How can two people who are completely different share similarities? Dally and Johnny, two greasers from S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, have distinct differences as well as similarities. They are similar because they both know what it is like to have abusive and neglectful parents. Also, they both care about each other in similar ways. Dally and Johnny are completely different when it comes to the law. Dally is the least law abiding in the gang, where as Johnny is the most. Dally and Johnny are dissimilar
How can people with two different lifestyles be friends? Friends are people who you can depend on all the time. Also friends are people who stay by your side. In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Dally, and Johnny have similarities but share some differences. One significant similarity that Johnny and Dally have is that their gang is their family. For example, Dally has no other family. Ponyboy says, Now, there were three of us sitting in the waiting room waiting to hear how Dally and Johnny were” (100)
choice, killed him with a switch blade. The movie had quite a turn as it included different details. One of the major disappointments in the movie was when Darry pushed pony boy instead of hitting him as it claimed in the book. The book "The Outsiders" clearly stated that Pony boy had gotten in an argument with Darry after coming home late without letting anyone know where he was at Soda-pop later on jumped in trying to stick up for pony boy then Darry started yelling at Soda-pop telling him
Between the movie The Outsiders and the book The Outsiders, they are overwhelmingly similar but there are a couple significant differences. The main differences were found in the plot. They are primarily with the rising action, and the beginning of the story. In the book, the story began with Ponyboy at school, where in the movie, it began with Ponyboy writing in a composition book. In the movie, Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dallas chase a few little kids and eventually end up witnessing a fight. After
While Holling needs space from his “man” of a father, Ponyboy is desperate for his parents to stay with him. The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt and The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton are two books that take place in the year 1967. The Wednesday Wars focuses on a boy names Holling Hoodhood living in Long Island with his business family and school troubles. Holling’s father owns a business, Hoodhood and Associates, and will do anything for that business. As Holling learns his father admires his business
In S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, there are two rival gangs. One group, the Socials, reap the benefits of wealthy living and a good reputation. The other bunch, the Greasers, are looked down upon as bad, unruly, and unlawful. Even though the Greasers and Socials live on opposite sides of town, they have a variety of likenesses and differences. It may seem that the Greasers’ and Socials’ differences largely outnumber their similarities. However, taking a closer look reveals that they have quite a few
The two books The Outsiders and The Wednesday Wars are very similar and diverse in countless ways. The location, main characters, and influences help demonstrate these similarities and differences. In the book, The Wednesday Wars, Holling HoodHood lives in Long Island with what his father likes to think is the perfect family. He is a 13-year-old boy who goes to Camillo Junior High but with this time in history, during the Vietnam War, his life could change. For Ponyboy Curtis life is almost completely
important because it is acknowledging the fact we lie to ourselves all the time but the real question is do we believe it? Between the movie and the novel The Outsiders By S.E Hinton there is many similarities and differences and there is two recurring themes. There are many similarities in the book and the movie. One of the Similarities is the allusion “nothing gold can stay” This is significant because this is a poem that ponyboy remembered when he was in the church that was fitting at the
Have you ever noticed in “The Outsiders” the differences and the similarities between the Greasers and the Socials? Well I will be explaining and showing why the Socials and Greasers are different and why they are the same. I will also be giving evidence supporting Ponyboys thought that Greasers and Socials are the same. The Greasers and Socials in the novel “The Outsiders” are very different in some ways. One example of why the Greasers and the Socials are different is, the Greasers don’t have
An ‘outsider’ relates to a person who is ostracised, does not belong to a particular group and is unaccepted. Director-writer Amy Heckerling portrayed characters such as Tai/Cher as the ‘outsider’ of her film ‘Clueless’ in the same way, S.E Hinton manifest Ponyboy Curtis and the gang, Greasers as the outcast of her novel ‘The Outsiders’. The Outsiders is a successful exploration and understanding of people who are unlike. The Greasers were displayed as the ‘outsiders’ mainly Ponyboy Curtis of S