Stereotypes In 'The Outsider'

Does soceitical expectations and living conditions affect how people view someone? Ponyboy Curtis, Cherry, and Johnny are all people who are affected by soceitical expectations because people expect them to conform to what they think of similar people, since they do have similar living conditions. Ponyboy and Johnny are part of a social group called the Greasers, and since many others think of poor people as people who steal and are thugs who are parts of gangs, as Dally does, Ponyboy and Johnny are not. The Socs are the rich kids of the town, and most people expect them to be snobs who do not care about anything, but Cherry isn’t. Ponyboy, Johnny, and Cherry are Outsiders of their groups because they

With the title “The Outsiders,” S.E. Hinton is trying to say that everyone feels like an outsider in their own way, no matter what you see on the outsider. In using this title, Hinton is referring to many different characters, but for the most part she is talking about Ponyboy and how he feels. When the readers read this book, she wants them to remember that you’re not alone, and that everyone feels like an outsider in their own way at some point. Many characters in this book feel as though they are alone, when all of them are self conscious and afraid of

In the beginning of “The Outsiders”, Ponyboy only likes a few people but in the end, he realizes that he judged people unfairly. In the beginning, he only appreciated Johnny (the second youngest gang member), Soda (the middle child in his family) and Two-Bit (a wisecracking member of the gang). He dislikes Dallas (the most criminal of the gang) and Steve and thinks that his oldest brother, Darry, dislikes him. He also believes that all Socs are bad. His judgments are first brought into question when he meets Cherry Valence, a female Soc. Ponyboy, referring to her and her friend wrote, “It seemed funny to me that Socs -if these girls were any example - were just like us.” (37) Pony’s views on the Socs evolve again when he talks to Randy. After talking to Randy, Pony thinks, “Socs are just guys after all. Things are rough all over, but it was better that way. That way you could tell the other guy was human too." (118) By the end of the novel, Pony does not think all Socs are good because there are Socs like Bob, who jumped Johnny and Pony, but he realizes that people should be

The 1967 novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is about the social outcasts; the Greasers and their rivalry against the high class Socs. In the beginning of the book the characters values and attitudes are revealed to the reader through the point of view of Ponyboy. As the book progresses and the lives of the characters take a turn for the worse there is a significant impact on the characters resulting in an alteration of their values and attitudes. Ponyboy, Dally and Johnny experience these changes due to the death of Bob the Soc and the chain of events that follow.

When people hear Greaser they think of them as not being very smart. This stereotype may have come from how most Greasers have dropped out of school, but Ponyboy is still in school and doing well. Ponyboy has also proved time and time again the he is smart, for example, “I'm not like them. Nobody in our gang digs movies and books the way I do (Hinton 2)”, that quote from Ponyboy represents that he cares about literature. Greasers also do not have a lot of money, so they cannot get into colleges unlike the Socs. However, Ponyboy’s goal is to make it into college, he is a good writer, as shown in the book, and even if his grades do not get him into college, he could get a track scholarship. It could also be said that Greasers are not well read, because in that quote it says that the other Greasers do not like books. Ponyboy on the other hand, he loves to read, and another character, Johnny, has an insightful take on Gone With The Wind. It is very clear that generalizing

Do soceital expectations and living conditions affect how people view someone? Ponyboy Curtis, Cherry, and Johnny are all people who are affected by soceital expectations because people expect them to conform to what they think of similar people, since they do have similar living conditions. Ponyboy and Johnny are part of a social group called the Greasers, who are the poor people in the town, and since many others think of poor people as people who steal, are thugs, and are parts of gangs, as Dally does, Ponyboy and Johnny are not. The Socs are the rich kids of the town, and most people expect them to be snobs who do not care about anything, but Cherry is not. Ponyboy, Johnny, and Cherry are Outsiders

In the short novel The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, many 1960s stereotypes are used which separate the characters by where they live, how they dress, and how they act, but Hinton quickly gave characters who did not abide or fit these stereotypes. This showed that no matter your hair, dress, home, hobbies, or financial situation, everyone will always be different, but that doesn’t mean no two people cannot become friends. The stereotypes that follow you do not determine your personality or actions, only you.

To start, stereotypes are deceptive because people place others into cliques based on their appearances. People assume everyone in a clique are the same, even though their true personality may differ from that clique. The first example from The Outsiders in which somebody doesn’t fit in with the stereotype they are given is Ponyboy. Ponyboy doesn’t quite fit in with his clique, the greasers. After Ponyboy is jumped, Darry has a fight with Pony. Darry yells at Ponyboy to think on the streets and to stay alert. Darry is concerned about Ponyboy’s safety: ‘“You must think at school with all those good grades you bring home, and you’ve always got your nose in a book, but do you ever use your head for common sense?”’ (13). Meaning, Ponyboy isn’t like the greaser stereotype. Compared to all the other greasers, Pony is book smart and not street smart. The greasers are smart where it really matters like on the streets. They carry blades to defend themselves, travel as gangs, and know how to get themselves out of a dangerous situation, if they get stuck in one. Ponyboy, however, is book smart. He succeeds at an outstanding level at school and in his academics. Once he is on the street his intelligence doesn’t follow him. He doesn’t use his common sense and he can’t find his way out of dangerous situations. As a result of this Pony gets jumped by the Socs which

She realizes that Ponyboy is not like other Greasers such as Dally. This develops their friendship over the course of the novel because they have so much in common. Immediately after she encounters Dally, she says to Ponyboy “What’s a nice, smart kid like you running around with trash like that for?” (Hinton 23). Ponyboy is the exact opposite of how Greasers are supposed to appear.

The troublesome kid in the back, maybe the most mischievous yet everyone sensed more than what came to surface. Nine times out of ten, these are the people we least expect. The Outsiders proves the two teen rivals, the beat-down and misunderstood Greasers and the picket fence Socs. S.E Hinton’s, The Outsiders, proves that the Greasers aren’t the only victims.

He meets Cherry, a Soc, whom he gets along with quite well because, they understood each other when it came to the different social classes. Cherry told Ponyboy that the greasers “think the Socs have it made. The rich kids, the West-side Socs.” She informs Ponyboy that “it may come as a surprise” that Socs “have troubles” greasers have “never even heard of.” She looks at Ponyboy straight in the eye and tells him “things are rough all over.”(Page 31). Cherry is a broad-minded character, for she saw both sides of the social levels, moreover, understood the troubles Ponyboy and his gang had faced because of the Socs. She wants the rivalry to end, and wants to do whatever is required to balance the power between the Socs and greasers. Although the obstacles were different, because of her, Ponyboy, consequently, starts realizing that Socs face difficulties as well. At this point of the novel, Ponyboy had second thoughts on how he felt about the Socs. Sure, they were malicious, but that wasn’t the only part of them-they crossed hurdles just like everyone

Ponyboy no longer had a role-model. Ponyboy made many bad decision since he had no parents to discipline him. He looked up to his gang and was influenced by them (i.e he smokes since he saw they did too). Ponyboy has to rely on a lot of people. An example of Ponyboy relying on other people is when he goes to Dally after Bob’s death.

The Outsiders which is set in 1967 in a greaser neighborhood in Tulsa Oklahoma is a novel written by one protagonist who’s the main character, Ponyboy Curtis. On the other hand, The Breakfast Club set in 1985 in the Sherman High school library Chicago is a film with not one but five characters who tell the story of their lives as particular stereotypes.The Outsiders live in a world where the only places they can really feel that they fit in are the Drive in,The lot and the Park but with The breakfast club there stuck in a high school so really all they had was the Library the gym and the hallways.The Outsiders is mainly a male focused novel with only a few female characters, meanwhile The Breakfast club is both male and female focused. One

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

Little Pony Boy Curtis a greaser and his gang verse the Soc. In the story greasers are mistreated and pounded for not holding the same stature as the Soc. The Socs are the rich kids that can do things and not get touched. They have the “I do what I want and you can’t do anything about it” type money. Pony Boy lives with his two bother Darry and Soda Pop. He has friends named Dallas “Dally” Winston, Two-Bit, and Johnny.