The Outsiders Lessons

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.

On April 24, 1967, S.E. Hinton published the book The Outsiders. Then sixteen years later director Francis Ford Coppola’s movie version of The Outsiders was released on March 23, 1983. The book is about a young boy named Ponyboy who lives with his two older brothers because his parents were killed in a automobile accident. Ponyboy goes through a lot of tough times because he is a part of this group known as the Greasers. The Greasers are a group that are known for being from the poor side of town and the Socs are the rich kids on the other side of town. Throughout the entire book the two groups kept fighting and then something terrible happened that changed Ponyboy’s life forever. The movie and book have many differences

Have you ever felt like no one listened to you? That's how Ponyboy Curtis felt throughout the book, “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton. Pony is the youngest in his greaser gang and likes watching movies by himself. He lives with his two other brothers that take care of him after his parents died. He is 14 years old and is a good student in school. Because of Ponyboys gang's influences, Ponyboy's becomes a loyal, emotional and unruly greaser.

“The Outsiders”, by S.E. Hinton, is centered around Ponyboy’s path to maturity and the life lessons he learns along the way. The novel follows Ponyboy, a greaser, and his gang’s conflict with the Socials, a rival gang. In it, he learns to not judge people hastily and reject gang mentality. Ponyboy also loses his innocence. The following paragraphs will explore his growth throughout “The Outsiders”.

Ponyboy is a Greaser. “Greasers are almost like hoods; we steal things and drive old-souped up cars and hold up gas stations and have a gang fight once in a while. I don't mean I do things like that” (S.E Hinton 3) However, Ponyboy doesn't accept the Greaser life. He doesn't accept the poor lifestyle he lives in, and the mistreatment he receives. Ponyboy believes Greasers have “all the rough breaks” (S.E Hinton) Ranging from his parents deaths, to financial conditions, to the deaths of his friends life is unfair to Ponyboy. However, is life really that horrible for Greasers? Cherry Valence, a Soc cheerleader who befriends Ponyboy says otherwise. “Things are rough all over” (S.E Hinton 35) Cherry is making the point to Ponyboy that everyone, no matter the amount of money they have, has difficulties. It may not be the same type of problems, but everyone has some type of

The Outsiders is a wonderful novel to read in the classroom because of its conflicts with one another. During this novel, the Curtis brothers realize that they are the only family they have left, and they make the best out of that. Throughout this novel, Darry, Soda, and Pony have changed dramatically throughout this

The Outsiders is a young adult novel written by S.E. Hinton. The book was first published in 1967 by The Viking Press. Today, the book is published under Speak, an imprint of Penguin Group. The book has a total of a hundred and eighty pages. The Outsiders fits in the genre of young-adult fiction because it relates to teens on emotional levels. Like Ponyboy, the teen protagonist of the story, teens relate to his emotional growth as he tries to piece his life together. The story follows a rivalry in a socially divided community. The Greasers are a gang of teenage boys who live on the east side of town; the wrong side of town. Their rivals, the Socials, better known as the Socs; come from the wealthier side of town. The two groups are always head to head with one another, seeking a fight. Ponyboy belongs to the Greasers. He is the youngest out of the three brothers in his family. Apart from his brothers, Ponyboy hangs out with Johnny, Dallas, Two-Bit and others who are also Greasers. The rivalry between the two groups heightens when Johnny kills Bob, a Soc, in an attempt to save Ponyboy from drowning. In this book report, I will go through the meaning of this book and my opinion on the story itself.

The Outsiders is a book about two gangs who are continuously fight each other and are at war. This book has many lessons you can learn from it. Along with all these lessons are quotes and this one is the one I like the best.”16 years on the street you can learn a lot, but not the thing you want to learn.” this this quote applies to Dally, Darry, and Johnny.

The Outsiders, made in 1983, is based on the original book made in 1967, The Outsiders. The movie copied the same plot of the book heavily, as it still portrays the same main character, Ponyboy Curtis (played by Thomas C. Howell), a fourteen year old boy living with his two brothers. This one and a half hour film shows Ponyboy’s life as a greaser, as he experiences the positive and negative sides of his family life style, and questions the benefits of the greaser’s biggest enemy; the Socials.

“The Outsiders” is by far one of my favorite books of all time. I think it’s a great story that tells about how a fourteen-year-old boy overcomes many challenges and learns how to get through each of them individually. “The Outsiders” is a story about a boy named Ponyboy that lives with his two older brothers, and they have a group of friends, called the Greasers. One day Pony gets upset with his older brother, Darry, and goes to a park with his friend Johnny to calm down. At the park, a group of kids, called Socs, come and start drowning Pony. Johnny gets scared and doesn’t know what to do so he kills one of the Socs. Soon after, Pony and Johnny decide to run away so they wouldn’t have to deal with

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

At the age of 16, S. E. Hinton wrote The Outsiders, a fictional novel set in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1965, that exemplifies the truth of living outside of social acceptance. The story is told in the perspective of fourteen year old Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy is a greaser, along with his two older brothers and fellow gang members. Greaser, is a nickname for people classified in the lower class. Members of the upper communal populace, are labeled Socs, short for socials.

S.E. Hinton wrote the Outsiders. Hinton wrote about a 14-year-old boy name Ponyboy Curtis. Pony boy’s at the beginning of the book was a good kid, with good grades, and love to read. When the Soc’s tried to jump him and Jonny, everything changes. Then everything about Ponyboy changes; he is now on the run from cops for murder, Pony’s grades in school start to drop, and he’s best friend, Johnny, dies.

The Outsiders ends we learn that Ponyboy, the protagonist of the story is submitting it as a make-up work to his English teacher, Mr. Syme. Ergo, the book refers to itself as the result of an academic assignment. Ponyboy decides to hand this in to complete the assignment because he desperately wants to share the lessons he has learned through his experiences, which becomes the story of the novel. Ponyboy admits he wants to tell people about the reality of youths living in poor and rich conditions. As the story progress, a central lesson becomes definite for him by his dear friend Johnny, to “stay gold” which signifies remaining innocent and pure.