S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about two groups of kids the greasers and the Socs. The Socs are the rich kids who drive expensive cars and wear expensive clothes and the greasers are considered the bums. They don’t have money and they don’t get whatever they want, they also have to work extra hard to get to where they want to be. If you are considered a greaser you are a muffin and the Socs are the cupcakes. Everybody would prefer a cupcake over a muffin, but in this story two boys were just trying to protect themselves and they get into some trouble while doing it so, they hit the road. I am going to tell you about whether or not Ponyboy and Johnny are heroes.

Ponyboys final trait is knowing how important a strong family bond is. Just like any other household there will be fights, toward the end of the novel after all the mayhem the three brothers went through , Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry realize the importance of a family bond when Dallas gets shot by the police. "We're all we've got left. We ought to be able to stick together against everything. If we don't have each other, we don't have anything”( Hinton 150). This shows how important a strong family bond is to Ponyboy and his two older

This story is about a guy names Ponyboy who is a “greaser”, a member of a group of lower-class youths who wear their hair long and greasy, wear jeans and ripped-up T-shirt, and are at odds with the rich-kid bullies known as the “Socs”, shorter name for socials. One day, as Ponyboy is walking home from a movie, he is jumper and beaten by a gang of Socs. At the last minute, his gang of greasers (including his brothers Darry and Sodapop, who raised Ponyboy now that their parents are dead,) the hardened hood Dally

“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”.

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.

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.

Last but not least, Ponyboy faces the society’s impression of the greasers. Everybody thinks that they are hoods and that nothing good can come out of them. The greasers are judged strongly because of their economic status and face judgment from everyone. Nobody cares to understand their life and what experience on a daily basis. He also finds out when he was in Windrixville, that people don’t judge them like they do in their city. The whole conflict of the story is the Greasers and the Socs. The characters in the story have gone about their own ways to at least try to fix the problem. Many chose fighting and violence in general, but Ponyboy choose to write a book for a writing assignment. He discovers that there is no difference between them

The two different social groups fight, but they only end up with the death of their friends. In the beginning of the book, Pony is just another greaser who is thoughtless and oblivious; however he learns that life should be cherished to the very best when he experiences the death of his friends and soon becomes knowledgeable. As the story begins, Ponyboy Michael Curtis is a

Eastside, Westside: Eastside is the poor side of town and Westside is Soc side of town with wealthier people.

The book outsiders by S.E Hinton is action-packed and breathtaking. The theme leaves off a very powerful message as well. The author makes me believe that one of the biggest themes would be, money doesn't make who you are. These are the three quotes that support my decision.

This book showed the struggle between rich and poor. The two main groups of the story were the Socs and the greasers. The Socs are in the upper class while the greasers are the poor ones that dislike the Socs because they have more money, better cars, and act like they are better than the greasers. The Outsiders is a good story by S.E. Hinton that shows the struggles of growing up Hinton did a fine job with the character development, the plot, and the theme with a few flaws.

In the novel “The Outsiders,” author S.E Hinton hints to the reader that there are a lot of choices within the book from beginning to the end. From the East side with the rich, cruel and mean Socs to the West side of town with the Greasers where Ponyboy and the gang live. The gang must choose to save their friends despite the consequences, they must turn to each other for help, and they must decide to return home in order to face what they have done and the damage that has occurred. These choices though hard, help the Greasers learn about themselves and the kind of people they want to be.

Ponyboy one of the main characters of the book the Outsiders, he is optimist, loyal, and dependable. First and foremost Ponyboy is very loyal, he proves that in this quote: “No!” I screamed at him. “I’m fourteen! I’ve been fourteen for a month!

fact he was mad. If he was mad, it was a pity, however if he had

QUESTION: __________________________________________________________________________ The Outsiders was published in 1967 – 50 years ago. Yet, it still sells over 500,000 copies per year. What elements / ideas in this book make it so timeless? Discuss two reasons why this book still resonates with young readers today.