob, him and Pony are forced to run away to avoid capture from the authorities. There are many events, quotes, and author choices that show a common theme, which is Stereotypes are often judged by other people, but aren’t always true. This is proven time and time again after people are beaten up, injured, and even killed through the span of this book.

To conclude, The outsiders is a story about two different socisl groups, the Socs and the Greasers. Both groups feel like outsiders at times, but which of these two groups are the real outsiders? Or are the real outsiders the people who see beyond society groups? Maybe we all are

Have you ever felt like no one listened to you? That's how Ponyboy Curtis felt throughout the book, “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton. Pony is the youngest in his greaser gang and likes watching movies by himself. He lives with his two other brothers that take care of him after his parents died. He is 14 years old and is a good student in school. Because of Ponyboys gang's influences, Ponyboy's becomes a loyal, emotional and unruly greaser.

Thesis: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, a novel which tells the story of conflict between the "greasers" and the "Socs," captures the voice of ponyboy and his friends in a realistic way that relates to boys and their gangs even today.

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.

2. Sodapop Curtis- Ponyboy 's 16-going-on-17-year-old brother. He is a high school dropout and works at the local gas station. He looks after his younger brother Ponyboy. Sodapop is the middle Curtis boy. Ponyboy

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

The book, The Outsiders is about a boy named Ponyboy, his brothers, and the gang he belongs to. Ponyboy’s parents died in a car accident, and his older brother Darry took care of him from that point on. “Darry’s gone through a lot in his twenty years, grown up too fast” (Hinton 2). When Darry loses his parents, he has to mature and become the ‘dad’ in order to take care of his brothers. Darry not only takes a leadership role at home, but also in the gang that he and his brothers belong to. The gang consisted of a few boys including Darry, Dally, Johnny, Soda, Steve, Two-bit, and Ponyboy. Ponyboy was the youngest along with Johnny, the gang pet, who was physically abused at home, and was jumped by a group of people called the Socs. “They had scared him so much.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in the 1960’s while in poverty in the midst of gang fights? The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is a story is about a fourteen-year-old kid named Ponyboy who is in a gang called the greasers who get in a lot of trouble. They are always in fights with the greasers and they get in a lot of trouble and have to run away. The book takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ponyboy stands out in the story because he is the protagonist of the story and he is also a dynamic character. Ponyboy can be described as smart, scared, and brave.

People think that the Socs are the good guys because they dress nice and don’t cause problems in the community. Throughout the book, there were many themes addressed but the two themes that stood out the most were violence between the Socs and the Greasers and both groups feeling isolated from

Greasers were a social group in the 1950s, they have special clothes. Those teenagers are from the lower class and they lived in different places like U.S. their name came because of their greasy hair. Most of them are dangerous, criminals, and hoodlums. They are not educated and they don’t have life opportunities (“Back ground information”). The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is talking about two groups, the “greasers” and the “socs”, the greasers are the lower class and poor group. Al the people thinks that they are hoodlums and criminals. The other group are the upper-class and all the people know them as the good boys. The greasers face struggle with the wealthy gang and with the life conditions. As well as this novel will show how life is unfair for the greasers. Moreover, in this novel there is people who is outside from the other gang members they act differently, I choose to talk about Ponyboy, Dally, Darry and soda because they not like the other type of gang members.

In the Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, greasers are thugs on the street and are not told what to do. Socs are rich kids who have everything they need and want. The two groups are rivals and despise each other. The main character is Ponyboy, a greaser, who’s friend kills a Soc for self-defense. He and his friend run away and in the meantime saves a bunch of little kids from a church and gets famous.

In the novel, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, is about a young boy named Ponyboy. Ponyboys main identity is being a greaser. The greaser are a gang down in the lower east side. Over the course of the story Ponyboys identity has changed from what he looks like. His personality has also changed throughout the story.

Ponyboy and his brothers live on the poorer side of town. They are called greasers and are not as privileged as the socs who live on the richer side of town. Being a greaser is difficult because they are the lowest class. The socs often harass and beat up the greasers. In the beginning of the story, Pony gets beat up by a group of socs.