The Behavior Of Children In The Outsiders

In The Outsiders, a book written by S.E. Hinton, there are two polar opposite gangs, the socs and the greasers. The socs, who are high class, have mustangs and “tuff” cars and wear plaid clothing called madras. The Greasers, who are lower class, are known for their long and greasy hair, wearing leather jackets and being hoods. They only have each other and always have everyone’s back. No matter the situation like leaving a door open in case they need to run away from home because of an abusive dad , they can count on one another. Ponyboy, a 14 year old Greaser, who is also the protagonist, along with other characters lose themselves while trying to be someone else they’re not. Hinton teaches us that it is important to remember that individual

The theme of innocence makes The Outsiders relatable because it is a powerful message in today’s society. Right before Johnny dies he says to Ponyboy, “‘Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold…(Hinton 148).’” By saying this Johnny is trying to tell Ponyboy to hold on to his innocence for as long as he can. At the beginning of the book when Johnny killed Cherry’s ex boyfriend Bob, Johnny had lost his innocence. When Johnny realized how much he wished he could have his innocence back he made sure to warn Ponyboy to hold on to his innocence for as long as he could. Johnny knew that once you lost your innocence you can never get it back. He wanted to make sure that Ponyboy lived a good life because he knew that he didn’t have much time left to

The novel The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton is an obvious example of the struggles of coping with life and maturity. The novel is mainly about two small groups (the socials and the greasers) and the physical and emotional battles between them. The book follows Ponyboy and his small gang which consists of 7 boys; Sodapop and Darrel, Ponyboy's brothers, Johnny, Ponyboy's best friend, Dallas, the worst member of the gang (worst in the sense that he breaks law for fun and gets into the most trouble), Keith/ Two-Bit, the joker of the group, and Steve, Sodapops longtime best friend. Certain members of this gang are showing obvious signs that maturing is difficult, such as Ponyboy acting tough around people but in his thoughts and small indications we can see he is not the same Pony. Another obvious sign is that the entire Curtis family (Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darrel) seems to act older and more mature than really are. The most prominent form of Pony specifically is that he is completely different at the beginning then he is at the end of the book.

Have you ever read a very hard hitting and the phenomenal story about rival gangs and the effect it has on the lives of the people and the society. In The Outsiders, is a story of 14-year-old Ponyboy Curtis and his two older brothers, Soda and Darry. The boys are orphans and struggle to stick together in their lower-class neighborhood, known as the East Side. They and their friends are part of a gang of tough street boys called the Greasers. Even though other people might think you're unimportant and below them. You will always have your friends and family. In The Outsiders, we see the idea of the difference in the society based on the economic level of the characters, honor among the lawless and violence among the youth.

In the article “The Shortening Leash”, which publishes in slate.com, Jessica Grose and Hanna Rosin describe the children today have much less freedom in the childhood than their parents and the possible reason why this happens. According to board surveys for asking about what parents did in their childhood and what they allow their own kids to do now indicate that childhood criterions have changed violently over a generation.

Some of The Outsiders had to take care of themselves since they were orphans. Their parents had died when they were at a young age of accidents or don't care about them because of hate. Parents from then didn’t like their kids as much and would hurt them but know parents spoil their kids and parents love their kids a lot. They had to take care of themselves, for example making their own food, cleaning the house, and much more. The Outsiders eat and sleep everyday because you need for to have the-the energy to move and work. Also, you need sleep everyday because you need to grow and to get more energy to do things. In the evening of their daily lives, they meet up with other gangs to have a rumble. That means they fight other gangs almost everyday to see who is better. Everybody has to eat and sleep to live a long and healthy life. Also, they hang out with their friends, smoke some cigarettes, talk about what they have done that day and go to the park or around their neighborhood. They had everyday problems such as family problems and friend problems. For example, they always get into fights with the Socs and they have to physically hurt them to solve the problems. Also, Johnny in the hospital about to die was also a very big problem with the Greasers because it was one of their best friends and he was going to die. Another example is when Ponyboy’s parents died because of a car accident it was really hard for Ponyboy and his brothers because they needed to learn how to take care of themselves without help. This is how their daily life went, sometimes very rough and sometimes

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.

The book, and the movie, “the Outsiders” is about a conflict between greasers and socs. Up until the point where Johnny kills a soc, there are mostly only small fights and arguments between the two. The story “the Outsiders” takes place in the 1960’s, when there were two main lifestyles. Greasers and Socs. Greasers are known for greasing their hair. Socs are rich kids who have good clothes, drive mustangs, and always have an argument against the greasers. The main character in S. E. Hinton’s book “the Outsiders” is Ponyboy Curtis. He has two older brothers Darry and Soda. Pony is 14 years old and his best friend, Johnny, is 16 years old. S. E. Hinton wrote “the Outsiders” when she was 17 years old. Her book was published in 1967. The

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.

The character that I had chosen to analyze was Ponyboy Curtis in the movie, The Outsiders (Coppola, 1983). I chose this character because the movie revealed how Ponyboy got to where he is mentally and everything that had occurred to get him to that point. I will analyze the adolescent phase of Ponyboy’s life. The theme of The Outsiders is how love can affect the relationships of close friends. The theories and theorists that support my analysis are Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial theory, Albert Bandura’s Observational Learning, Lev Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Perspective and Urie Bronfenbrenner’s Systems theory: Microsystem (Sigelman, 2015). From those theories and theorists the following points will be analyzed: identity, peer pressure, self-worth, and dependence.

Fracis Ford Coppola’s “The Outsiders” (1983) is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by E.Hinton published in 1967. There are many theories that can be found throughout the movie, victim precipitation theory, differential association theory, strain theory and labeling theory are the most prevalent. The story takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma and revolves around the story of a 14 year old Greaser named Ponyboy Curtis. The town is split into two conflicting adolescent groups, the Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers are of lower class standings with harsh upbringings, poor kids from the wrong side of town (north) and are considered delinquents. The Socs, are privileged kids living on the south side who have an easy life where everything

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.

The differences between adolescence and adolescent experiences are portrayed in the film The Outsiders (1983), by Francis Ford Coppola and Clueless (1995), by Amy Heckerling. Coppola uses visual and verbal techniques such as music, camera angles and sounds to show the friendship between Johnny and Ponyboy and also depicts the meaning of adolescence.

In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton, we are introduced to Ponyboy Curtis, a greaser, who is sensitive and appreciates sunsets. As a greaser you must be tough and you will not get hurt. Characters are separated into two different groups called Greasers and Socials. The Greasers live on the East side of Tulsa, Oklahoma and the Socials on the West side. Characters from the book are all very different in the ways they handle certain situations or feel certain ways. Ponyboy’s literary interests and academic accomplishments set him apart from the rest of the gang he would make a trustworthy and admirable best friend. Dallas Winston Bob Sheldon is the rich kid who never had to work for anything and always liked to pick fights.

There are many social groups however some people don’t fit in, they are the “outsiders”. The story The Outsiders takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1960s. This story is about social gangs which are greasers and socs. These two social groups are both separated by money, the socs are the rich people and the greasers are the poor thugs.