...Feeling like an outsider,isolated or an outcast makes people feel like they don't belong. Being isolated is an awful feeling that any person wants to feel. Also when feeling like an outsider can feel like the outcast. Like in the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton feeling “isolated or an outsider” a lot in this novel. Ponyboy is portrayed as an outsider for he doesn't fit in his gang,he doesn't like fighting he makes friend outside of his gang friends. Ponyboy is viewed that he doesn't fit in because he smarter than everyone else. Typically Greasers don't care about school and usually drop out like Ponyboy's brother Sodapop. Also Greasers do bad things in school and don't care about there'd reputation. Hinton writes, “I never could please...
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...One day a little girl came home from school to a list of chores to do from her parents, this showed that she had expectations from her parents. Many people have expectations for another person. Sometimes the expectations may come from your own goals or what you want for yourself. In the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton the Greasers and Socs have expectations from many people including themselves. The expectations from the Socs and Greasers families, friends, and themselves affect the choices and decisions they make. The expectations of the Greasers and Socs from their families are very different and affects they their decisions. The Soc’s families don't really care about what they do and have no expectations for their son or daughter. Having...
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...Heroes don't all have to be perfect. The Outsiders is a book about the Greasers and the Socs. The greasers are poor and not have all of their basic needs met as the Socs are rich and get everything thing they want. this starts a rivalry. S.E Hinton wrote The Outsiders when she was only 16 because she was a teenager it provides an accurate portrayal of what being a teenager was like in the 1960s. The book was based in the 1960s and took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In this book there is a lot to argue if the greasers should consider themselves heroes or villains. The greasers are heroes because they stand up for what they believe in, they risk their lives for others, each and every one of them has had to overcome hard challenges, and they help each other become stronger. The first characteristic that make one or more of the Greasers heroes is that they stand up for what they believe in the fourth chapter ponyboy says to the Socs. “You know what a Soc is? White trash with mustangs and Madras.”(page 55) this is an insult to the Socs because the Socs had been cussing out Ponyboy and Johnny for picking up their girls, and they were not ok with that. Ponyboy had gotten fed up that the Socs and...
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...S.E Hinton’s The Outsiders is a novel about two rival gangs called the Socials and the Greasers. The Greasers see the Socials as a threat because of the Socials’ constant acts of violence, and the tension between the groups significantly increase. Johnny Cade was caught in the middle of the battle between the groups. Johnny was of the few whom fell victim to the abuse of the Socials. When he takes the abuse, Johnny thinks he is not important and looks at the world differently than other people. Before Johnny joined the Greasers, he thought his only value was to be the continuously “kicked puppy”. In S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, Johnny’s personal experiences change his values for better with the assistance of the Greasers by showing him the world around him. Johnny Cade learns to be appreciative and thoughtful of nature and the Greasers. According to chapter five, "I never noticed colors or clouds and stuff until you keep reminding me about them. It's almost like they weren't there before." Johnny receives appreciation training from Ponyboy to increase his...
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...Imagine a world where you are constantly criticized and judged, when violence becomes an everyday issue. In The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, Ponyboy lives in a place where he is constantly pegged in a category. When a quagmire forces him and his friends to defend themselves, they must endure a series of emotional and physical challenges. With this, the Socs were responsible for causing Johnny’s death. There are many reasons why this claim is true. The only reason the boys were at the church was because the Socials jumped them and Johnny had to defend Ponyboy and himself, forcing them to go into hiding. After Johnny kills Bob, they go to Dally for help. When Johnny told Dally how he had knifed the Soc, he explained to Dally that, “We figured...
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...“I will destroy my enemy when they become my friend”, this is what Abraham Lincoln said when he was still the president in the 1800’s. This is the same type of thing that S.E. Hinton was trying to write about when she wrote the book The Outsiders. See in the beginning of the book, the socials and the greasers hated each other, the the socials were always jumping and beating the greasers. But at one point of the book PB and Johnny were jumped but Johnny ended up killing a greaser named Bob. And the book transitions from that point on. The reason Darry is a hero is because he gave up a football scholarship, free education, takes care of Soda and PB, works two jobs so he has the money to take care of Soda and PB. The reason I think...
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...In The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, conformity plays a major role. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, there are two rival gangs, the greasers and the Socs. The greasers are considered hoods and delinquents, while the Socs are considered nice, responsible children, even though they often are just as bad as the greasers. Ponyboy Curtis, a greaser, is not like everyone else, while the other greasers beat up strangers and rob gas stations, Ponyboy likes to read books, watch movies, and look at sunsets. Through the actions of the greasers, Hinton shows that a teenager will tend to hide his differences ad will do what is expected of him, rather than what he wants, proving that conformity can be beneficial. Darry, Ponyboy’s older brother, is different from the rest of the greasers. While in school, Darry was a football star, a great student, and a well-behaved child. When his parents die, leaving him in charge of his brothers, he has to leave everything behind to become a...
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...One may think that children of different social class have differences, but do they share some similarities? These kids have their own conflicts to resolve in their lives, even if their rich or poor; It doesn’t matter. Both have similar problems that they need to resolve or just live through it. In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton, proves that Greasers, a gang who lives in bad neighborhoods and may have some financial issues, are similar to the Socs, who are rich and have lots of time in their hands. In addition to their gang rivalry, the individual characters each face problems of their own. Through depicting their personal conflicts, Hinton reveals that these young men, seemingly so different, share similar needs. Greasers face several problems in their lives, like getting abused or even joining a gang. In the Outsiders, Cherry asks Ponyboy, “Johnny… he’s been hurt bad sometime, hasn’t he?” and Ponyboy replied in agreement, “It was the Socs.” (Hinton 35). In other words, Cherry believes that Johnny has been beaten up or in another term, abused, before and Ponyboy confirms it. This shows that this is one of Johnny’s external conflicts that he...
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...In S.E. Hinton's, The Outsiders, people judged each other by family wealth. All they have to do is forget the wealth and focus on qualities, heroic qualities, of everyone, greaser and Soc. Here are the reasons why three greasers, Darry, Ponyboy, and Johnny should be named heroes as a result of their selfless actions. Darry is a thoughtful young man, and though he never acted like a superhero, he has qualities of a real hero. In the book it mentions that the Curtis parents were killed in an Auto Wreck, so Darry was left in charge of his brothers. Darry is father-brother figure to his brothers and honestly not every 20 year old can take care of two high school boys. Since Darry has to provide food for his brothers he works to jobs so that...
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...What is a hero? What does it mean to be one? The Outsiders is written by S.E Hinton published in 1967 by the Viking Press, the most recent edition was published in 2006. One or more Greaser(s) can be considered a hero, there are many examples such as; Johnny and Ponyboy saved children from a burning fire, Ponyboy stopped Two-Bit from telling off Johnny’s mom, and Johnny risked his life to save Ponyboy’s. Firstly, Ponyboy and Johnny were found in a very difficult situation, Ponyboy was being brutally drowned in a fountain by Bob the Soc, and Johnny was about to be beat. This was a very traumatic moment, during this Johnny was trying to figure out how to save Ponyboy, then he had remembered his switchblade and pulled it out. As Ponyboy was nearing death he stabbed Bob and Bob fell to the floor. A quote from that scene is “They might have killed you, and they were gonna beat me up.” Pg 57 Many argue this is self defense and many argue it’s not, but this clearly states Randy was coming after Johnny too, so it does fall under self defense. Not only did Johnny save Ponyboy’s life he risked his. That is the work of a hero....
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...Anthony Figueroa 12/15/12 English Composition II Prof. Magno S.E Hinton and the Outsiders Outline I. Introduction a. S.E Hinton (1950-present) is a popular author due to her publishing of the book The Outsiders, Hinton’s books are based upon young teenagers. The Outsiders deals with a group of young boys called Greasers who have a rivalry with another group called the Socs; however, the main character Ponyboy deals with something traumatic that makes him reevaluate his life. b. The Outsiders is a piece of work that needs to be researched more because in S.E Hinton’s works, it is her best book that she had written. S.E Hinton has written books that centers on the lives of teenage groups that are delinquents and deals with high schools culture during the 1960 has but mostly deals with the issue of teenage rebellion, which remains an important aspect in young adult life in present day. II. Body Paragraphs c. Susan Eloise Hinton was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on July 22, 1948 and has resided there for most of her life. Hinton claims that she knew even at a young age that she wanted to be a writer. Enthralled by cowboys and horses, she credits her love of reading for her success as a writer. Feeling that she had read all that was available on her two favorite subjects, she began to write her own reading material. Two books were written on cowboys and horses, but only for the eyes of young Hinton. d. Since, Pony Boy’s life is on the edge all...
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...The Outsiders Book/Movie Comparison S. E. Hinton's story "The Outsiders" is a story the examines two different social groups in high school back in the 1960's. The book was such a big hit around the world that Francis Ford Coppola decided to make a movie out of it. When making the movie Francis didn’t want to leave out the little details that made the movie unique. There are many similarities and many differences between the book and the movie. My goal is to examine those similarities and differences and to look at the meaning behind the small details in the book and in the movie. One of the first similarities between the book and the movie was the 1960's setting. The book and movie both use old cars and the way the characters dress to express the story's 1960 setting. In both the book and movie the Socs drive new Mustangs and Corvairs, but the greasers drive old fixed up cars. "The Outsiders" book and movie both have a blue Mustang that is driven by the Socs. The Mustang represents fear and danger in the Greasers eyes, because whenever they see the Mustang coming they know something bad is about to go down. for his little brother, and that he wants Ponyboy to succeed in life. Another relationship represented in the book and the movie is between Johnny and Dally....
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...Sixteen years after a sixteen-year-old wrote this book, Francis Ford Coppola turned this novel into a movie. The book is a coming-of-age novel, but the movie focuses on the characters' loss of innocence. The movie follows the story line very closely. The reader is only told that this story takes place in the southwest, but the movie places it in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the year 1966. It also changes the conflict from the East Side versus the West side to the northside versus the southside. This minor directional change was probably made due to the relative time proximity to the musical West Side Story, which won the best picture Academy Award in l961. However, as with all movies, character insight that is critical to understanding the story is lost when the format goes from the written word to the screen. Ponyboy is telling us the story, the same as in the book, but the 91-minute film only glosses over many character relationships. <a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/CNSite/;navArea=CLIFFSNOTES2_LITERATURE;type=Lit_Note;kword=SE_Hinton;kword=The_Outsiders;contentItemId=139;tile=3;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/CNSite/;navArea=CLIFFSNOTES2_LITERATURE;type=Lit_Note;kword=SE_Hinton;kword=The_Outsiders;contentItemId=139;tile=3;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?" width="300" height="250" border="0" alt="" /></a> With the exception of Ponyboy, the viewer misses out on knowing most of the novel's characters. Darry and Soda...
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