Personal Narrative Essay: The Outsiders

     The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton was written in 1967. This novel tells the story of the conflict between two different social groups, the greasers and the socs. The socs were the socials who lived in the rich part of town, and the greasers were the lower class youths. This novel tackles issues such as violence, class conflict, and prejudice. The novel takes place in the early sixties. The Outsiders examines how two different groups compete, and unite for survival, which is often justified with violence. Hinton’s publishers decided that she should publish the novel under the name S.E. Hinton. They were worried that readers would not respect a females perspective on violence, and that is why

Jason Almanza 11/2/14 IRLA Period 2 Literary Essay Draft Good looks, something everyone wants but most people don’t have. Even though it can be opinion based people with bad looks, or people who are judged by how they look often get treated differently. Sometimes that can lead to much worse things, including deaths. This is shown to us in S.E. Hinton’s book The Outsiders. The Outsiders is about 2 different gangs, The Greasers ,and The Socials, in the 1960’s in Oklahoma.

Theme Analysis of “The Outsiders” S.E. Hinton’s novel, The Outsiders, takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma where Ponyboy Curtis is walking alone and gets jumped by rival gang members, his friends the greasers save him from getting stabbed by a knife. The Outsiders conveys the theme “Family is the thickest source, even family. ”,because when Pony and Johnny fell asleep in a lot, Darry got scared and thought he was killed but couldn’t call the cops or the brothers would be separated. One lesson in this story is that family and friends are forever even through the bad and good and that family is everything because family is and usually everyone around you.

“Stay Gold ponyboy stay gold” The pillow seemed to sink a little and Johnny died.

In Oklahoma, where there are bloody rumbles and serious crimes made here in this big city, but there is a tiny sixteen year old boy living in the middle of it all, and that was me, Johnny. The Greaser was like a second home for each other. They were rough, old fashion, and have been In rumbles where breaking your arm wasn’t a serious injury, but they help another out. I, in the other hand, was not like them. They say that heroes need a dark past in order to be stronger in the comics I read, but that didn’t happen to me. I was abused by my own parents and I got jumped by those rich Socs. They left scars and pain for me, I felt like I’ve gotten weaker after this, not stronger.

In the story the outsiders there are a lot of text that are similar to my life. Me and my friend isaac and tyrese are friends who hang out all time and no matter what happens where are always going to have each others back. In the story The Outsiders they all hang out all the time and they have each others back like there one big family. I treat my friends like family because they all i need in life to make me feel safe out in this dangerous world.

We live in a small town, we go to small schools and we have a small population that being said, would we have more, or less social classes? The Outsiders written by S.E Hinton talks about the consequences of separation in society. As we grow up we begin to learn more about ourselves and we begin to socialize with others, we begin making friends, and forming cliques. This novel is about young boys who are in the lowest class of society. One of the main character's name was Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy was the youngest of his group of friends that are referred as the “Greasers”. He can only rely on his two brothers Darry and Sodapop and also his Greaser friends. There was a lot of conflict because of social classes, Greasers were used to the Socs always giving them a hard time until Johnny took things too far.

The Outsiders is about a couple traumatic weeks in a life of a teenage boy. This novel spins a tale of fourteen-year-old Ponyboy Curtis and his problem in the society he lives in which he believes he is an outcast. Ponyboy lives with his two brothers, Darry, who is twenty, and Sodapop, who is sixteen, since his parents died in a car crash a few years ago. Ponyboy and Sodapop are allowed to live with Darry as long as they behave properly. The three brothers, as well as their friends, are called “greasers”, an expression that refers to the people who live in the East side, the poor side of the town. The greasers’ rivals are the rich, popular socialists, or Socs, who live on the West side of town.

In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy is introduced and develops from a shy person into more of a tough-skinned, mature young man and starts getting along with his brother, Darry, more often and helping people with their problems while dealing with his through his journey trying to escape the war the Greasers and the Socs are having. The Outsiders is a novel about Ponyboy and his gang going through a war the Greaser and the Socs are having while also going through their own problems in their lives. One part of the novel that shows Ponyboy is developing more of a tough-skinned person is when he wakes up after being in a coma for three days and has a thought that maybe he didn’t call for Darry while he was delirious. Hinton writes, “Something

So I got ready I put on my Aaron Rodgers jersey I made me some cereal and as some toast than my packers hat slowly putting it on I grabbed my 2500 dollars and left the house after that I was on my way to shrimps house I arrived at the house and slowly opened the door to find out the crew was there I t was me Cameron David red says, Eli and Colbert so I slammed the door and said how are we gonna pull off this stunt red blurted we can ask Cameron mom for money so quickly got my belt out and started to beat him down mercilessly it got so out of control I grabbed a bat and smacked him read laid there unconscious and bruised we got business again then Eli raised his hand I said yes Eli you have an idea he said yes dad we can all go and look for money I said that's not a bad idea but we may need a better idea to pull this stunt.David blurted we can all.

The Outsiders Different people have different points of view, as they are unique in many ways. Ponyboy, the main protagonist in The Outsiders, had his own philosophy, unlike Darry, Sodapop, and Dallas. Their individual personality separated them, giving them an either more mature or immature texture.

A month or so after my junior year of high school started, there was this new kid named Curtis. He was african american so I automatically thought that he was not nice. After like a week or so after he got here I started talking to him. And it turned out that he was really nice. I still talk to him all the time to this day.

How do the choices you make affect you in life?In the outsiders there is a group of friends that are called the greasers,threw all of them they all face decisions.Pony and Johnny are part of the greasers but are affected the most.The two boys are reckless and quick to make a decision.They decide to run away, kill bob and jump into the burning church.

The brunette gave a muffled sigh as she stood in the rain, the droplets trickled down her leather jacket, taunting its warmth. Her fingers curled around the hood of the old beaten fiesta and lifted it, taking a quick check. Nothing stood out. Then again, Amelia had never been good with vehicles. She knew she should have sold this car by now but it had so many memories, that old tainted blue paint job, it was just another good memory. Raising her right arm, she brushed away the leather sleeve to notice the time, she cursed audibly. Her first job with a new partner and she was already running late let alone getting to the scene. Not willing to waste any more time Amelia stepped out into the road, hailing a passing cab. There was nothing more embarrassing than turning up at a crime scene in a cab but what else could she do?

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