Outsiders

The Outsiders (essay) The differences between adolescence and adolescent experiences are portrayed in the film The Outsiders (1983), by Francis Ford Coppola and Clueless (1995), by Amy Heckerling. Coppola uses visual and verbal techniques such as music, camera angles and sounds to show the friendship between Johnny and Ponyboy and also depicts the meaning of adolescence. The notion of adolescence is strengthened and enriched through the film “The Outsiders (1983),” by Francis Ford Coppola. The

In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the author includes a description of the character’s thoughts that reveals Risa’s conflicting feelings about Connor, as she yet again contrasts her feelings and her thoughts. It includes Risa’s feelings and thoughts being fought against one another, and allows the author to show Risa struggling on how she truly sees Connor, and how she feels about Connor. Just prior to this description, Connor saves Risa from being sexually harassed by Roland. However, Risa

in the Outsiders Can you imagine a heartless person leaving a baby in a trash can to fend for himself/herself because they can’t take care of it? That is an example of abandonment, or the act of deserting someone. Many people agree that abandonment is a tragic occurrence and should be stopped. Abandonment affects children. Children are our future, so if you want the future to be bright, then start with this generation. An example of abandonment is in the realistic fiction novel The Outsiders, by S

“The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton the greasers have a tough life. Dropouts, Murderers and prisoners consist of the gang. When someone lives in such a tightly knitted neighborhood like that the gang becomes family, by blood or not. One rule the greasers live by is “Stick together, make like brothers” Ponyboy, Soda, Darry, Johnny and the rest of the greasers will risk their lives for anyone in the gang that comes in harm's way. Especially if the Socs have anything to do with it. In The Outsiders this

In the book “The Outsiders,” written by S.E. Hinton, the characters were divided by how rich or poor their family was. The rich children were called the Socs, which is short for Socials, and also known as the “West Side Kids.” The poor children were called the Greasers, mostly because they always had greasy hair and never bothered to get a haircut. The Greasers live on the hood side, the East side, which is where they get into gang fights. The main character and narrator of this book is Ponyboy,

Outsiders Obstacles The characters in this story overcome obstacles slowly throughout the story, but not every obstacle is overcome. Meet the greasers, Johnny, Two-Bit, Dally, Sodapop, Darry, Steve, and most importantly Ponyboy. The greasers are best buds and when something tragic happens within their group, everything turns to chaos. “I killed him. . . I killed that boy.” (Hinton, 56) Their biggest rivals were the Socs, the “White trash with Mustangs and madras.”(Hinton, 55) as Ponyboy called them

The fact that it might be possible to tell exactly who a person is by their appearance or first impressions on you is a frequently brought up idea today. While reading The Outsiders, and learning more about its characters, this doesn’t seem to ring true. The Outsiders, a fictional novel by S.E Hinton, is told through the eyes of teenager Ponyboy “Pony” Curtis. His neighborhood is split into the “Socs”, the richer, East side of town, and the “Greasers”, Pony and his gang on the West side of town and

The Outsider Shun Yoshino The Outsiders is about a 14 year old boy named Ponyboy Curtis and how he struggles with both right and wrong in a community that makes him believe that he’s an outsider. Since Ponyboy and his two brothers have recently experienced the loss of their parents in a car accident, Darry is in charge of both Pony and Soda’s and is their guardian as long as they behave themselves. The term ‘greasers’ meaning young men that belong to the East Side, (the poor side of the town) and

In many towns, in many states, and in many countries, there are curfews. In The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, the boys Pony, Soda, and Darry have gone through many crimes that have coincidently occurred during the hours of the night. In the article, “Are Public Curfews Fair?” by ReadWorks, it discusses whether public curfews are fair or not, as the name suggests. A curfew may have helped the characters of The Outsiders, but by the way it looks, there are many reasons that show that curfews wouldn’t

“For thugs from the ghetto, violence is a way of life - it’s what helps you survive.” The Socs and the Greasers were two gangs in The Outsiders. Throughout the novel these two gangs had a continuous rivalry. Society viewed these two gangs differently. The Socs as rich kids and the Greasers as poor kids. In The Outsiders, both the Socs and the Greasers spent most of their time in gang fights and disobeying the law. The Socs were wealthier and had a higher social status. “We get jumped by the Socs