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The Outsiders Movie And Book Comparison Essay

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Many famous books have been transformed into Hollywood movies. However, since books are often containing much more information than a movie can handle, there is usually a lot left out in the movie version. The Outsiders is a famous American novel that has been transformed into a movie. However, there are many differences between the book and the movie. The book has more depth and character development in all of the characters, while the movie is missing these aspects and creates an inferior product when compared to the book. First of all, the movie seems to have less characters development compared to the book. Both of the works started with Ponyboy getting out of the movie and walking towards his home. In the book, Ponyboy starts to explain his family and gave a lot of descriptions about Darry and Sodapop. However, the movie skipped the whole description and changes the scene to Ponyboy getting jumped by the Socs. It made the readers get confused because the character started to appear …show more content…

Both of the works contained choice for the characters to make and they all choose their own choice. Teenager year is the time where it is hard to make decisions and both of the works represented the choices by using Ponyboy and Johnny. For example, after the murder, Ponyboy and Johnny both made the decision to get help from Dally and run away. It was their decisions to make; furthermore, they had the choice of running away or to tell the truth. In addition, setting was different compared to the book and the movie. In the book the setting took place in the southwest; despite that, the movie’s setting took a place at in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Also, it changed the conflict from the East Side versus the West side to the North side versus the South side. This change made the readers very

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