Lessons Learned In Hinton's The Outsiders

and the other greasers are going into a big fight with the Socs. Before the big rumble Ponyboy was feeling sick, but still went to the rumble to fight for the greasers. Darry was trying to convince Ponyboy not to go to the rumble, but Ponyboy was stubborn and pleaded with Darry. Ponyboy said, “I’ll be okay,” I pleaded. “I’ll get hold of a little one, okay?”(131).This shows that Ponyboy is pleading with Darry to let him go to the rumble, and be by their side even when he is sick. He could have stayed home, and be safe, but instead he is loyal to his gang members and goes to the rumble.Their he got hit in the head, and was bleeding, but still went with Dally to go see Johnny. Ponyboy said, “I reached up to scratch the side of my head where it’d been itching for a while, and when I looked at my hand it was smeared with blood.”(151). Ponyboy is bleeding, and he still goes with Dally to go, and try to help Johnny stay awake at the hospital. This shows Ponyboy is always at his friend’s side and would never betray them. He could have gone home, but instead he goes with Dally, to go see Johnny, and ignores his own pain for his friend. This shows he is a real friend. and always at his friend’s side.

This shows that even though that their wealth is varied, common interests are bound to be found. This is when Ponyboy thinks “Maybe the two different worlds we live in aren’t so different after all” (Hinton 41). The quote shows Ponyboy’s realization that Greasers and Socs are not as different. But they would not have realized this if they had not met each other. Imagine if they had

Ponyboy is a greaser, or as everyone else has referred to as a juvenile delinquent, and people like him are high school dropouts. But, he is in honors classes and was bumped up a grade “ ‘I got put up a year in grade school.’ Cherry looked at me. ‘What’s a nice, smart kid like you running around with trash like that

As Ponyboy states when he starts to understand this, “No, it wasn’t Cherry the Soc who was helping us, it was Cherry the dreamer who watched sunsets and couldn’t stand fights.” (Hinton 86). Ponyboy was previously under the impression that all Socs didn’t care about anything, and was surprised when he met Cherry, a Soc who watched the same sunset as he did. The stereotype of Socs being heartless and cruel was all he had seen and heard, so it was hard for him to understand how one could be so different. Ponyboy’s friends felt similarly, and most of them found it even harder to grasp this concept than Ponyboy had. The Greasers were used to judging the Socs as a group, and did not see them as individuals. These group stereotypes are what ultimately caused most of the biggest fights in the novel.

A life of crime, fighting, and smoking might not be the best life to have, that's how it is for Greasers. Ponyboy has been greatly influenced by the gang by becoming a greaser and living like one, Ponyboy reverted to the life of smoking drinking and all because of what surrounds him, he is like any other member of the gang and acts the ways he has been taught to act. Ponyboy is a greaser and is a complete enemy to the Soc’s Ponyboy is given many decisions and it’s his choice to make them. The gang has been with Ponyboy for a long time and most of the other greasers are about as poor as Ponyboy.

Ponyboy, Johnny, Sodapop, Darry are all a part of the unruly gang, the Greasers. S.E Hinton is writing these characters as rebellious young men, with a harsh background, who takes their anger and hardship out on gang fighting. These roles play an important part in this book because it shows that even though they nothing physically, they have a heart stronger than gold for each other and others mentally. Hinton use these characters to show prejudice leads to wrong conclusions, violence and oppression because these “poor” young men are getting beat up by the rich Socs who have never felt the feeling of being in poverty. “ You take up for your buddies, no matter what they do. When you’re in a gang, you stick up for the members. If you don’t stick up for them, stick together, make

The Outsiders is a book that changed the style of young adult writers because it went off from the genre that young adult writer were using during that time period. The reader sees the everyday problems that teenagers were going through, “I can’t take much more

Those classes are called the Greasers and the Socs. Obviously, Ponyboy is in the Greasers class. Greasers are thought of as the poor kids; they always have it rough and can never catch a break. They’re usually the ones that get into the most trouble with the law. The Socs are presumed to be the rich kids; who always have it made and live on the high side of town. Ponyboy’s self-worth comes in where he doesn’t feel like he fits in. He likes to read, observe the sunrises and look at the colors of the sky. Those characteristics don’t fit in with the typical Greaser boy, so Ponyboy doesn’t see himself as valuable to the gang as he sees everybody else because he sees every member as playing a specific role to the group, but he doesn’t understand what role he plays and if he means anything to the

“The Outsiders”, by S.E. Hinton, is centered around Ponyboy’s path to maturity and the life lessons he learns along the way. The novel follows Ponyboy, a greaser, and his gang’s conflict with the Socials, a rival gang. In it, he learns to not judge people hastily and reject gang mentality. Ponyboy also loses his innocence. The following paragraphs will explore his growth throughout “The Outsiders”.

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

The ending of the book is directly related to the beginning and middle and reveals the key points that the author is trying to present. The Socs and the Greasers have their big brawl and in the end, Ponyboy is able to learn multiple lessons. Not only does he discover that Socs and Greasers actually have a lot more in common than they thought, but he is also able to learn from the experience to better his relationship at home with his older brother. Some smaller details of the story may still be left open ended in this book, but the main points that the author is trying to provide are clear and closure of the story is

In the story The Outsiders, there is many life lessons that could help many people. Ranging from the people you hang out with, to people who need your help. You should always treat people how you want to be treated,even if that means giving something up. The main character, Ponyboy, experiences certain events in the story that makes you realize that these kind of conflicts are a reality. Ponyboy lives with his two brothers, Darry and Soda. Their parents died in a car crash. Ponyboy never realized how much his parents did for him. There is a “Gang” that Ponyboy is involved in called the Greasers. Their rival “Gang” is called the Socs. The Socs are kids that have a better upbringing and are more of rich kids. The Greasers are basically the opposite. The theme of this story is don’t take the things you have for granted.

Ponyboy does not quite believe he fits the "greaser" stereotype. He has the looks of a greaser, but does not do all the actions greasers do. He is more “school-smart” and not “street-smart” which greasers are all stereotyped as “street-smart. Ponyboy is young for the people in his gang and are a lot smarter than most of the greaser. He is also in school unlike most of the gang members.

Ponyboy has a thought which is that the Greasers and Socials are the same. Ponyboy thinks this thought because, Johnny said “There’s still good in the world.” (S.E. Hinton 179) After Ponyboy read this, it inspired Ponyboy to write about how no matter your differences, we are still the same. “How to start the theme, how to start writing something that was important to me.” (S.E. Hinton 180) The important thing to Ponyboy was trying to show the similarities between the Socials and Greaser and try to show that there are more similarities than differences. Ponyboy started to write about his story and started to show that later in his

Ponyboy Curtis - The novel's fourteen-year-old narrator and protagonist, and the youngest of the greasers. Ponyboy's literary interests and academic accomplishments set him apart from the rest of his gang. Because his parents have died in a car accident, Ponyboy lives with his brothers Darry and Sodapop. Darry repeatedly accuses Ponyboy of lacking common sense, but Ponyboy is a reliable and observant narrator. Throughout the novel, Ponyboy struggles with class division, violence, innocence, and familial love. He matures over the course of the novel, eventually realizing the importance of strength in the face of class bias.