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The entire book is about Ponyboy against other greasers and Socs. The terms greaser and Soc are used for the kids who live on the east and west side. “Ponyboy . . . I mean . . . if I see you in the hall at school or someplace and don’t say hi, well, it’s not personal or anything, but . .(Hilton 45).” Cherry didn’t want to say hi to Ponyboy if she saw him because she is a Soc and he is a greaser. In fact none of the greasers or Socs said hi to each other. Society played a large role in this book by separating the Socs and the greasers.

In “Things Fall Apart”, the Author Chinua Achebe wrote the book to show the real perspectives of the Igbo people.The difference from “Things Fall Apart” to other books about the Igbo people is that they are told by outsiders. Achebe book is a fiction about a main character name Okonkwo, who is an influential clan leader in Umuofia who experienced from british influence.

The story The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, was a popular novel because of how realistic it was. The novel was successful because it included famous people and items from the 1960s. These items allowed for people to read the story and make connections. One of the topics that was referenced in the book was Perry Mason. Perry Mason was a popular television series that made readers understand how Ponyboy viewed the courtroom.

Hinton’s use of characterization in the novel shows how Ponyboy and his gang have had to grow up too soon. It shows how they wish to stay young and gold instead of having to be cold hearted adults. For instance, Hinton states, “Johnny never walked by himself after that. And Johnny…now carried in his back pocket a six inch switchblade. He’d use it, too, if he ever got jumped again (Hinton 340.)” Before Johnny got jumped he was innocent and was “the pet of the gang.” After being shown the true dangers of society, however, he was forced to become mature and tough. “That was [Darry’s] silent fear then-of losing another person he loved. I remembered how close he and Dad had been, and I wondered how I could ever have

An outsider is someone who stands out from the crowd. They have their own beliefs, their own way or thinking. Standing out is often thought of in a negative way, but it can bring along many positive things. During the time period of Martin Luther King Jr., there were many protestors who began to stand up for themselves and their race. Even though many people did it, there were only a few people who started the movement, and those people, were outsiders. Two people who were outsiders from that time period were Jackie Robinson and Rosa Parks. They stood against normal beliefs and tried to change the way of life, which is what many outsiders do. An outsider is not simply someone who is misjudged or misunderstood.

The Outsiders by S.E Hinton and The Clay Marble by Minfong Ho both center around the motif of being an outsider. The theme of both books is that you are never an outsider when you have friends and family. This is shown through the two main characters, Dara and Ponyboy. While they share similarities, the two are also vastly different.

I believe the Outsiders are representation sped up by the greasers like Ponyboy, Dally, Soda, and the others. They are extracted from others and are people that don’t fit in with the crowd. The factor is they are poor and are unnoticed unless they make trouble. These are boys who don’t care they smoke and act like a family. Unlike the other gangs this has no leader and have individual leaders. Like for these examples to use Outsider it needs to be defined. Outsider or an Outsider is a man or woman or group whom doesn’t fit with the rest of the crowd and ends up sticking out like a ball in a haystack it is extractable but easier than the needle. There are many ways to describe this like how in a crowd of people the Socials could spot Ponyboy

Based on Document D, as Ponyboy and Johnny watch the sunrise, Ponyboy recites a poem that represents that not everything lasts forever. As they talk, they indicate that they feel like an outsider occasionally among the group when they are not able to talk about poetry with them. Moreover, in Document E, Randy and Ponyboy had a conversation about an upcoming fight between the greasers and the Soc. Randy believes that this fight is not a good idea and found it unnecessary. “So it doesn’t do any good, the fighting and the killing.” After they had this discussion, Randy thanks, Ponyboy by saying “Thanks, grease.”, but corrected himself “I didn’t mean that. I meant, thanks, kid.” Also, Two-bit asked Ponyboy “What’d Mr. Super-Soc have to say?”, but Ponyboy was quick to defend him and told him “He ain’t a Soc… he’s just a guy.” This display that both Randy and Ponyboy see each other as themselves and not as a greaser or Soc. Additionally, in Document F, after saying that fighting is useless, Johnny substantiates the concept of Ponyboy for being different from the rest. He states, “Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold.” In other words, he is telling Ponyboy to stay true to himself and to avoid all the violence between the social

“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.

In the beginning of the book, Johnny and Ponyboy are at the movies and are having a conversation with Cherry. Dally was being a jerk to Cherry, and then Johnny stood up and told him to go away. Cherry learns that not all greasers are big, mean, tough guys. “Johnny grinned. ‘How come y’all ain’t scared of us like you were Dally?’ Cherry sighed. ‘You two are too sweet to scare anyone.’” Before, she always characterized a greaser as a mean, poor guy who got into fights. But she learned that not all greasers are like that, and that they can be nicer

“Things are rough all over.” - This quote by Cherry Valance in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. (34) It describes how all communities have problems and are not all perfect. One might think that the Soc’s community is all perfect and fun loving but sometimes it isn’t. In the Outsiders there are many examples of what a community looks like.

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 theme of the novel Outsiders determination is the right path to winning and succeeding. The genre of the book is realistic fiction. I assume the theme is determination, as the reason for example from the book Ponyboy and Johnny were brave enough to persevere and give up their lives and save those innocent children that were in danger from the fire. When they approached to the church, Ponyboy and Johnny quickly got out of the car and ran to the church to see what was going on and went inside of the church to go to rescue the children from the fire. I also got the idea of the theme as it said in the text when Johnny was in the hospital, Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry were at home and abruptly they saw on the newspaper the front-page was about 3 brave boys rescued children (heroes) so indeed that was one of their characteristic that fits into determination, in my opinion Johnny played a real important role in the book because he died, after rescuing the children in the church and that is a sign of true bravery and determination to me.

A young adult novel’s audience often desires relatable characters and a meaningful plot that helps them to find resolutions to their own uncertainties concerning life. Many authors employ the literary technique realism to satiate these cravings. Today, there are some popular novels that attempt to imitate this, such as the coveted The Fault in Our Stars or Divergent. These selections, while widespread in the hands of young adult readers today, will not stand the test of time in the way that The Outsiders has, written by S. E. Hinton in 1967, has. This novel, both produced by and intended for teenagers, instead is a better candidate of realistic young adult fiction. Other selections, from Hinton’s era and from today, do not radiate the same

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