Themes In The Outsiders

When writing The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton built her story around several key themes that readers could identify. After reading this book, I'm confident I have found a few of them. Stick with your people and uniqueness conquers wealth were probably lesser themes Hinton included for us to become conscious of. There is a bigger theme though. I believe stand in the shoes of people who are different is the most worthy overall theme for this book, and is supported with three examples from the text. First, when Ponyboy undergoes a revelation while talking to Cherry, also when (example 2 here), and finally when (example 3 here).

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.

The main theme of 'The Outsiders' is that friends are your chosen family. In other words, the people in your inner circle along with your family, are the friends you choose to have there. This is present with many characters in the book, in fact, the only three 'Greasers' that did not seem to have their friends closer than their family were Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry. However, these three boys had many people in their lives who loved their friends more than their family, such as Johnny, who's dad beat him, and mom neglected him, and Dally who had no relation with his parents, then there is Darry, who loves his friends like family, and he is one of the only ones that knows what true family love feels like.

“The Outsiders” identifies the 60’s, illustrating the violence between groups, often involving a group’s social class. For instance, the violent tensions between the Socs and Greasers lead to Bob’s death, Johnny’s death, as well as many injuries throughout both gangs. The book “The Outsiders” is written by S.E. Hinton and is portrayed through the eyes of a high school student in Tulsa, OK where S.E. Hinton grew up. Hinton began writing “The Outsiders” in 1965 at the age of 17 and the book was finally published in 1967 when she was 19. The difference in perspective upon the society and social class creates issues throughout “The Outsiders” and since the Socs and Greasers assume the problems will be solved with violence, they take action.

The 1967 novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is about the social outcasts; the Greasers and their rivalry against the high class Socs. In the beginning of the book the characters values and attitudes are revealed to the reader through the point of view of Ponyboy. As the book progresses and the lives of the characters take a turn for the worse there is a significant impact on the characters resulting in an alteration of their values and attitudes. Ponyboy, Dally and Johnny experience these changes due to the death of Bob the Soc and the chain of events that follow.

This poem I wrote represents the thematic statement I chose; "Somethings are not what they seem. Sometimes there are more meaning to it. Sometimes there are hidden stories that create character". This poem uses an old book as a metaphor for humans. As books, especially old books, are one of those things that are commonly misinterpreted, just like people. In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hilton, there was a great example of misinterpretation. Ponyboy misinterpreted Dally's care and love for him to hatred and disgrace. "'He likes Soda - everyone likes Soda - but he can't stand me. I bet he wishes he could stick me in a home somewhere, and he'd do it, too, if Soda'd let him.' Two-Bit and Johnny were staring at me now. 'No...' Two-Bit said, dumbfounded, 'No, Ponyboy, that ain't right... You got it wrong...'"(Hilton 50) This quote shows how

Have you ever read a very hard hitting and the phenomenal story about rival gangs and the effect it has on the lives of the people and the society. In The Outsiders, is a story of 14-year-old Ponyboy Curtis and his two older brothers, Soda and Darry. The boys are orphans and struggle to stick together in their lower-class neighborhood, known as the East Side. They and their friends are part of a gang of tough street boys called the Greasers. Even though other people might think you're unimportant and below them. You will always have your friends and family. In The Outsiders, we see the idea of the difference in the society based on the economic level of the characters, honor among the lawless and violence among the youth.

Sammy Davis Jr. once said “You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fears”. This means you can chose to be scared and back off, or commit to face your fears without worrying about what the consequences or the result will be when you make this choice. This relates to the choices made in The Outsiders, because Johnny faces his fears face on, not backing off and instead, committing. He does this to save the ones who he most cares about the most. Correspondingly, the theme of The Outsiders is that committing and making choices that you may not like, may have a beneficial, long-term effect on the people around you.

The Outsiders is a novel written by Susan Eloise Hinton, also known as S.E Hinton. The setting of the story takes place in the 1960s. The Outsiders is written in first person view, by Ponyboy Curtis. The story revolves around the greasers and Socs. The Socs are the west side rich kids, they wrecked houses and “threw beer blasts for kicks”. While the Greasers were the east side kids, they “drove old souped-up cars, held up gas stations and had gang fights once in a while.” One of the conflicts the characters face is man vs man, which is because the greasers and Socs don’t get along, this is because they feel superior to each other. They both had different ways of lives, they did different things for fun, and they did not understand each other. This conflict was later resolved towards the end of the story when Ponyboy speaks to Randy about no longer fighting after Bob’s death.

In order to make a fantastic book every author tries to include many plots. With each plot it strengthens the character and adds many key moments. It also adds a storyline to the character and how they face the plot. In the novel the Outsiders there are many forms and examples of plot. The novel written by S.E Hinton takes place where there are many fights and obstacles that the characters have to face along the way.

Is violence always the answer in a bad situation? Although the characters in The Outsiders are surrounded by violence and abuse they believe that fair fights aren’t really violent because it is just a part of growing up on the East Side. Through this analysis, it will be shown that Johnny is always surrounded by violence but also his gang. It will also be shown that nothing stops him from being himself especially when life gets hard for him and he has no one to come to.

The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, is appropriate for mature high school students because it depicts the amount of violence in the author’s environment. This book also contains hard subjects to grasp onto, such as neglection, survivability, and gang violence, but has enlightening topics such as family ties, and brotherly love.

The Outsiders message is about “Nothing Gold Can Stay.” It explains that nothing good can go on forever and nothing young can last forever. It tells you about how and why we should enjoy what we have and keep and cherish everything we have to its maximum limit. Why shouldn’t we cherish what we have? Why do we need more? Why can't we be equally treated with same amount of things such as money and houses? That is the real question. We have that to this very day. In The Outsiders, their lives are exactly like this. They have their awesome rich people lives and the poor have unhappy lives. Some of each gang just want to be normal, the same, or similar at least. But their money splits them up. All because of a little extra

A month or so after my junior year of high school started, there was this new kid named Curtis. He was african american so I automatically thought that he was not nice. After like a week or so after he got here I started talking to him. And it turned out that he was really nice. I still talk to him all the time to this day.

I chose to write about the challenged book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Susan Eloise Hinton began writing this book when she was 15 years old and had it completed and published by the time she was 18 years old. The Outsiders was published in 1967 and followed the two rival gangs (The Greasers and the Socs) in the town of Tulsa, Oklahoma. During the 1960’s there were many social changes that divided many and ended in violence (Hinton 2). The publishers chose to publish the book using her initials to make The Outsiders more appealing to their male readers. When The Outsiders was published it was a very controversial book, and I believe it still is. S.E. Hinton wrote this book because she “mad about the social situation” that was going on in her very own high school, “where everyone got into their little groups and wouldn’t make friends outside it” (Salem). She witnessed a fight in her own school which triggered her to sit down and write a few pages a day as a way to deal and cope with her feelings towards these ongoing social issues and for people to have more compassion for the lower class teens such as the “Greasers” (Hinton). In 1986 South Milwaukee, Wisconsin challenged The Outsiders because they felt that the alcohol, drug abuse, and characters from broken homes. The book has been challenged by many different schools, libraries, and church groups. A school