The Outsiders Quote Analysis

The Outsiders movie which was released on March 25, 1983, is a American drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola .It is a crime thriller and is adapted from a novel of the same name by S.E. Hinton .The Film was shot on location in Tulsa, Oklahoma and set in 1965 .The story of this movie revolves around the conflict between the two different social groups ,which is the rich and the poor. It is a class versus class conflict which gives rise to a physical conflict between the Greasers and the Socs .I feel there are physical fights throughout the story between the two groups due to enculturation. The native culture that is transmitted from one generation to another among the Greasers is the reason for their limitations.

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

Quotes “I really couldn't see what Socs would have to sweat about—good grades, good cars, good girls, madras and Mustangs and Corvairs—Man, I thought, if I had worries like that I'd consider myself lucky. I know better now.” Ponyboy was quite naïve in the beginning of the book. He thought the Socs had it all. However, he knew better than to jump to conclusions.

Later on in the story, Ponyboy, being a greaser met a couple of people from the upper social class, or the “Socs” as they call it in the story, prior to this incident Ponyboy had a mindset that Soc’s “were too cool to feel anything” but he then realizes that they do feel things by countering his claim “Randy was supposed to be too cool to feel anything, and yet there was pain in his eyes.” This is an example of style because the author uses this same style throughout the entire story, holding an informal tone. This fits the theme perfectly, proving that Ponyboy had once determined the fate of a Socs and didn't get to know him before he made that

During this argument, both groups, the Greasers and Socs, showed the main thing that really separates them. “‘You know what a Soc is?’ I said, my voice shaking with rage. ‘White trash with Mustangs and madras’” (55). The Mustangs and madras are what make the Socs different than the Greasers. Since a Greaser is saying that the Socs are pretty much the same as the Greasers, it really shows how the cars and shirts symbolize how a Soc is different than a Greaser. Prior to the statement by Ponyboy, a Soc said that Greasers are “White trash with long hair.” Both groups refer to each other as white trash, which shows how they are all the same type of people, but the things they have, such as hair, cars, and shirts, make them different. They are made different from the Greasers because they are able to have those nice cars and shirts. However, without those cars and shirts, they wouldn’t be different from the Greasers. They are symbolized by the cars and the shirts. That is what allows them to be themselves. If the cars and madras were taken away from them, then they wouldn’t have anything that would make them different from the Greasers. Without the things that mean the most to them, that they show pride for, and that make them feel like themselves, then they would all be the same and wouldn’t be separate from the

The Greasers felt like outsiders around the Socs because the Socs were the upper class. Socs were always in advanced classes so when Ponyboy (a greaser) was in biology class filled with Socs , he felt like an outsider. When Ponyboy had to dissect a warm and the razor wouldn’t cut, he took out a switchblade. The girl beside him was a Socs and she sad “They are right, you are a hood” (Doc B). So, when Ponyboy was in an advanced class filled with Socs and when

The theme of The Outsiders is that everyone can rise above what others expect from them. This is relevant throughout the book when Johnny and Ponyboy save the kids from the burning church, when Randy doesn't want to fight or hate the Greasers anymore, and when Johnny stands up for Cherry and Marcia.

In addition, Ponyboy exemplifies the theme of closing the gap between the rich (Socs) and the poor (greasers) in this quote, "Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.” (41) Ponyboy comes to the realization that him and Cherry were not so different after all since they saw the same sunsets. Nevertheless this quote brought two diverse worlds together, a rich Soc, and a poor greaser, to connect with each other and to realize that money does not have to set them apart from one another. Furthermore this quote also expresses the theme, ”You can't win, even if you whip us. You'll still be where you were before - at the bottom. And we'll still be the lucky ones with all the breaks. So it doesn't do any good, the fighting and the killing. It doesn't prove a thing. We'll forget it if you win, or if you don't. Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs.” (117) What Randy is trying to explain to Ponyboy is that fighting and killing will not solve anything. In spite of the greasers or Socs winning the rumble, the gap between the Socs and the greasers will still remain. In summary, Ponyboy sees that money does not have to set him and the Socs apart but has also come to the realization that the gap between social classes will still be prevalent throughout his

The main theme of The Outsiders is violence does not solve social conflict. In the beginning of the book Ponyboy thinks that violence is the solution to the Socs, but later through Johnny stabbing Bob, and finally making amends with Darry, Ponyboy figures out that you can’t solve social conflict with violence. This theme was relevant to the real world in Hinton’s time and still is today.

Randy confides in a Pony boy at a moment of raw self reflection stating, “I wouldn’t have. I would have let those kids burn to death” (123). Here in this moment of doubt it is evident that Randy is contemplating the goodness that exist inside of him, Pony boy’s heroism inevitably prompted Randy to seek his identity outside of his social role, and ponder his more ethical self and his own selflessness. Pony reflects on Johnny’s and his own heroism saying, “Greaser didn’t have anything to do with it. My buddy over there would have done it. Maybe you would have done the same thing, maybe a friend of yours wouldn’t have. It’s the individual. Pony boys statement reveals that real heroism is not a characteristic exclusive to either group; but rather an attribute of the pained and selfless. Through Randy’s genuine pain from losing Bob, Pony boy is able to look beyond the Soc facade and see that Randy too would have saved the

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.

We see this theme over and over in the novel one example being on page 21, "Dallas could talk awful dirty if he wanted to and I guess he wanted to then. I felt my ears get hot. Two-Bit or Steve or even Soda would have gone right along with him, just to see if they could embarrass the girls, but that kind of kicks just doesn't appeal to me. I sat there, struck dumb, and Johnny left hastily to get a Coke" (Hinton, 21). Here you see how not all the greasers are similar. Dally, Pony, and Johnny evidently don't share the same set of values, even though many privileged or higher class citizens might believe that all lower class or less privileged people are scumbags. Pony and Johnny both show their uneasiness with their actions proving that even lower class

The subsequent conflict is man vs man when Johnny kills Bob in self-defense. Johnny is with ponyboy at the park then a blue mustang is driving around the park, Johnny and Ponyboy don’t feel safe therefore they try to flee. Five Socs are walking towards them, they feel threaded so Johnny takes out a blade, but ponyboy does not have a weapon. They see Randy, Bob, and three other Socs, Bob said “Here’s the little greasers that picked up our girls. Hey, Greaser”. Bob also said that the greasers are “white trash with long hair”. They have comebacks back and forth until ponyboy tried to attack them “I ducked and tried to run for it, but the Soc caught my arm and twisted it behind my back, and shoved my face into the fountain. I fought,

Fracis Ford Coppola’s “The Outsiders” (1983) is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by E.Hinton published in 1967. There are many theories that can be found throughout the movie, victim precipitation theory, differential association theory, strain theory and labeling theory are the most prevalent. The story takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma and revolves around the story of a 14 year old Greaser named Ponyboy Curtis. The town is split into two conflicting adolescent groups, the Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers are of lower class standings with harsh upbringings, poor kids from the wrong side of town (north) and are considered delinquents. The Socs, are privileged kids living on the south side who have an easy life where everything

In a neighborhood of Greasers and Socs, Ponyboy Curtis is a part of a gang on the greaser side. This gang consists of Ponyboy, obviously, Johnny “Johnnycake” Cade, Darrel “Darry” Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, Keith “Two-Bit” Mathews, Dallas “Dally” Winston, and Steve Randle. Although they’re all bonded by their “grease,” Ponyboy does not completely fit in with the rest. “[Ponyboy] liked [his] books and clouds and sunsets.” (Hinton 66) Greasers are not known to use their heads or enjoy little details, but Ponyboy Curtis does. He