Summary Of The Novel 'The Outsiders' By S. E. Hinton

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

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.

In S.E Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, the main character Ponyboy and the rest of the greasers not only face conflicts with their rival gang: the Socs, but also against each other and even as society as a whole. These obstacles were created due the fact that people don't realize that everyone has problems, this is a theme that Ponyboy learns throughout this story. Just like in real life, some conflicts will never be resolved as they are beyond their control. Over the course of the novel some conflicts will be settled, while some will stay the same or even become worse.

After Dally’s death, Ponyboy reflects on all the events where Dally helped and supported him,“But I remember Dally pulling Johnny the the window of the burning church; Dally giving us his gun, although it could mean jail for him; Dally risking his life for us, trying to keep Johnny out of trouble.” (154). While looking back on his experiences, Ponyboy realizes that Dally cared so much about Johnny and the gang. He just wished that he had cherished Dally’s presence while he was

The world of fiction captivates Ponyboy, a clue that he is not as hard and realistic as those he surrounds himself with. Immersing himself in stories through movies and books appeals to him, but even Johnny doesn’t see the point in the temporary escape from life. Ponyboy longs for life outside being a greaser. Ponyboy wants to have a better life through things like college, marriage, and a steady job. Clearly, Ponyboy is an outsider in the

The Outsiders was written by S.E. Hinton. The book was written in 1967. The Outsiders take place during the 1960s. The book is about Ponyboy and his gang. They are greasers and going up against the Socs from the west side. The theme of The Outsiders is hardships can happen to anyone, no matter what kind of person they are.

Ponyboy has two brothers who live together when their parents died (Hinton 13). The oldest brother Darrell gave up college to work on roofs so that he will be able to take care of his brothers Ponyboy and Sodapop. Sodapop works at a gas station so he can also help his brother Darrell

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The Outsiders is a fictional novel written by S.E. Hinton. When Hinton was only fifteen years old, she started this book and continued until it was finished at sixteen years old. Although she is a young writer, she presents matured ideas and thoughts from the characters in her book. Ponyboy, the main character, is a fourteen year old boy living in a town that is dominated by two gangs: Socs and Greasers. The Socs are a group of west side rich kids who despise the Greasers, which is what Ponyboy is. Ponyboy’s rivalry with the Socs has gone on for awhile, until one night Ponyboy and Johnny were jumped. As one of the Socs, named Bob, stuck Ponyboy’s head into a fountain in an attempt to drown him, Johnny rescued Pony by stabbing Bob. The Socs

When they are reading the book they are talking about how the soldiers were gallant, and Johnny said that Dally reminded him like the soldiers. Which Ponyboy didn’t agree he thought that Soda was more like the soldiers. “Dally was so real he scared me,” (76), he thought this because he didn’t have understanding like Soda, he didn’t have Two-Bit’s humor, he was real which scared him sometimes. Also when the fire happens when Dally comes and takes Johnny and Ponyboy to Dairy Queen. When they get back to the church it’s all in flames.  Johnny and Ponyboy go up to the church to get the little kids out which they do, but that’s when Ponyboy gets cought on fire by helping little kids. Dally puts out the fire on Ponyboy’s back knowing that it will hurt himself, and Ponyboy is wondering whether Johnny is

In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the author creates a rant that reveals Ponyboy’s feelings about the life struggles of his fellow gang members as compared to the carefree lives of the Socs, their rivals. It reveals Ponyboy’s anger and allows the author to show that Ponyboy deeply cares for his fellow gang members and strongly despises the Socs. When Ponyboy and Johnny are at the movies, they meet Cherry and Marcia, and even though the girls are Socs, they engage in friendly and honest discussions about the lives of the two rival gangs. When Cherry asks Ponyboy what Darry, his brother, is like, he becomes angry and eventually redirects his indignation at the reality of their lives. He begins by repeatedly exclaiming, “It ain’t fair!” and follows it with a long mental list of specific problems that each fellow gang member has been experiencing (Hinton 38).

THE OUTSIDERS by S.E. Hinton The “Outsiders” is a fictional novel. This story is set in 1966 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The city is dirty, noisy, crowded, and full of danger. The ritzy art museums, concert halls, and theaters traditionally off-limits and the only sources of culture available to the poor boys or "greasers," are the rodeo and the movies and looking out for each other. Many of the greasers dream of the freedom of the country, where people are not labeled and discriminated against because of their appearance.

The novel The Outsiders is written by S.E. Hinton and is told through the perspective of fourteen-year-old Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy and his brothers Sodapop and Darry are members of a Greaser gang, meaning they are considered hoods or juvenile delinquents by society. Other than being financially and socially disadvantaged, the Greaser’s main problem is getting jumped by the Socials, the rich kids from the West Side of town. Essentially, the Socs, are what make the Greaser’s life a literal living hell because they fear for their life anytime they encounter the Socs. Johnny Cade, Dally Winston, Two-Bit Mathews, and Steve Randle are also members of the Greaser gang. They all stick up for one another and protect each other from the Socs.

Ponyboy was taught many things he never knew about his brothers. Some example of this is how Ponyboy truly learned that Darry loves him. Pony learned this from Darry crying after he saw Ponyboy because Darry never cried not even when there folks died. Another example is Soda, Soda taught Ponyboy that he was always stuck in the middle of him and Darry fighting, and that it needed to stop. Pony didn't just

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