The Outsider Book Report

The entire book is about Ponyboy against other greasers and Socs. The terms greaser and Soc are used for the kids who live on the east and west side. “Ponyboy . . . I mean . . . if I see you in the hall at school or someplace and don’t say hi, well, it’s not personal or anything, but . .(Hilton 45).” Cherry didn’t want to say hi to Ponyboy if she saw him because she is a Soc and he is a greaser. In fact none of the greasers or Socs said hi to each other. Society played a large role in this book by separating the Socs and the greasers.

Sherry Valance, a 16 year-old Soc, who goes by the name Cherry, influenced Ponyboy not just a little, but caused him to ponder about the meaning behind all the rivalry between the Socs and the Greasers. Hate between the Socs, the rich kids of the west side, and the Greasers, the poor kids from the east side, has always existed. Beforehand, Ponyboy greatly disliked the Socs, for they continually jumped and attacked Greasers. He always regarded them as an enemy. However, that one night when Ponyboy Curtis clashed with Sherry Valance, she demonstrated that not all Socs were malevolent and self-centered. While conversing with Cherry, Ponyboy felt her empathy and understanding and softened towards her. She talked about her boyfriend, Bob, and how he

Fourth, the Socs were responsible for the rumble. The greasers were tired of the Socs fighting for no reason. The greasers just wanted to put an end to the trouble, once and for all. “ Darry turned to see who it was and Paul swung hard right to his jaw.”(Pg 143/ The Outsiders/ Hinton). This quote shows that the Socs swung first therefore they started the rumble, not he greasers. “ ‘We gotta win that fight tonight,’ Dally said. His voice was hard. ‘ We gotta get even with the Socs. For Johnny.’”(Pg 107/ The Outsiders/ Hinton). This quote shows

And after these events, a whole bunch of different things can be said about the Greasers. For example the old church that Johnny and Pony are hiding out in burns down and they go back inside and save some kids that are trapped and probably going to die. A teacher that was at the picnic with the kids that day rode with Pony to the hospital after he had been in the building when it collapsed asked him something about Johnny and Pony. He said, “ Are you two professional heroes or somthin’?”(84). To me, this is funny, and kinda cool , considering they’re just some nothing Greasers around where they’re from. After Pony tells him they are Greasers the man says, “Are you kidding me?”(84). Which I find funny.His reaction is just different because he finds out they’re Greasers and he probably wondered why them, of all people, would risk their lives for some little kids. So in the middle of the book there are mostly good things, except for Johnny’s hospitalization. By the end though, that’s when things take a

An outsider is defined as “a person who does not belong to a particular group.” In the book, The Outsiders, many of the characters can be described as being an outcast from the social society. Ponyboy, Johnny, and Cherry are outsiders in this novel because none of them really fit into the groups that they’re “supposed” to be in.

In the book the Outsiders, Ponyboy faces many conflicts, some had carried more significance than others. The author of this novel is S.E. Hinton. The main characters of this novel are Ponyboy Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, and Darrel Curtis (Darry). The Outsiders is novel about the wars between the two social classes formally known as Socs (The higher class/richer people) and the Greasers (The lower class/poorer blue collar workers.) This novel however is told from the perspective of the Greasers, more specifically a young boy at the bottom of a small gang or family of greasers. In the novel The Outsiders the character Ponyboy experience multiple conflicts with his family, his friends, and the law.

Ponyboy Curtis - The novel's fourteen-year-old narrator and protagonist, and the youngest of the greasers. Ponyboy's literary interests and academic accomplishments set him apart from the rest of his gang. Because his parents have died in a car accident, Ponyboy lives with his brothers Darry and Sodapop. Darry repeatedly accuses Ponyboy of lacking common sense, but Ponyboy is a reliable and observant narrator. Throughout the novel, Ponyboy struggles with class division, violence, innocence, and familial love. He matures over the course of the novel, eventually realizing the importance of strength in the face of class bias.

The socs and the greasers shares a sense of hatred against each other, they fight with each other both verbally and physically. One of the instances that shows their conflict externally was the 'Saturday Night Rumble'. The two gangs " moved in a circle under the light, counter-clockwise, eyeing

Last but not least, Ponyboy faces the society’s impression of the greasers. Everybody thinks that they are hoods and that nothing good can come out of them. The greasers are judged strongly because of their economic status and face judgment from everyone. Nobody cares to understand their life and what experience on a daily basis. He also finds out when he was in Windrixville, that people don’t judge them like they do in their city. The whole conflict of the story is the Greasers and the Socs. The characters in the story have gone about their own ways to at least try to fix the problem. Many chose fighting and violence in general, but Ponyboy choose to write a book for a writing assignment. He discovers that there is no difference between them

IV. Conflicts/Theme- Ponyboy, one of the greasers, realizes that appearance is the main reason the greasers get in trouble with society and the socs don't. Regardless of who wins the conflicts between the two groups, society will still see the greasers as bad because of the way they look. Also a conflict is when johnny killed the soc because of self defence then when dally dies at the very end of the movie and book.

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

How many problems could a greaser in the 1960’s gone through, and how bad could they have been “ The Outsiders”? The author S.E. Hinton had a very strong connection with this book because she wrote at the age of 15 and was there in the middle of the conflict with the greasers and Socs. She also based the characters in the book off of real people.The name of this book is The Outsiders and was written by S.E. Hinton.The main characters in this book are Ponyboy Johnny and Dally and also includes the rest of the gang. The Outsiders is a book about two boys who are a part of a greaser gang. They get jumped by Socs Johnny kills one of them runs away and ends up dying but Pony end up having a better life.In the book The Outsiders Ponyboy runs into some problems with the law, his friends, and family. Even Though he goes through these things, the novel shows how problems can make you stronger.

At the beginning, the movie shows Ponyboy writing The Outsiders. Dally’s character is emotional, but cruel at the same time. Dally and the gang start a fight at the start (Coppola, The Outsiders). Ponyboy goes to the movies with Dally, Johnny, and the gang. Consequently, some gang members look for Dally at the movie theater. In their mustangs, Cherry's boyfriend and his friends notice the greasers with her the first time they drive by (Coppola, The Outsiders). Pony has a nightmare of his parents’ death. Darry throws Ponyboy because Ponyboy accidently falls asleep outside without a coat. At the old church, Pony and Johnny try to catch a rabbit (Coppola, The Outsiders). At the rumble, when the first punch is thrown it starts pouring outside and the raging fire continues to burn. Dally is afraid when a little girl asks for fifteen cents from him. Before the rumble, Randy and Ponyboy have a chat about the different problems Socs. and Greasers face in society (Coppola, The Outsiders). To start off the rumble, a Soc. punches Pony. From Dally’s perspective, he is shot at by a store

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

Them grease monkeys really make me angry! Hi I’m a Soc named Guy, Guy Young, and there are two different groups The Greasers and The Socs. The Greasers are a bunch of dumb slobs. They smell greasy and trust me, do not put them beside a deep firer because they would burn up. The Soc's are high class people. We always get the girl. We smell amazing and everybody loves us. The point is we are going to beat the grease out of them at the rumble. They will not know what hit them. The reason we are having the rumble because we want to prove we are the toughest guys around. They even killed my best friend , Bob. We always used to play. He helped me with getting my first girlfriend. I miss him a lot, but tomorrow is the rumble and I am ready!