Summary: The Outsiders

In the first chapter of the book, “The Outsiders – S.E. Hinton,” Ponyboy who is also the narrator kicks off the story with himself coming back from the movie theater. Ponyboy had just watched a Paul Newman movie, which after the movie ended, made him crave for the looks that Newman had. Although wanting his looks, Ponyboy observed that the greaser look of his own wasn’t that bad after all. Ponyboy was walking home alone from the movies, having this thought going on throughout his mind. Ponyboy’s that type of guy who prefers watching movies alone, but would always appreciate company when walking back home. He didn’t bother asking any of his two brothers, with which he lived with. Himself, being 14 years old, Sodapop being 16 years old, and Darry

Captivating,thought provoking and a classic. These words can all be used to describe Francis Ford Coppola's take on S.E Hinton's “The Outsiders”. Almost right away,you feel as if you can be inside the movie. The way that everything is put together is a nice blend and seems very realistic. The movie does justice to the book,yet downplays it.

One of the hardest things to do in life is to get over the loss of someone else's life. In “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton, Ponyboy and the rest of the gang experience the loss of close family and friends, and even enemies regularly. Weather that be through death or a simple goodbye. It can make being stuck in the past is a tremendous problem, especially when you're close to someone that passes away. Nevertheless the Greasers do an Unbelievably adequate job getting through the loss of people they are so close to, you would too if you had gone through it so many times. But some of the losses affect the gang more than others, and being stuck on the thought of someone leaves no room for growing.

Greasers and Socs may hate each other but without knowing it they share some of the same problems.In the outsideres there are two main groups.There are the Greasers and the Socs.Greasers are thought to be of the lower class or the hood,while Socs are the high class or rich kids.In the Outsiders novel by S.E. Hinton Greasers and Socs are different but face some of the same problems,for instance drinking problems,families issues and,Are constantly getting into rumbles.

The Outsiders was first published in 1967, it’s a book about Greasers which are a group of boys who some don’t have a good life at home, most of them don’t go to school, and they are a gang. Also, about the Socs who are rich kids that usually get what they want. They main characters are Ponyboy, Darry, Sodapop, tow-bit, Johnny, and Dally. Ponyboy, Darry, and Sodapop are all brothers that live alone because both of their parents died by a car crash. Two-bit is the oldest out of the gang and he is the wisecracker out of the group. Johnny always has a nervous look on his face because one time he got jumped by the Socs. Also, he always carries a switchblade with him ever since the Socs jumped him because he almost got beat to death. Dally was in

S.E Hinton wrote the novel The Outsiders in 1967. In this book people are categorized in two ways. There are socs which are rich kids that lived on the west side of town. The Socs were always getting drunk and looking for fights with greasers. Then there were the greasers which were poor, most of them didn’t go to school and they lived on the east side of town. Greasers were wild, but once you got to meet, they were actually nice, kind, caring people. In this novel the main character name is Ponyboy. Ponyboy is a greaser but he is not like the rest of the gang. Pony is in school and he is not as wild as the rest. Ponyboy has two older brothers Darry and Soda pop. Dally as the oldest so he had to take care of Soda pop and Ponyboy. He has to take care of pony and soda because there parents died when pony was twelve years old. Soda pop was the middle child he drop out of school and now worked in a gas station.

Many teens have been feeling left out and lonely. In the novel entitled The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton, she often mentions the differences between Socs and Greasers and the conflicts the happen. The few main reasons Socs and Greasers do not get along are because of money, personal problems, and the worries each of them have to deal with.

S.E Hinton’s novel The Outsiders was so successful, selling more than ten million copies, that there had to be a movie. The movie, The Outsiders, is about two Greaser, Ponyboy and Johnny, who got into a fight with a group of Socs. In self-defense, Johnny killed one of the Socs, so they ran away. They were aided by another greaser and their friend, Dallas Winston, who helped hide them from the cops. However, when the church they were hiding in got on fire, Johnny and Ponyboy run to save the kids who were stuck inside. Sadly, Johnny gets severely injured and dies. The same night, Dallas Winston gets shot by threatening the cops with a gun. The whole experience rattles Ponyboy, and when his English grades are failing, his teacher lets him

The Outsiders message is about “Nothing Gold Can Stay.” It explains that nothing good can go on forever and nothing young can last forever. It tells you about how and why we should enjoy what we have and keep and cherish everything we have to its maximum limit. Why shouldn’t we cherish what we have? Why do we need more? Why can't we be equally treated with same amount of things such as money and houses? That is the real question. We have that to this very day. In The Outsiders, their lives are exactly like this. They have their awesome rich people lives and the poor have unhappy lives. Some of each gang just want to be normal, the same, or similar at least. But their money splits them up. All because of a little extra

Ponyboy tells us that,“when you’re a gang you stick up for members. If you don’t stick up stick together, make like brothers, it isn’t a gang anymore,”(Hinton 26). This is what the greasers do for each other: they stick up for one another and build a supportive community. In the story, The Outsiders, by SE Hinton, the book is about Ponyboy and his gang taking care of each other because there gang is that they fight against the Socs. The characters and actions of this story create a supportive community Kindness and Loyalty.

Do you know Dallas Winston is? Well let me tell you he is not nice. Dallas is a clod, mean, and tough person from the gang in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Later on in the book a member of the gang, Johnny dies from saving kids from a burning church. Also because of his bad record and personality. This fills Dally with hate and rage. For this reason Dally goes to a store to a store and robes it. Meeting his gang in the lot the police pull up with guns. Dally also has a gun without ammunition to scare people,but when he pulls it out the cops shoot without hesitation. Why did Dally bluff the cops? Well there is three reasons. His bad record, his personality, and lastly the death of Johnny.

Do you believe that people should be given things, or that they should be taught what they need to do so they can get what they want themselves? Well, there’s a quote for you that asks this same question. The quote is “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” In My Opinion, I think that this quote means that you should teach people skills so they can be independent, not give them everything they need.

The book, The Outsiders, has many things that can be connected to the real life and also has lots of messages. The Outsiders is about a boy named Ponyboy in highschool thats parents died. He and his brothers join a gang because of they wanted a family. The book also implies that this is a common occurrence with greasers and their family’s.However the greasers are not the only people with problems, in the story The socs and greasers have many differences such as money problems and drug problems, however they still have similarities such as family issues.

The Outsiders is about the greasers how they are different than the soc’s. According to one soc greasers are white trash with long greasy hair, and Ponyboy replied soc’s are white trash with mustangs and madra shirts. Ponyboy and Johnny get fed up with everything and run away. They go to the park and as Johnny is trying to talk Ponyboy out of running away some soc’s come and try to drown Ponyboy in the fountain but Johnny gets his knife and kills someone. They immediately go to Dallas and he gives them a gun and some money and tells them where to go and what to do. They are in an abandoned church with not much to do for four and a half days till Dallas comes. Dallas tells them that there is going to be a big brawl between the soc’s and the

The Outsiders is a very good book and should remembered forever. This story is based during the mid 1900’s in a town divided by socs and greasers. The socs are the popular rich kids and greasers our the less popular poor kids. This book has many life lessons and kept me on the edge of my toes. The book the Outsiders is a book that shows how choices really effect a person, what a person looks like depends on how others treat them, and how everyone wants to be apart of something.