Outsiders

society through his individual acts of righteousness. In the novel ‘The Outsiders’, written by S.E. Hinton in 1965, a haphazard society is portrayed through the memoirs of the protagonist, Ponyboy. In this novel, S.E. Hinton demonstrates the struggles and efforts of individuals who stray from the typical hostility felt between the two gangs, the Greasers and the Socs, and an individual’s effort to reach

In The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton mentions music by Elvis and The Beatles to help characterize two groups of boys, the greasers and the socs. For example, the greasers enjoy listening to Elvis. At the drive-in-theater, Cherry tells Ponyboy, “You greasers have a different set of values. You’re more emotional.” When Elvis performs, he has a lot of energy, and he is very outgoing and passionate. Elvis is emotional on stage, and he expresses his support of people who may not be upper class. The greasers

The theme of The Outsiders is that everyone can rise above what others expect from them. This is relevant throughout the book when Johnny and Ponyboy save the kids from the burning church, when Randy doesn't want to fight or hate the Greasers anymore, and when Johnny stands up for Cherry and Marcia. One time the theme is shown is when Johnny and Ponyboy realize that there were kids in the burning church, and they hopped right in to save them. Johnny courageously sacrifice his own life to allow

Essay The Outsiders novel can change your mood in a second. Johnny, Ponyboy, and Dally need an emotional and physical change. The Outsiders is a book which has two groups of people, the Socs and the Greasers. The characters in this novel have to overcome many obstacles and challenges throughout their lives. Ponyboys gang has a lot of issues. The boys and their gang get beat up, abused, and two of them pass away. Ponyboy changed a lot throughout this novel but he changed more emotionally than physically

The outsiders is a novel of conflicts- greaser against soc, rich against poor, the desire for violence against the desire for peace. The characters of Dally and Johnny affect the novelś conflicts as greasers and as friends of Ponyboy, however they have opposite personalities and approaches. Johnny is quiet, caring, and loyal. however Dally is mean, caring, and tough. Johnny is ponyboyś best friend who stays with him and sticks up for him no matter what, this portrays loyalty. We see the true extent

The movie, The Outsiders, demonstrates marxist criticism and how it affects a town when two rival gangs compete against one another due to controversy surrounding social classes. The greasers, who struggled financially are a gang who lived in the East side. The Socials, who lived a wealthy lifestyle, live on the West side. The difference in economic status causes immense conflict between the two gangs. Throughout the movie, the Socials thrive off of physically hurting teenagers with less money

The Outsiders Children all over the world are struggling and need someone. The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton revolves around Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy lost his parents at a young age and now lives with his brothers, Soda and Darry. Without their parents or anyone to look up to, the brothers join a gang called the Greasers. The Greasers were wilder and poorer than their rival gang, the Socs. However, they were nice and caring people who treated their fellow gang members like family. The Socs on the

The Looking Glass Disclaimer: No, silly, I never have nor will I ever own The Outsiders. S.E. Hinton owns The Outsiders. *sighs* :( I simply borrow them for my own creative enjoyment purposes. Summary: Linda Marie Williams thinks she has everything figured out, until the hot-headed new kid, Darrel Curtis, comes to town and rocks her world. A coming-of-age story about the girl we never got to know in The Outsiders. Features excerpts from her journal. HappierThanMost: She did need it! I'm sure

Death. Not something many people want. Violence. Another thing one does not want. Stereotyping leads to death. Didn’t expect that. In The Outsiders by SE Hinton there is little to expect. Based in Oklahoma in the 1960’s the book goes through the battle between two teenage gangs, the underprivileged Greasers, and the rich Socs. Ponyboy Curtis a member of the Greasers gets too caught up in this meaningless feud of stereotyping. Him along with other members of his gang- his brothers Darry and Sodapop

The outsiders is an good book it starts off with a kid named ponyboy who is what they call an greaser which is a person who doesn't have an whole lot of money and watches out for the socs. The socs are people who have lots of money and hates the greasers and they always fight anytime they see each other for no reason purely because their not the same. Well back to ponyboy, ponyboy was waiting for one of his greasers to come back and out of nowhere a bunch of socs start beating him up out of nowhere