Similarities Between 'Clueless And The Outsiders'

The Outsiders, a coming-of-age novel, written by S.E. Hinton who was a teenager at the time of writing is firmly based upon groups of teenagers divided amongst their social classes. The novel takes on the rival battles of the Socials and the Greasers.

Have you ever noticed in “The Outsiders” the differences and the similarities between the Greasers and the Socials? Well I will be explaining and showing why the Socials and Greasers are different and why they are the same. I will also be giving evidence supporting Ponyboys thought that Greasers and Socials are the same.

An outsider is defined as “a person who does not belong to a particular group.” In the book, The Outsiders, many of the characters can be described as being an outcast from the social society. Ponyboy, Johnny, and Cherry are outsiders in this novel because none of them really fit into the groups that they’re “supposed” to be in.

An outsider is someone who is not accepted or is isolated from society. ‘Of Mice and Men’ is set in the 1930’s, where society considered many people as outsiders. During this period, many people were racist, sexist and prejudice towards disabled people. This is shown with several characters in the novel including Crooks, Curly’s wife and Candy who are all considered as outsiders in this novel, since they each had something that the society at that time were prejudice towards.

An ‘outsider’ is a person or people who do not fit in society in due to their appearance and/or behaviour. Through the use of literary and film techniques, both S.E Hinton’s novel The Outsiders and David Galloway’s documentary Struggle Street portray a community of marginalised people with sensitive people. These techniques inspire empathy from the audience, encouraging the audience to view outsiders in a different perspective.

The Greasers and the Socs' Are two rival gangs who try to claim there place in a small town. Throughout the book and movie an interesting twist occurs, Ponyboy runs away and meets with Johnny Cade, they walk throughout a vacant lot and didn't expect to see the Socs' and their blue Mustang . This is when the interesting twist occurs one of the greasers called Bob had tried to drown Ponyboy and Johnny having no choice, killed him with a switch blade. The movie had quite a turn as it included different details.

To explain, the greasers were defined as Outsiders because they were poor and treated like outcasts.

The Greasers feel like they are the outsiders. “that kid, Pip, he reminded me of us-how he felt marked lousy because he wasn’t a gentlemen or anything,” (Doc B). Here, Ponyboy feels as though the Greasers are stereotyped to be lousy and stupid by everyone else, leading them feeling like outsiders.

The Greasers were displayed as the ‘outsiders’ mainly the protagonist Ponyboy Curtis of S.E Hinton’s novel in the same way, Director Amy Heckerling exhibited Tai as the outcast of her movie ‘Clueless’. Greasers were a gang who was classified as the outcast of Hinton’s novel, ‘The Outsiders’. The Greasers were marginalised

What is an outsider? An outsider is a person who is not excepted by or is isolated by society. Have you ever been an “outsider”? Everyone experiences a situation where they weren’t able to fit in. The feeling of not being able to fit it is universal. Not everyone is the same and in certain situations you may not be able to bond with everyone. Everyone is focused on being judged or being the person who is judging someone. If you are not like everyone in your society group, those people don’t except you. Nowadays our society feels that if you aren’t up to people’s expectations, you are known to be an “outsider”. Being an outsider is universal because not everyone is social, not everyone can afford nice things and not everyone is popular.

The Outsiders is a novel written by Susan Eloise Hinton, also known as S.E Hinton. The setting of the story takes place in the 1960s. The Outsiders is written in first person view, by Ponyboy Curtis. The story revolves around the greasers and Socs. The Socs are the west side rich kids, they wrecked houses and “threw beer blasts for kicks”. While the Greasers were the east side kids, they “drove old souped-up cars, held up gas stations and had gang fights once in a while.” One of the conflicts the characters face is man vs man, which is because the greasers and Socs don’t get along, this is because they feel superior to each other. They both had different ways of lives, they did different things for fun, and they did not understand each other. This conflict was later resolved towards the end of the story when Ponyboy speaks to Randy about no longer fighting after Bob’s death.

Have you ever felt like an outsider? S. E. Hinton wrote the book called “The Outsiders” Taking place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1960. (Doc A) She was still in high school when she wrote the book. The reason she wrote the book, because she was mad about the social situation that was happening in her school and every other school. The outsiders are people that are separated from their own groups or so called social groups. In “The Outsiders” they had the greasers, Socs, and other social groups that get together, but really who are the true outsiders?

“They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong,” captures the essence of a bestselling novel that has captured the hearts of many. The Outsiders, written by S.E Hinton, is a coming-of-age story about a group of teens struggling within a fight between social classes. It is an emotional and compelling that was eventually adapted into a movie. The movie has been critically acclaimed and watched by thousands. Even though, the movie was based on the book and contains close similarities, there are differences regarding the characters, the plot, and the theme between the two.

Initially, Darry, the eldest of the Curtis brothers in “The Outsiders”, and Skeeter — a young, unmarried lady in the search of a job— are characters from “The Outsiders and “The Help” who feel isolated from their respective societies. Ponyboy, the protagonist, states that “Greasers … have… long hair. Darry never went… for… long hair. His was short and clean…” Through use of short description, Hinton utilises visual imagery and stereotypes, constructing an image in the reader’s mind, comparing a stereotypical greaser’s oily hair to Darry’s clean. She shows that a greaser’s hair symbolises their identity as they all are strongly attached to their hair; exhibiting their pride as greaser to society, however Darry is more mature than the rest of his gang, and understands that being a greaser isn’t always something to be proud of. His hair symbolises his defiance to the greaser lifestyle of poverty that has invaded his life. Hinton portrays that Darry is an ‘outsider’ in his society as he doesn’t

In The Outsiders, Hinton highlights the conflicts of both Greasers and Socs to show that life is difficult for rich and poor kids alike. Greasers may have some problems that