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    The Outsiders Essay (Rough Draft) The book “The Outsiders” written by S.E. Hinton, unfolds a story brotherhood with a twist. Living on the East side of town are the Greasers, the poor juvenile delinquents representing the lower class. Whereas the Socials or better known as Socs are the spoilt rich kids living on the West side of town. These two gangs are very different from each other. Subsequently, there is a brotherhood type relationship between the Greasers. Whereas there is none for the Socs

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    During the course of the outsiders Ponyboy and his brother’s relationship changed dramatically from what seemed to be hatred between Ponyboy and Darry to strong brotherly love. Ponyboy is the youngest and smartest character but does not use his brain for common sense this is shown when he walks home by himself even though he knows the Socs would get him. In the beginning of the book Ponyboy shows how Sodapop is his favorite brother. Then he shows that Darry hates him. In the middle of the book Ponyboy

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    How could two juvenile delinquents who share many differences and similarities have such a solid friendship? In the novel The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, Dallas Winston and Johnny cade are very different, but besides their differences they have a special bond. Although they have differences such as advice giving, and rule following, they also have similarities like comparable parents and their concern for each other. Johnny and Dally have many similarities, especially their family lives and

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    In the book The Outsiders, S.E Hinton shows the differences and similarities between people. The Greasers, a gang in the book, are from the east side of town. The Socials, also known as the Socs, are from the west side of town. A normal Greaser is wild, but Ponyboy, a Greaser and main character in the story, is laid back and smart. A normal Soc is a jock, however, Cherry, a main character and a Soc, makes friends with the Greasers. Why do the Greasers and Socs act in different ways? Greasers are

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    The Outsiders Movie (1983) The Outsiders movie which was released on March 25, 1983, is a American drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola .It is a crime thriller and is adapted from a novel of the same name by S.E. Hinton .The Film was shot on location in Tulsa, Oklahoma and set in 1965 .The story of this movie revolves around the conflict between the two different social groups ,which is the rich and the poor. It is a class versus class conflict which gives rise to a physical conflict between

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    The Outsider Essay By Nate Fernandez An adventure: a series of events that changed one's life. The Outsiders is a book by S.E Hinton and the main character is Ponyboy. Pony is a greaser the greasers and teenage hoods. The greasers are like the bears the have the biggest rivals and the greasers rivals are the SOCS. The SOCS are the rich kids with the teslas and the rich leather jackets. Pony is 14 years old and throughout the book he is on fire, ran away from Darry (his brother) and Participates

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    Outsiders have no importance on society right? Wrong! Outsiders have tons of importance, just let me explain how outsiders do have some value to society. Outsiders are the ones who change society. They come up with the new and original ideas For example Ben Franklin was a brilliant man, he was a framer of the United States. He was a leading author,political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, activist ,and business person. However, he was a major outsider,he took baths by sitting

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    In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. HINTON the main character Ponyboy’s identity changes multiple times over the text. In the beginning of the story Ponyboy was introduced as a greaser, a greaser is someone who is usually poorer than the middle class and like to screw around and start gang fights and they are considered hoods as stated on pages 2-3, “We’re poorer than the Socs and the middle class. I reckon we’re wilder, too. Not like the Socs, who jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts

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    In the book and movie, “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton, they both turn out to have the same theme. The theme happens to be, “things are rough all over” and I decided to chose that because in both the book and movie there are several ups and downs in each part of the book which clearly shows that things aren’t always easy. In the movie several rough things had happened. One of the things were that he was shot by the store clerk rather than just robbing it and getting away with it like he did in the

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    S.E Hinton once said, “ ‘The Outsiders’ cast in particular was a joy to be around- sweet kids, normal goofy teenagers off camera and serious artists on. They were great, I never got them mixed up with the characters though. Each of them had his own strong personality.’” The novel ‘The Outsiders’ by S.E. Hinton shows that you can't always be so quick to judge others. People aren't always as different from others as it may seem, even if your appearance says otherwise. When Ponyboy finds out Cherry

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