Tyranny In The Outsiders

The title of the story is The Outsiders. S.E. Hinton wrote it. Dell Publishing published the book. The main characters include Ponyboy, Darry, Soadapop, Dally Winston, Johnny, Cherry, Two-Bit, and Marcia.

The Outsiders display how adversity can help people find the real meaning of actions. Ponyboy thinks that Darry doesn’t care about him and believes he’s too strict as said in this passage “Me and Darry just don't dig each other. I could never please him… He never hollered at Sodapop, even when Soda dropped out of school or got tickets for speeding.

On April 24, 1967, S.E. Hinton published the book The Outsiders. Then sixteen years later director Francis Ford Coppola’s movie version of The Outsiders was released on March 23, 1983. The book is about a young boy named Ponyboy who lives with his two older brothers because his parents were killed in a automobile accident. Ponyboy goes through a lot of tough times because he is a part of this group known as the Greasers. The Greasers are a group that are known for being from the poor side of town and the Socs are the rich kids on the other side of town. Throughout the entire book the two groups kept fighting and then something terrible happened that changed Ponyboy’s life forever. The movie and book have many differences

“The Outsiders”, by S.E. Hinton, is centered around Ponyboy’s path to maturity and the life lessons he learns along the way. The novel follows Ponyboy, a greaser, and his gang’s conflict with the Socials, a rival gang. In it, he learns to not judge people hastily and reject gang mentality. Ponyboy also loses his innocence. The following paragraphs will explore his growth throughout “The Outsiders”.

Have you ever wonder how to keep kids out of gangs? S.E Hinton is the author of The Outsiders a heroic story of friendship and belonging. The story is about a 14 year old boy named Ponyboy- a 14-year old boy who lives with his brothers. He has many problems that he has to face, but One of the most important and problems that he has to face is the socs a vicious gang and for fun they beat up greasers like ponyboy. Friends and family are the best things you can have in life shows, though many of the characters.

First, when Darry slapped Pony, he felt so sad and worthless because he felt like Darry didn’t want him at home anymore. Darry and Pony don’t get along to well in the beginning of the book, but throughout their conflicts, they learn that they love each other very much. Another example is when Pony gets a letter from Soda when he was running away. Soda said that they miss Johnny and Pony very much and wish they would come home. Pony gets very emotional and sad because he misses them so much. Pony and Soda realize that they need each other. They love each other and couldn’t imagine life without them. Pony tells Johnny that they need to go home and turn themselves in for killing a Bob. Pony and Johnny did not want to do this, but it was the right thing. On the other hand, when Darry and Soda were protecting Pony from the fight with the Soc’s he knows that they will never hurt or fight with one another again.

“The Outsiders” is by far one of my favorite books of all time. I think it’s a great story that tells about how a fourteen-year-old boy overcomes many challenges and learns how to get through each of them individually. “The Outsiders” is a story about a boy named Ponyboy that lives with his two older brothers, and they have a group of friends, called the Greasers. One day Pony gets upset with his older brother, Darry, and goes to a park with his friend Johnny to calm down. At the park, a group of kids, called Socs, come and start drowning Pony. Johnny gets scared and doesn’t know what to do so he kills one of the Socs. Soon after, Pony and Johnny decide to run away so they wouldn’t have to deal with

S.E. Hinton wrote books like The Outsiders; That was then, this is now; Taming the star runner; and Hawkes Harbor. In the Outsiders, Hinton introduces his character, Ponyboy, as a greaser (Pg.1). Ponyboy had difficulties and no parents. Although, he lived with his two brothers, Darry and Sodapop Curtis ( Pg.2). Ponyboy has feuds with

At the beginning of the book, Ponyboy is in intelligent, young teen, but he lacks the perspective to understand the environment around him. He can only see his side of the story and fails to understand why others act the way they do. The first example of this is his oldest brother Darry. He thinks Darry hates him because he is always giving Ponyboy a hard time about his lack of common sense, his grades,...

The Outsiders is an action filled novel by S.E. Hinton. The story tells the tragic, beautiful, and confusing life of a greaser named Ponyboy. Ponyboy learns that stereotyping can really hurt people feelings, ruin relationships and can even be deadly. For example Ponyboy’s friend Dally dies because of stereotyping, stereotyping also might have caused Ponyboy to never meet someone who would eventually become a good friend, and Ponyboy could have died because of stereotyping.

The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is an inspiring and well written novel written by an for teens. In chapters 1-8 we learn about the courageous and brave characters such as, Ponyboy who is a small built 14 year old greaser, Johnny who is described as a small black puppy who has been kicked too many times as well as Sodapop, Darry, Dally, Steve, and last but not least Two-Bit a controversial boy who can never not say his opinion. In the course of a week Johnny and Pony seem to find themselves in a heap of trouble. Everything was as normal, socs hate the greasers visa-versa, admiring each others girls, and getting into small riffs until one day when they pushed each other over the deep end. Johnny took out his shiny switchblade and viciously stabbed

“Gee,’ Johnny said softly, ‘I thought you and Darry and Soda got along real well…’” (Hinton,p.42).Darry is a role model for Ponyboy even though they didn’t get along very well in the beginning. Ponyboy still looks up to Darry because of how he is able to have two jobs to support him and his brothers, and how he is able to keep up with the things that go on in their lives even though he is busy. Even though Ponyboy and Darry don’t get along very well they still love each other and truly care about on

The Outsiders is a fictional novel written by S.E. Hinton. When Hinton was only fifteen years old, she started this book and continued until it was finished at sixteen years old. Although she is a young writer, she presents matured ideas and thoughts from the characters in her book. Ponyboy, the main character, is a fourteen year old boy living in a town that is dominated by two gangs: Socs and Greasers. The Socs are a group of west side rich kids who despise the Greasers, which is what Ponyboy is. Ponyboy’s rivalry with the Socs has gone on for awhile, until one night Ponyboy and Johnny were jumped. As one of the Socs, named Bob, stuck Ponyboy’s head into a fountain in an attempt to drown him, Johnny rescued Pony by stabbing Bob. The Socs

Pony claimed that,”...(he) couldn’t take (Darry) hollering at (him) and hitting (him) too... sometimes (they) get along okay, then all of a sudden (Darry) blows up on (Ponyboy)... (Darry) didn’t use to be like that…(they) used to get along okay... before Mom and Dad died” revealing that Ponyboy feels sad by reason of Darry yelling and attacking him. (Hinton 51) this exposes the real reason of why Ponyboy reacted the way he did, being that their mother and father's passing affected them poorly.

In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, there are many important themes, including recognizing the importance of family, understanding how social class can mold who you are as a person, and facing challenges. The main characters in the novel faced challenges due to their circumstances and social class. Through these challenges, they learned the importance of family and friends and had to make mature decisions. By the end of the novel, Ponyboy especially, had grown up staggeringly. Although Ponyboy has dealt with problems in his family and because of his low social class he matured throughout the novel.