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The Outsiders. It is a well-known book and movie and is the focus of my essay. I have always loved this book and the movie and decided that this was the perfect opportunity for me to not only watch the movie but read the book. This book is a great piece of literature and luckily for this class is well based on crime. The main character of this book is Ponyboy and he is being raised by his two brothers Darrel and Sodapop and in a way by his gang the Greasers. There’s another gang that has a problem

Apocalypse Now is a film produced by Francis Coppola in 1979 about the Vietnam war. The film was based off of the novel, “Heart of Darkness”, and is the story of an Army Captain, Captain Willard, and his mission to hunt down and terminate Colonel Walter Kurtz. The reasoning for sending Willard to kill one of his fellow Americans is due to the fact that Kurtz has become unstable and has been operating against his orders with the Montagnard army and committing murder. Kurtz has gone insane during the

This book showed the struggle between rich and poor. The two main groups of the story were the Socs and the greasers. The Socs are in the upper class while the greasers are the poor ones that dislike the Socs because they have more money, better cars, and act like they are better than the greasers. The Outsiders is a good story by S.E. Hinton that shows the struggles of growing up Hinton did a fine job with the character development, the plot, and the theme with a few flaws. The Outsiders is a

The Outsiders is about a couple traumatic weeks in a life of a teenage boy. This novel spins a tale of fourteen-year-old Ponyboy Curtis and his problem in the society he lives in which he believes he is an outcast. Ponyboy lives with his two brothers, Darry, who is twenty, and Sodapop, who is sixteen, since his parents died in a car crash a few years ago. Ponyboy and Sodapop are allowed to live with Darry as long as they behave properly. The three brothers, as well as their friends, are called “greasers”

The Outsiders “They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong,” captures the essence of a bestselling novel that has captured the hearts of many. The Outsiders, written by S.E Hinton, is a coming-of-age story about a group of teens struggling within a fight between social classes. It is an emotional and compelling that was eventually adapted into a movie. The movie has been critically acclaimed and watched by thousands. Even though, the movie

Living as a 1960’s Oklahoman greaser makes it hard to survive through everyday life. In The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is the story written by the main character (who is not the author of the actual book) who writes about his life with his gang the greaser and the rival gang the Socs. The Socs are rich kids who basically obtain most of their desires, so they have so harassed greasers in their free time. The greasers live contrary of how the Socs live. They look dangerous because they sometimes carry

A breakdown of the movie: The Godfather (1972) “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” If this quote stands out to you then you’ve probably seen the all-time classic mafia film, The Godfather (1972). This quote tells tales about a more confusing time, when you simply could not take no for an answer; if you did, your credibility and legacy would have diminished into thin air. Therefore, the “acts of persuasion” used that coincided with a declined offer spoke volumes to not only the recipient

Is it possible for someone to love one person in their life and risk anything for them, even though they are completely different? S.E. Hinton makes this scenario possible in the book The Outsiders with two characters, Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston. Johnny and Dally care about each other and place little value on their lives. They are different because they give Ponyboy opposing advice about how he should live, and are opposites when it comes to following the law. In S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders

In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy is introduced and develops from a shy person into more of a tough-skinned, mature young man and starts getting along with his brother, Darry, more often and helping people with their problems while dealing with his through his journey trying to escape the war the Greasers and the Socs are having. The Outsiders is a novel about Ponyboy and his gang going through a war the Greaser and the Socs are having while also going through their own problems in their lives

The Outsiders The original teenage rebel story the outsiders is a novel written by S.E Hinton. This novel follows the character ‘Ponyboy Curtis’s’ point of view,giving an idea of how life is for the Greasers and the Socs, the Socs being the rich kids and the Greasers being not as well off. In the story it follows major events such as telling the reader who the greasers and socs are and explaining the rivalry between them. This novel contains a number of themes, the main ones being violence, friendship