The Outsiders Movie And Book Comparison Essay

The book and the movie of the Outsiders are two very different stories. The book has so much more detail then the movie. The movie is not the most detailed but it does get its point across. There are may similarities and also many differences between the two the book is by far more interesting and more detailed then the movie. I enjoyed the book a lot and the movies a lot but the movie was missing a lot.

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

The novel has more detail than the movie because in the novel it showed more of the characters backstories it doesnt talk about Ponyboy’s school or about Dally’s past life was like before he moved and how Johnny got beat up by the Soc while the movie skipped all of that. Another is that in the novel you can hear the character’s thoughts you could hear what Ponyboy was thinking throughout the whole story and because the novel was in first person and the movie was in third person so you couldn't really hear what the character was thinking in the movie.

When the socs and the greasers are going to have the big rumble in the book Darry asks if anyone wants to fight him but in the movie the person that he fight in both the book and movie says he will fight him. After the big rumble Dally and Ponyboy go to see Johnny who is almost dead and after he dies Ponyboy freaks out in the book and thinks he's not dead but in the movie it is only Dally. In the book Dally goes and robs a grocery store but in the movie he robs the gas station. When Dally leaves in the movie the guy shoots Dally and injures him but in the book he never had a gun. When Dally is shot by the police he is shot at the park in the movie but in the book he is shot in the street under the lamppost. There is so much more differences in the movie but it would be impossible to say them all so that is all of the differences i found from the book and

The 3 major differences that were seen are the shattering of the conch, the pilot’s presence, and Ralph’s attitude towards Piggy. Due to these major differences the novel left a greater impact on its readers than the movie on its viewers. Seeing the movie and as well reading the book, personally the book was a better. The book has a very different approach of that showed these 3 major differences to their full extent. Out of the two though, I would choose the book as more pleasant and

The book and the film were both simular, and yet different in many ways. An example would be, in the film, Ponyboy was walking to the drive-in and meeting Cherri and Marcia. Although in the book, Ponyboy began his journey by telling the readers about his experience about being jumped by the Socs and being threatened. The director probably had some options to pick from to leave out from the movie, and the director chosed this to leave out. Leaving out the part where Ponyboy was jumped was an effective move because without the experience Ponyboy was lost and helpless because he did not know what to do when he and Johnny got cornered in the park by Bob and other Socs.

Both novels contrast in the area of adult involvement. In “The Outsiders”, there is little to no parental involvement, adults are either dead or completely negligent of their children. The young boys

I preferred the book over the movie because I feel that the book introduced us more into the problems between the Socs and Greasers as well as the Greasers individual problems. I watched the PG-13 version of the movie and that one followed a lot of the key points of the book unlike the PG version. I really liked though that scene when dally snapped once Johnny died it showed the other side of Dallas Winston. In all it really did have good characteristic and it did kind of go along the book as well as it could. I do personally did like the PG-13 one much better it did a better explanation of things. In all Francis Ford Coppola did a really good job directing this movie and doing a lot of little things that didn’t need to put in like the gymnast

Differences (stick with at least four)- Ponyboy has a good relationship with sodapop and gets along better with darry but still has a very good relationship with his brother. In the beginning of the book, Pony gets jumped by some Socs, but he doesn’t get cut with a knife. In the movie, they cut him. In the movie when ponyboy is talking to cherry he says how the sun on the south side and she says”good how bout the north.” In the book it's written west and east. Also in the movie johnny never got his first beating from the soc in the book he does. In the book it gave more detail and information in the movie it starts like in mid way of the book.

The Outsiders is a book that has been read by many people. Most of the people have enjoyed the book, but not the movie or vise versa. The Outsiders was very good and had a great story behind it. The reasons why the book is better than the movie are the book gives more detail, people can let their imagination go wild, and the movie leaves out key elements that the book has.

Paragraph 2: The characters in the book and the movie have many similarities and differences. Even though Two-Bit was funny in the book he was hilarious in the movie. It was funny when Two-Bit teased the Soc’s about their outfits. Ponyboy is scared of the Soc’s because,one of the Soc’s had 3 rings in his hands and in the movie

The movie and the book of The Outsiders create similar pictures that are channeled through thoughts. The two, show and create the setting, the mood, and themes. Much of the storyline in the book can be seen in the movie, although the director had altered the story in the movie. The movie did not let the the watchers produce their own thoughts like the book did. The different formats of The Outsiders can either have more or less information. The 1983 movie strayed away from the book by not exploring further into the many themes that were presented in the novel. In addition to the differences, the movie cut many of the characters’ backstories and perspectives out of the script. In the book, Ponyboy Curtis had narrated, but in the movie it is in a third person perspective. The movie had added more dramatic scenes and language to change emotions up.The director and editor’s choices to make it interesting had caused the two versions to

Another big difference between the movie and the book is that the character are not as well-developed in the movie and they just seem like a bunch of boys. In the movie they do not show Johnny getting beaten up so badly and this is like the main event that like causes all the problems like Johnny killing Bob and them having to run from the police. If Johnny has not been beaten up all of this might have never happened. The church burning down and the death of Bob, Johnny, and Dally where all important key events that were similar to the book, All of this impacted the way I watched this movie, because the entire time I was comparing it to the book while watching. I would be like yes I have seen this before I know that Ponyboy was thinking at the time because it was written in the

The book and movie have many similarities, but they also have major differences . One of the differences in movie and the book is when a man gives Ponyboy a ride home . In the book a man gives Ponyboy a ride home when he sees pony walking home. Pony had

The most significant change from book to the film was the book was not going in depth on the character soda-Pop while in the movie They didn't mention anything about his inside life, and it adds more conflict and drama to the movie,They only mention Sandy a little bit so if they brought up her baby it wouldn't make much sense.  In the book Soda pop is a high-school Dropout who has a beautiful girlfriend named Sandy The turned out to be pregnant with someone else's baby and she does not love soda pop anymore, He also works at a gas station and is the Middle Brother of Darryl and Pony boy.   In the movie Soda pop is dating Sandy and she is the Middle Brother of Pony boy and Darryl who works at a gas station and work on cars. The most significant