Of Prejudice In S. E. Hinton's 'The Outsiders'

Have you ever had a simple feud between peers, or even close friends? Imagine if you had a fight over social classes, would it be worse? S.E. Hinton, the author of the 1967 novel, The Outsiders, uses unique characters, symbols, and hectic events to prove that class conflict is pointless, unwarranted, and destructive. In the novel, fictional characters are brought to life by the author, as she connects and compares their taxing lifestyle to that of the reader. Using 14 year old boy, Ponyboy Curtis who is a greaser who has it fairly bad, living with only his brothers after his parents dies in a tragic car accident, Hinton shows that it’s tough all over, no matter your social status. Ponyboy can only rely on Sodapop and Darry, and the rest of the gang. The author displays class conflict throughout the book, by using the ‘socs, or ,the rich kids with mustangs and madras, showing that this dispute, between the greasers and socs, does not make life any easier. The Outsiders uncovers that blood, may not be thicker than water, after all.

The Outsiders illustrates the theme through the relationship of Ponyboy and Darry throughout the course of the book. In the beginning of the book, Darry slaps Ponyboy because he came home very late. This causes Ponyboy to run away from home with Johnny. Ponyboy tells Johnny, “‘He didn’t use to be like that...we used to get along okay...before Mom and Dad died. Now he just can’t stand me,’” (Hinton 51). This quote shows that Ponyboy is isolated from his brother. It shows how Ponyboy and Darry are drifting further apart from each other due to the death of their parents. Later on in the book when Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally are in the hospital, Sodapop and Darry come to see how they are all doing. When Darry and Sodapop see Ponyboy, they have a

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

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.

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.

The 1967 novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is about the social outcasts; the Greasers and their rivalry against the high class Socs. In the beginning of the book the characters values and attitudes are revealed to the reader through the point of view of Ponyboy. As the book progresses and the lives of the characters take a turn for the worse there is a significant impact on the characters resulting in an alteration of their values and attitudes. Ponyboy, Dally and Johnny experience these changes due to the death of Bob the Soc and the chain of events that follow.

“Never judge someone by the way he looks, or a book by the way it’s covered; For inside those tattered pages, There’s a lot to be discovered” (Stephan Cosgrove). In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the Greasers and the Socs‒two socio-economic groups clash in their ongoing “war” for territory, dominance and reputation. The Curtis boys, including the main character Ponyboy, live normal civilian lives. But it all changes when Johnny accidently kills a Soc, Bob, in an effort to stop Bob’s gang from drowning Ponyboy. However, throughout the novel, it is shown that people should not be judged based on their peers because what you see may not be the truth.

The Outsiders Ponyboy has demonstrated maturity and responsibility in the book ‘The Outsiders’ by S.E.hinton by becoming a hero, learning to become self-sufficient, and realizing your socioeconomic background doesn’t determine who you are. Ponyboy shows that he can be mature by being a hero, self-sufficient and by being socio-economic. Ponyboy demonstrates that whoever you are it doesn’t matter what you are called you can be different. The book Outsiders was written in 1967 about two gangs. In the book, The Outsiders the Greasers the gang that lives on the east side of a town in New York live in broken down homes with not as much education and the Socs the west side rich kids with lots of money that make them never go broke and have lots of education.

The Outsiders is a book about a boy named Ponyboy who gets mixed up in a murder case while living the rivalry between the Socs and the Greasers. The two gangs have hated each other for the majority of their lives. When Johnny, Pony’s friend, kills the Soc named Bob, they turn to Dallas Winston, or Dally for short. In the end of the story Johnny passes away after saving children from the burning church.

The book The Outsiders is about two groups of kids who are separated by wealth. They always seem to get into trouble whether it has to do with money, stealing, or fighting. Throughout their lives they struggle with the question: are things really tough all over? S.E. Hinton´s Outsiders shows that prejudice leads to wrong conclusions,violence, and oppression she shows this through the characters, feelings and events that happen throughout the book. One of the main groups of characters, the greasers, have many struggles that go on in their lives.

Imagine this- you are poor, wear hair grease, and can’t afford nice clothes. Everyone you know, besides your closest friends, thinks that you are an evil criminal, but you in fact are are very kind person. How would you feel? The Outsiders by S.E Hinton addresses this problem head-on as you follow Ponyboy as he battles stereotypes against his friends and himself. The theme of this book is to never judge a book by it’s cover which is demonstrated through the two main groups: the Soc’s and the Greaser’s. It is also demonstrated through another character who is the group of Soc’s but is a spy for the Greasers, Cherry Valance.

The outsiders makes the readers think about if it is right to judge people because of social class, their family and how they look. The further you get into the book the more you think of the hardships of people judging you. There are three ways people judge you that are shown in the book family/friends and social class/ income. This reminds the reader about a the civil rights movements which were around the same time. At the end of the book you get the message that being prejudice is not the right thing.

Many people are familiar with the works of S. E. Hinton, although they are unaware of it. Her greatest work, one of which many high schoolers read today, is The Outsiders. This book for young adults has gotten much praise and love by many people, young and old, and will continue to enlighten the hearts of those who read it. Within this novel, and the movie that followed afterwards, many prominent themes of sociology are shown. One would have to be blind not to see how the social groups and other sociological themes relate to this masterpiece. Of all of the themes that the movie glosses over, ingroups and outgroups, deviant behavior, and group conformity are the themes that most relate with the real world, outside of the pages and scenes of these works.

“The outsiders” by S.E. Hinton focuses on editorial writing: class differences, lack of family support, gangs becoming brothers, and police discrimination. People took many different viewpoints about the book from when it was first released. For example, allowing the greasers to play their role during that time period, Americans thought Hinton was explaining their way of life. Hinton also express a topic about police discrimination by demonstrating how harshly they were treated and how they showed favoritism to the Soc and give them a warning and “send them on their way.’