The Inescapable Truth In The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton

Bold actions are uncommon terms for extraordinary acts of courage and even heroism. People live their lives doing regular, routine things. They fear trying anything different, so they are unable to experience what a bold action can do for them or how such actions can make them feel. Others live fearlessly through their occupations, such as firefighters or policeman. These, are the type of people others can look up to. Exposing themselves can come with great risk, but also great rewards for themselves and even others. Therefore, I believe that bold actions can influence and benefit others positively and often even yourself.

In S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, two gangs clash and deal with their own personal conflicts. Told through the outlook of Ponyboy, a fourteen-year-old greaser, the novel is set in Tulsa, Oklahoma during the 1960s. This expository essay analyzes many characteristics of three gang members in the story. Dally, Steve, and Johnny are three characters that will be described in much detail on their characteristics.

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

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.

Have you ever wondered if money could solve your problems? Well, from my point of view, money can only do so much such as giving you items,etc. But, money for sure can not give you feelings/happiness. From my perspective, I see that even though the socs may be rich they have a lot more troubles and are more broken while someone else, might see since the greasers are poor or don't have a lot of money so that makes it harder for them. Furthermore, Socs have it tougher than greasers because, when the greasers have it tough they have their best friends to guide them through the pain while If the socs, rely on money they might get drugs or alcohol which will make things worse. Also, the greasers may not have money but

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.

Oprah Winfrey once said, “Where there is no struggle there is no strength.”This means that to be strong in life you have to go through struggle.The Outsiders is a novel written by S.E. Hinton, which is about two groups,the Greasers is the poor group that no one likes because they are hoodlums and the Socs are the wealthy group that doesn’t like Greasers.Both of these groups experience difficulties in their lives because of different purposes.The theme of the novel which is “Things are rough all over” means that both the Greasers and the Socs have different struggles but both of their struggles are really hard to handle in life.Several events from the story, as well as evidence from the article,”The

First and foremost, wealth is a huge part of the social class because it defines your status. It is also the main reason why Greasers and Socs are separated. Ponyboy thinks that money is the biggest cause of separation between the two groups, for example, “I'm not sure how you spell it, but is the abbreviation for Socials, the West Side rich kids. It's like the term greaser that's used to class all us boys on the East Side” This quote of Pony tells the readers that society today understands the separation of the world. The people who have money and the people who do not. He also understands that Greasers do not have wealth like the Greasers because as

“‘I killed him,’ he said slowly. ‘I killed that boy’” (Hinton 56). In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, they talk about a boy named Johnny that killed a boy, and the growth of a child named Ponyboy. Johhnny Cade has many names. To live on the rundown section of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the 1960’s you are not expected to be wealthy or to have an emotional attachment to things. That is what the Greaser’s were; they jumped, stole, and went to jail. People would never expect them to be educated or that somebody loves them. The Greasers were all there for each other, they loved one another like family. This boy, his family is the gang. From the backgrounds that Johnny grows up in, you can see why the names given to him. These titles are not just words. They explain who he is. Suspicious, damaged, and a hero are all labels to describe Johnny Cade.

The novel and film, The Outsiders by S. E Hinton, can be composed based on symbols, imagery, characters, and chronology. The Outsiders is a novel and a movie. The novel was written by Susan Eloise Hinton, in 1965, where it took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After the book was published the movie, The Outsiders was produced in 1983 directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The author has a great sense of imagery. Ponyboy the narrator of the story used much imagery in chapter one in the novel to bring his brother and friends who are also Greasers to life. Ponyboy 's big brother, Darry who "had eyes that are like two pieces of pale blue green ice" letting the reader know that Darry is the serious and determined person. In addition with "broad shoulders", "muscular" and "six two feet height", from the description, the reader can picture Darry as an athlete from the physical appearance. Ponyboy uses imagery on his second older brother Sodapop "His eyes are dark brown lively, dancing recklessly laughing eyes that can be gentle and sympathetic one moment and blazing with anger the next". The descriptions gave Sodapop an image that signified effervescent and a slight of anger but kind. Dally one of Ponyboy friends and a member of the Greasers, has eyes that are "blue, blazing ice, and cold let the reader know that Dallas heart if filled with rage".

This book showed the struggle between rich and poor. The two main groups of the story were the Socs and the greasers. The Socs are in the upper class while the greasers are the poor ones that dislike the Socs because they have more money, better cars, and act like they are better than the greasers. The Outsiders is a good story by S.E. Hinton that shows the struggles of growing up Hinton did a fine job with the character development, the plot, and the theme with a few flaws.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be in a huge rivalry between two sides? And always have to watch your back for the opposing side? In the book The Outsiders, a novel by S.E. Hinton, two groups are always rivaling the Socs and the Greasers which makes up the whole plot line. The Greasers are poor and live on the east side of the city and the Socs are the rich who live on the west side. But in the end which gang is at fault? They both cause trouble with each other but based off of soon to be proven information we claim the Socs to be at fault.

A popular idea in The Outsiders is that the amount of wealth one is born in determines how far that person will go in life. This is a common stereotype that has been broken before. There have been some greasers brave enough to steer away from the path that was already set for them. They have the choice of staying how society sees them or to break away from that life. In The Outsiders being wealthy does not determine how far someone will get in life because Darry made the right choices and can be successful later in life, Dally embraced the life and did not try to change, and Bob made bad choices and ended up ruining his life.

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Clever Title Here In the book, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, we learn about the life of many characters and their experiences, troubles, and different lifestyles. Every character has their own story to tell and unique traits. Which is why I chose the topic of characterization.