...“Stay Gold” In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton the Greasers had eachothers back. Greasers are compassionate for one another, because of their loyalty against their enemies, protect each other, and they go to each other for help and advice. “You take for your buddies no what they do. Which in a gang you stick up for your members if you don’t it isn't a gang anymore.”(The Outsiders Loyalty Quotes) This quote inspired me by how well the gang works together through superior and poor situations and it shows that one has to be there for eachother in a gang. The Greasers are very loyal against their enemies. They were determined to win. Most of the time they would work together no matter what it took. The Greasers would physically defend each other. “Some Soc knocked out one of our bunch and was kicking me hard but I had...
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...the novel The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton. Hinton uses various characterization to show how much Darry does for the gang. Darry is brave for his friends, protective of his friends, caring for his friends, and also worried for his friends. For example, Darry is very protective of Ponyboy. He does not want Ponyboy to turn out like any of the others. He does not want him to be a hoodlum. On page 133, Darry says, “ I don’t know if you ought to be in this rumble, Pony.” Darry says this because he does not want Ponyboy to get hurt anymore. He’s trying to protect him. Even though Ponyboy persists on being in the rumble, Darry still tries to convince him. Towards the end of the book, Ponyboy gets hurt when he’s in the fire. When he’s home, he starts to smoke in bed, which none...
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...In The Outsiders, a book about the rivalry between two social classes (the socs and the greasers), written by S.E. Hinton, shows a lot of characteristic traits because it is in first person point of view. This allows for more of the characters thoughts and feelings to be felt. Ponyboy is affectionate towards his brothers. In the beginning of the book, Ponyboy shows that he does not care for his older brother, Darry, that much by telling Cherry- a rich west side girl who is a spy for the greasers- that Darry would like to put him in another home. At another point in the story Ponyboy shows his affection for his two friends Johnny and Dally when they each die by saying “Please not him, not him and Johnny both”. Another character trait that...
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...Outsiders was a great book, it was about guys who are Greasers and Socs. The Greasers are the ¨hoods” they run around and are always getting in trouble. The Socs are the kids who are rich and are always dressed nicely. There is always a feud going on between them, resulting in fights. My favorite characters are Dally, Soda and Two Bit. I like Dally because he is always so strong in situations, maybe not in the best times but he always knows what to do. Dally is also very caring about the people he loves. I also like Soda because he always brings lightness to the situation. I like Two Bit only because he's funny, no one else in the group is as witty as Two Bit. I relate most to soda because he is always there to listen to Pony no matter how...
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...There is more conflict in the world than you may realize. The Outsiders is full of conflicts. Susan Eloise Hinton started the novel when she was 15 and did the majority of it when she was 16. She used her initials because the publisher was afraid, that if buyers would be able to tell that she was a girl, not many people would buy it. In the book The Outsiders there are two main groups, the Socs and the Greasers. Socs, are the “nice” kids that are more upper class. They still get in fights, but they can get out of them more easily. Greasers are the ones with lower hand. They are more well known to usually be trouble makers. The Outsiders is in the eyes of a greaser named Ponyboy, who seems to go against the stereotype of a greaser. He is in advanced classes in school and is considered “nice”. One of Ponyboy’s friends, Johnny, commits murder while Ponyboy is there to witness. He and Johnny run away, and they wonder if they should turn themselves in or not. In the end of the novel, Johnny ends up dying and leaves the rest of the group in pieces. In The Outsiders the main conflict is Person vs Society. Throughout the novel, the characters experience the power of friendship. Dallas Winston acts like a person who doesn’t care about anyone or anything, but he holds a few things very closely. Throughout the story,...
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...Name: Isabela Schmalz Advisory: Uyaguari Insider and Outsider? I know all of you must be asking, how can someone be both an insider and outsider? In the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton many of the characters are both insiders and outsiders throughout the book. The genre of this book is realistic fiction because it was similar to what happened to S.E Hinton in high school, but the characters and story are fake. This book’s setting is based on Hinton’s hometown Tulsa Oklahoma. In this novel there are two different gangs of people, Socs and Greasers. They both have a rivalry and fight all the time. The book is through the eyes of the main character Ponyboy, whose parents died and is being raised by his two older brothers. Some of the main characters...
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...The Outsiders Analysis Gang violence has severed consequences that affects the life of many adolescence. Young adults are exposed to many dangers when they become part of a gang. As in the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton all the characters where affected in many ways by the violence that a gang exposes. Ponyboy the main character of the story had to deal with stabbings and deaths of people that where closed to him because of the violent environment that he lived in. In The Outsiders Ponyboy was affected by the violence that surrounded him as not being able to walk alone home, the murder of Bob and the death of Dally. Ponyboy was afraid to walk home alone, because he was in danger since he was a greaser. He mentions “Greasers can’t walk alone too much or they’ll get jumped, or someone will come by and scream “Greaser!” at them, which doesn’t make you feel hot, if you know what I mean. We get jumped by the Socs” (Hinton 2). Ponyboy was affected by this because he could not walk...
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...Outsiders Character Analysis Essay In the novel The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, Dally starts out as a young adult afraid to look weak and he changes into a brave, but lost person that doesn’t know how to cope with his emotions. In the beginning Dally seemed tough. In transition he is a brave and helpful person. In the end, Dally is someone who feels lost and ready to risk everything. Dally made a dramatic change from the beginning of this novel to the end. Dally started out as a bad boy who seemed very tough. When Ponyboy describes Dally in the beginning of the book he says, “He was tougher than the rest of us - tougher, colder, meaner. The shade of difference that separates a greaser from a hood wasn’t present in Dally. He was as wild as...
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...In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Johnny Cade encounters numerous challenges that he must overcome. Though he is thought to be timid and jumpy, Johnny doesn’t shy away from solving his problems, no matter how substantial or insignificant. For example, when Johnny, Ponyboy, and Dally go to a drive-in theater, Dally starts harassing a girl named Cherry Valance. Johnny leaves to get a soda after Dally says something especially inappropriate, but when he gets back, Dally is continuing to bother Cherry and tries to put his arm around her. However, Johnny does not let this happen, and “ … Johnny reached over and stopped him. ‘Leave her alone, Dally.’ … It had taken more than nerve to say what he’d said to Dally -- Johnny worshiped the ground Dallas...
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...The Irrationality of the Universe Though The Stranger is a work of fiction, it contains a strong resonance of Camus’s philosophical notion of absurdity. In his essays, Camus asserts that individual lives and human existence in general have no rational meaning or order. However, because people have difficulty accepting this notion, they constantly attempt to identify or create rational structure and meaning in their lives. The term “absurdity” describes humanity’s futile attempt to find rational order where none exists. Though Camus does not explicitly refer to the notion of absurdity in The Stranger, the tenets of absurdity operate within the novel. Neither the external world in which Meursault lives nor the internal world of his thoughts and attitudes possesses any rational order. Meursault has no discernable reason for his actions, such as his decision to marry Marie and his decision to kill the Arab. Society nonetheless attempts to fabricate or impose rational explanations for Meursault’s irrational actions. The idea that things sometimes happen for no reason, and that events sometimes have no meaning is disruptive and threatening to society. The trial sequence in Part Two of the novel represents society’s attempt to manufacture rational order. The prosecutor and Meursault’s lawyer both offer explanations for Meursault’s crime that are based on logic, reason, and the concept of cause and effect. Yet these explanations have no basis in fact and serve only as attempts to...
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...In the book The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, a group of boys are attempting to defend themselves from their enemies while going about in their daily lives. The novel focused on a boy named Ponyboy Curtis and his journey in his neighborhood trying to survive the fight against the socs. He deals with this constantly with his brothers and the other members of the greaser gang. The three topics addressed in this fascinating novel are the journey from youth to adulthood, the power of friendship and the fight between the rich and poor. First, the story shows significance to the journey from youth to adulthood. “They had me down in a second. They had my arms and legs pinned down and one of them was sitting on my chest with his knees on my elbows, and if you don’t think that hurts, you’re crazy” (5). This is important because it shows that Ponyboy needs to learn how to take care of himself in the outside world, especially when the socs are after people like him. After, the socs jumped...
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...Government functions differently for every nation. Government is what holds a nation together and guides it to work cohesively. However, government is also the reason nations fall apart and the reason citizens’ rebel. This can be seen through the New York Times article, “Enter the Age of the Outsiders” by David Brooks. This article examines United States government in comparison to other nation’s governments. Brooks effectively depicts the ambivalence and lack of confidence the U.S. government has today; however, he claims spirituality is what caused the ambivalence but, it is corruption. David Brooks clearly shows that the United States government has lack of self-confidence. This lack of confidence can have detrimental effects on how we...
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...Fight Pony boy fight! Some people may be put in foster care, but in my opinion Pony boy from the "Outsiders" should never be taken away from his family. Pony should never be put into a foster care household. He is a courageous boy who fights for his life and his family's life. He earns so much respect fro his family, and he sends respect right back to them! If Pony boy stays with his brother, Dally, he will be very well taken care of. He will be even more courageous than he is now. Pony would always receive everything that he is in need of. The kid would be more confident in himself if he remained in the family, that Pony is in now! Pony boy Curtis is well mannered and very talented in everything that he does. He should continue his life with his family and friends, until the day he goes down in peace!...
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..."Choices made, whether bad or good, follow you forever and affect everyone in their path one way or another" said J.E.B. Spredmann. Everything an individual decides to do in life has an effect on themselves and others. The consequences could be endless since the impact one person makes causes more events to occur. In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the choices made by Ponyboy Curtis ultimately affects Johnny forever. It all begins with Ponyboy deciding to run away after Darry hits him, which cause Johnny to tag along. This made Darry feel upset because he loves Pony as a brother. Furthermore, the gang was also anxious about Pony; They were a family even though some weren't related by blood. Soon Johnny and Pony had been approached by Socs after they ran. Johnny was startled by them, given that he had already been jumped by them once. Bob, the Soc, argued with Pony, resulting with Pony being emerged under water. Johnny could not just stand there and watch this go down so he stabbed Bob (Hinton 56). It was a very inconceivable of him since he was like a "...puppy that has been...
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...One little act can change Ponyboy’s life. In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy’s brother Darry becomes his new gardien after their parents die tragically in a car accident. Darry canceled his plans to go to college to support Ponyboy. Darry is a father figure after he stepped up to care for his brothers. Ponyboy should go into the system because Darry lets violent acts occur, he also lets him wander the streets. Darry cancels his plans to go to college. For example in the article “Alarming Number of Teens” states, “Many are going to work so they can make money to help their families.” Darry is doing the right thing and he is acting like a father figure. Darry is taking the responsibility of caring for his family after the crash. Also, “ On Average, what else teenagers earned made up almost a quarter of the money their families...
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