The Outsiders : The Characters Of The Outsiders

In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. HINTON the main character Ponyboy’s identity changes multiple times over the text. In the beginning of the story Ponyboy was introduced as a greaser, a greaser is someone who is usually poorer than the middle class and like to screw around and start gang fights and they are considered hoods as stated on pages 2-3, “We’re poorer than the Socs and the middle class. I reckon we’re wilder, too. Not like the Socs, who jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace almost like hoods.” this shows that even though the Socs are much more wild the greasers are still considered the bad crazy hood people. Ponyboy didn’t like being a greaser

Serious events can cause change in a person's life. S.E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders tells a story about a teenage boy, Ponyboy, that lives with his brothers, Darry and Sodapop. Pony and his gang are all poor Greasers so they are constantly mugged by the privileged Socs. Since the Socs and Greasers do not get along and are constantly fighting each other, the kids are almost always injured. In The Outsiders, Ponyboy learns a lot of important lessons because of the events that take place. Pony learns that all Socs are not mean, that Darry does love him, and that there is lots of good in the world. He learns many different things that help his life; however, the most valuable lesson is that all Socs are not rude.

Everyone is an outsiders in some type of way, and it can be that you just don’t fit in. That’s

First and foremost, Ponyboy Curtis is a fourteen-year-old boy, who is telling the story of the Outsiders. Therefore, in his point of view, the reader encounters the story. It's like seeing the story through his eyes. Ponyboy strikes the reader as a moderately honest and sharped-eye, as the narrator.

Ponyboy Curtis in the fourteen-year-old boy that explains the story in both the book and the movie, and also the youngest of the greasers. Ponyboy is very intelligent compared to the rest of the gang he is most defenatly the smartest to them all. Because his parents have died in a car accident, Ponyboy lives with his two brothers Darry and Sodapop in both the book and movie. Darry repeatedly accuses Ponyboy of lacking common sense in the book more so then in the movie, but Ponyboy is a much brighter then his brother takes him for. Throughout the novel, Ponyboy struggles with class division, violence, innocence, and familial love but in the movie they dont focus on his school as much. He matures over the course of the book and the movie both.

Ponyboy is the main character in The Outsiders. Hinton uses Ponyboy to prove her point that people can be different from the other people in their so-called group. For example Ponyboy’s category is greaser. They are the people who are poor, hard, cold, mean, hoods, have long greasy hair, and like fights. Even though Ponyboy is poor and has long greasy hair, he is actually also loyal, compassionate, and heroic. For instance in the story there is a

Although it is supportive, he still doesn’t fit in and he doesn’t act like the other gang members, he isn’t tough and scary like them, he is much more vulnerable. Ponyboy and Johnny are both similar in the sense that they aren’t like the rest. Towards the end of the book, Ponyboy threatens a bunch of Socs and Two-Bit warns him by telling him, “Ponyboy, listen, don’t get tough. You’re not like the rest of us and don’t try to be…(171)” This serves as the conclusion of Ponyboy’s quest. When he realizes that he doesn’t need to act like the other greasers and that he can just be himself. Two-Bit helps Ponyboy realize that although he is different he still belongs with his friends and family, and that he doesn’t need to act a certain way or think a certain way to be part of the community. Therefore, the biggest factor in influencing Ponyboy’s identity, is his quest to find where he belongs and throughout the book he finds the answer by realizing that

Ponyboy Curtis - The novel's fourteen-year-old narrator and protagonist, and the youngest of the greasers. Ponyboy's literary interests and academic accomplishments set him apart from the rest of his gang. Because his parents have died in a car accident, Ponyboy lives with his brothers Darry and Sodapop. Darry repeatedly accuses Ponyboy of lacking common sense, but Ponyboy is a reliable and observant narrator. Throughout the novel, Ponyboy struggles with class division, violence, innocence, and familial love. He matures over the course of the novel, eventually realizing the importance of strength in the face of class bias.

Ponyboy is caring because he is thoughtful. Towards the end of the story Ponyboy went to see Johnny while he was in the hospital. I think that Pony taking his time to visit Johnny while the brawl was about to happen showed Pony’s thoughtfulness. It is clear to see that Ponyboy cares about other people more than himself. He went to go visit Johnny in the hospital taking up his own time, Pony is being thoughtful. Maybe Johnny wanted someone to come visit because he felt lonely. Next, Pony showed his thoughtfulness when he risked his life to save the kids in the fire. On page 91 paragraph 8 Ponyboy said,”“I’ll get them don’t worry”I started for a dead charge for the church.” I think that this shows the reader that Ponyboy wants to put other people before himself and save the kids from the fire. Ponyboy is cleary thoughtful because he was willing to die to save other people's lives and he is willing to lose his own life. Ponyboy is caring because he was willing to spend his time doing stuff for other people and he is

Dally appears as intriguing to Ponyboy, and Pony likes to be inspired by him. However, he is not the best behaved one of them all; he has committed robberies and other various crimes.

There are a lot stereotypes about gang members that does not relate to Ponyboy in the Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. The definition of stereotypes is “a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing” (dictionary.com). Ponyboy is one of the kind in his gang that is very different he is very smart, not violent and he feels deeply. Stereotypes in general lead people down from what they believe or are from what people think they are. In these 3 paragraphs the stereotypes that people thought about him in a gang he is very smart, not violent and feels deeply.

Ponyboy’s parents died 8 months before the book. Ponyboy is dynamic. Johnny is Ponyboy’s best friend, he is smaller than the rest of the gang, but he has a slight build. Johnny has big, black eyes and a dark tanned face. His hair is jet black and it is heavily greased and combed to the side.

Ponyboy can be described as smart. This shows when he gets all A’s in school. On page 115 it says” I get put into A classes because I’m supposed to be smart.” It shows that he was very smart in school and got good grades. Another example of him being smart is when he has to write a five-page essay and he writes about something very important to him. On page 180 it says “I finally started writing about something important to me.” This means he wanted to write about his experiences to show about the conflict with the greasers and the Socs. As you can see Ponyboy is very smart.

but he is the farthest thing from that stereotype. Ponyboy is intelligent, feels deeply and is not a violent person and that does not fit the Greaser stereotype. Stereotyping is when you take a person and you compare them to a type of person. This is wrong because not all people are the same. People are unique.

Ponyboy no longer had a role-model. Ponyboy made many bad decision since he had no parents to discipline him. He looked up to his gang and was influenced by them (i.e he smokes since he saw they did too). Ponyboy has to rely on a lot of people. An example of Ponyboy relying on other people is when he goes to Dally after Bob’s death.