Social Characters In The Outsiders By S. E Hinton

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.

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

The lives of many are affected due to teenage social issues, which may cause death, mental health issues, and several more. In the young adult fiction novel, The Outsiders, the author, S.E. Hinton, conveys multiple teenage issues and how it affected their lives. These issues may cause them to lead lives of irresponsibility and wasted potential. The novel is basically about two loosely organized teen groups, the Greasers and the Socs. The greasers are the bad, violent gang, while the Socs are the privileged, wealthy teens. It is basically about a main character, Ponyboy Curtis, as an accessory to the murder of a Soc, with his best friend, Johnny Cade. They escape as the author conveys the several complications they face as teens, showing how they try to survive. Thus, Hinton depicts several teenage issues throughout the novel, however, the most important are poor parenting, peer pressure, depression, and suicide.

Have you ever been so into a book you couldn't put it down? Well, if you enjoy a good book I suggest The Outsiders by S.E Hinton. The Outsiders starts in a small town, in this town there were two gangs the socs and the greasers. The socs were rich and lived on the north side, they all had nice cars and lots of money. On the other hand there was the greasers, they weren't as rich as the socs and didn't have as nice of cars, or houses, or even clothes.”Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs. Sometimes I think it’s the ones in the middle that are really the lucky stiffs”(Hinton, ch. 7) Gangs are a huge problem in the US and in this book it shows it.

The Outsiders is a story regarding the privation and accomplishments experienced by the Greasers and the Socs, two rival gangs living in the inner city in the early 1960’s. The novel The Outsiders is about two groups of teenagers of bitter rivalry which was due to socio-economic differences.The Outsiders takes us through a journey of violence, struggle and death. It examines the life of a recently orphaned young man born into poverty confronted with the prejudices that he could not change. The novel tells the story of Ponyboy Curtis and his conflicts between the lower and the upper class youths and struggles and with the right and wrong in a society in which he considers himself an outsider. The society is divided in two groups Greasers and Socs, ‘Greasers’ are those who are from East side and belongs to a poor section of the society and ‘Socs’ a short word for society used in the novel, means those who are from West side and belongs to a richer section of a society. The greasers and Socs also have somethings in common like Cherry Valance, a member of Socs, and Ponyboy Curtis, a geaser discuss their love for literature, for popular music, and sunsets. A view of honorable action appears throughout the novel, which works as an important element of the geasers behavioral code.

I remember the day my dog died I thought I was never going to talk again and I thought I had a bad life but in story The Outsiders by S.E Hinton there are many charters that have harder lives than I can imagine. But 3 characters in this book had especially hard life's but the characters with the hardest life are Dallas Winston , Robert Shelton and Sodapop Curtis

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in the 1960’s while in poverty in the midst of gang fights? The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is a story is about a fourteen-year-old kid named Ponyboy who is in a gang called the greasers who get in a lot of trouble. They are always in fights with the greasers and they get in a lot of trouble and have to run away. The book takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ponyboy stands out in the story because he is the protagonist of the story and he is also a dynamic character. Ponyboy can be described as smart, scared, and brave.

In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Cherry Valance, a Soc or someone that is really rich,

Although the exact location is not specified, I can assume (after looking at Hinton’s FAQ and the online version of the book) that The Outsiders takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This was Hinton’s hometown and the site of her high school (as stated by herself). In addition, Tulsa is considered a “cowboy town”. And several of the characters like Dally and Sodapop had a profound love with horses (like Mickey). Dally was also into rodeos which could be shown in the following, “He got drunk, he rode in rodeos, lied, cheated, stole, rolled drunks, jumped small kids—he did everything. I didn't like him, but I had to respect him.” (Hinton 10). Dally also has a “rodeo partner” who was Buck Merrill. He was described as a “tall and lanky cowboy” (Hinton

In the novel, “The Outsiders”, the Soc and Greaser gangs play an important role to the lives of the gang members. Ponyboy, Darry, Sodapop, Two-Bit, Johnny, Dally, and Steve make up the Greaser gang and treat each other as family. Cherry, Bob, Marcia, and Randy are all a part of the Soc gang and have feelings toward one another. The Socs were the rich kids who lived on the West Side, and most looked for fights with the Greasers. On the other hand, the Greasers were poorer than the Socs and always had each other's back. The Greasers always thought that the Socs had it better than them, but it turns out that they have it just as rough as they did.

S.E. Hinton wrote, “ Dally raised the gun and I thought: You blasted fool.[...] He was jerked half around by the impact of the bullets, then slowly crumpled with a look of triumph on his face and was dead before he hit the ground.” In the book, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, Dallas Winston is a teenager who fights for what he wants until he gets his way. When something is taken away from him, he is beyond frightened and does not know how to handle his emotions. He then forms a plan to have the police kill him so he can be with the special someone who died later that day. If Dally had not killed himself, he would have lived a life of distress and regret.

In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, she shows us how real friends will always be by your side, and not leave you when you need them.

S.E. Hinton does a great job showing revealing acts through the church fire. Johnny, Ponyboy, and Dallas all risk their lives to save people, that alone shows that those three are very courageous and caring, despite being greasers. “I jerked loose and ran on. All I could think was: We started it. We started it. We started it!” (91). That thought shows that Ponyboy didn’t care about the fact that he could get killed, he just wanted to save the children. “First you and the black haired kid climbing in that window, and then the tough-looking kid going back in to save him.”(95). Dallas going back into the burning church to save Johnny shows how much he cares about him, and that risking his life is worth it. “Shut up! We’re goin’ to get you out!”

In the story The Outsiders, there is many life lessons that could help many people. Ranging from the people you hang out with, to people who need your help. You should always treat people how you want to be treated,even if that means giving something up. The main character, Ponyboy, experiences certain events in the story that makes you realize that these kind of conflicts are a reality. Ponyboy lives with his two brothers, Darry and Soda. Their parents died in a car crash. Ponyboy never realized how much his parents did for him. There is a “Gang” that Ponyboy is involved in called the Greasers. Their rival “Gang” is called the Socs. The Socs are kids that have a better upbringing and are more of rich kids. The Greasers are basically the opposite. The theme of this story is don’t take the things you have for granted.

This year, The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, is celebrating its 50th anniversary, yet the story and its themes remain as relevant today as they were in 1967. Set in 1965 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, The Outsiders is narrated by one of the main characters, Pony Boy Curtis, an orphaned teen being raised by his older brothers, Soda Pop and Darry. The three belong to the Greaser gang and are regarded by most as “hoods”, troublemakers, and punks. The reality, however, is that most of the Greasers come from less stable, working class families with lower incomes and fewer opportunities. Throughout the novel, the Greasers experience escalating conflict with a rival gang. This gang, the Socs, is made up of the more wealthy teen boys living on the “other