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    Outsiders Book Report

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    And Pony shows intelligence because it says in the book that he gets good grades in school. 5. This story takes place on the East side of town, in a place not mentioned in the book. When Johnny and Pony run off to escape the police, it takes place in the country in an abandoned church. It takes place in winter, because when Johnny and Pony are at the park, it says that it was very cold and it said things like... Johnny

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    know what to do, when Randy half-sobs and when Randy loses his best friend... Ponyboy knows what he means. Ponyboy knows that pain. Ponyboy knows that things are rough all over. When readers look back at Ponyboy’s stream of thoughts they see that Pony has immensely

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    sperry flour mills in salinas california. John steinbeck as a little kid loved to spend his summers at the beach in monterey peninsula when steinbeck was only four years old he was given his own personal pony, he named the pony Jill this later was a inspiration for a series of stories “The Red Pony”.steinbeck had two older sisters named esther and beth,and a younger sister named mary they both a close relationship.

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    “Hey, Johnnycake!” Two-Bit yelled from the street. Johnny waved back, a smile lighting up his face. Dally was pushing Johnny is his wheelchair. Dallas had really changed since Johnny’s near-death experience. Nobody thought that Johnny would actually make – I didn’t. That’s when Dally hit his breaking point. Nothing ever seemed to bother Dally; he just shrugged off everything, even death. But Johnny’s “death” was different. It shook everyone – especially Dally. Johnny was the only person that Dally

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    where people are not labeled and discriminated against because of their appearance. If you are a “soc,” you have money, cars, and a future. But if you are a “greaser,” you are an outsider. The main characters are Pony Boy Curtis. He is the person narrating about his experiences. Pony is a good student, a track star, and a greaser. He is a sensitive boy who likes movies, watching sunsets, and reading. Johnny Cade is beaten by his father and ignored by his mother. He stays around town only because

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    called the Monarch kingdom. Her kingdom was surrounded by pure majesty as crystals in the shape of flowers grew naturally throughout her land. She ruled her kingdom with 100% loyalty from her subjects; she didn’t believe in violence so never trained any pony to hurt another. The only fighting she knew consisted of only defensive spells, and stances to help protect her kingdom from dangers. Only during times of war, which was rare since they had few enemies, she would use the spell learnt through destiny

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    The Outsiders Movie vs. Novel Ever read a novel then watch the movie about the novel? Were the two made exactly the same or were some events or people different? It is alway interesting to compare the writers work to the director's work. The novel The Outsiders was written by S.E. Hinton and was published in 1967. The movie was made about 15 years later. The novel takes place in Oklahoma in the 1960’s in a town that is socially divided into gangs determined by their economic classes. One gang

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    want to go. The setting in The Outsiders changes a lot throughout the book. The characters in the book include of many people, both Greasers and Socs. To start off Ponyboy, is a fourteen year old boy that has a good build. Ponyboy has long, brownish-red, greasy hair and he has a gray eyes. Ponyboy is a greaser and loves to be with his friends. Ponyboy is really close with his brother Soda, but doesn’t get along with Darry as well. Ponyboy’s parents died 8 months before the book. Ponyboy is dynamic

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    S.E. Hinton’s novel “The Outsiders” is about Greasers vs. Socs, Socs are the rich kids so they can afford expensive clothes such as striped, checkered or Madras shirts. The Greasers are poor so they can’t really afford clothes, so they wear white tees with leather jackets or jean jackets and blue jeans. The characters in the book, “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton, were not very heroic-they were just humans-it was easy to believe that this is the way they should be. The characters in the plot give

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    Steinbeck’s writing in The Sea of Cortez (1941). His marriage to Gwyndolyn Conger influenced his book The Pearl, published in 1947. This was the second marriage of Steinbeck’s. It was a very unpleasant marriage that ended in 1949. His book series The Red Pony (1937) was

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