Analysis Of S. E. Hinton's 'The Outsiders'

I shook loose. “Okay I said, I’m okay.” On page 57, Ponyboy just witness Johnny murder a soc at the park. 2)Situation: This is important to know so when you read the book you understand why things are happening the way they are after this scene. 3)Importance:I chose this quote because it makes you think what you’re reaction would be if you were in Ponyboy's place, would you be in shock too? Or would you handle it differently? 4)Analysis:This quote shows how young Ponyboy is and that he never witness murder on the spot. This scene impacts Johnny and Ponyboy poorly as well as all the greasers and all the

1. The book is about a 14 year old boy, named Ponyboy and the struggles he faces as a teenager.

While Johnny and Ponyboy were outside of the church, Johnny realized that he let the cigarette burn. The church was on fire and kids were scattered all around. Ponyboy and Dally risked their lives to save

I listened intently as Ponyboy explained that it was almost four months ago when Johnny was jumped by a gang of socs with a blue Mustang. I flinched at that detail because Bob’s friend had a blue mustang that they would always cruise around in. I told myself it was just a coincidence. I kept on listening as he described that Johnny had been scratched up and bruised by a guy with a lot of rings on his hand. I could hear Ponyboy’s disgust in his voice. I paused at that. I was sure that I had gone completely pale and that Ponyboy noticed because he paused to look at

When Pony and Johnny are talking while in hiding, Johny reveals a story that he describes Dally has a very caring person. " Yeah... in the manners bit, and the charm, too, I guess," Johnny said slowly, "but one night I saw Dally gettin' picked up by the fuzz, and he kept real cool and calm the whole time. They was gettin' him for breakin' out the windows in the school building, and it was Two-Bit who did that. And Dally knew it.

Stereotyping plays a large role in the events of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders. The two main opposing groups, the Socs and Greasers, constantly face problems because of the stereotypes associated with their social groups. As seen in the novel, stereotypes and prejudice cause extreme and unnecessary conflicts. Both groups have predetermined opinions of the other, but as the story progresses, many of the characters begin to realize how similar the groups can be. The stereotypes observed in the novel can easily be compared to those in real life. Both the Greasers and the Socs share many of their opinions with the other members of their groups, and this leads to many misunderstandings. In fact, most of the conflicts in the novel are caused

Later after they killed the Socs they went to darry Darry for help. Darry helped theme cause he new what it was like to be put in prison for a bad crime so he gave theme a loaded gun, a dry t-shirt for Pony who is still wet, and $50 hooked up with a place to stay till the heat dies down they jumped a train to get there. They lived in a church for a bit till Darry showed up to get theme info on what's going on but when Darry did it was the day everything went wrong the church caught fire so the boys ran in the burning flames like the heros from “Gone With The Wind” that Pony loved this was the only moment Johnny felt important due to his parents not caring about him. Pony, Darry, Johnny saved the kids inside of it Johnny died from his injuries but Darry went so crazy from Johnny's death that he pointed a gun at cops and was shot to

Johnny and Ponyboy then suddenly think that they started the fire because of their cigarette butt. The boys jump out of the car to figure out what's going on and they ran towards the church. Johnny ran into the burning church trying to save the kids that were stuck in there and he was burned and injured severely. He and Dally were able to save all the children, but Johnny died later in the

After Johnny killed Bob, Dally helped Ponyboy and Johnny run away, as criminals, to an abandoned church in the middle of nowhere. “Dally walked us back to the door,

Pony arrives home late and gets screamed by Darry who later hits Ponyboy causing him to run away with Johnny to the park. They are followed by the socials and assault Pony and Johnny whom they try to attack back but end up killing one of the socials. They are frightened, so they run away to Windrixville when they are ordered by Dally. They stay in their hideout which I the church for the past few days until Darry arrives and takes them to Dairy Queen and fills them in about everything that has happened so far about a battle going to happen between the socials and the greaser. When they leave they both Johnny and Ponyboy go to the church to save kids, but they end up getting injured protecting the kids, Johnny's health is in critical condition.

The Outsiders is a book that changed the style of young adult writers because it went off from the genre that young adult writer were using during that time period. The reader sees the everyday problems that teenagers were going through, “I can’t take much more

Terrified and confused, the two greasers hurry to find Dally, the one person the think can help them. Dally sends them with a gun and some money to an abandoned church near Windrixvill, where they hide out for a week, they cut their hair to disguise their appearances. After a week, dally comes to check on them, and says that since bob died, the Socs and the greasers have become worse then ever, a giant rumble is to be held the next night to settle the matters once and for all. Cherry feels responsible for the whole problem, acted as a spy for the greasers. Johnny surprises Dally by declaring his intention to go back to Tulsa and turn himself in. Dally drives them back, but as they leave, the notice that the church has caught on fire and it had a large group of schoolchildren inside. Ponyboy and Johnny rush inside the church to save the children. Just when they get the last child through the window, the roof caves in and Ponyboy blacks out again.

The oldest brother of Ponyboy is Darry, a twenty-year-old roofer who Ponyboy describes as someone who is “hard and firm and rarely grins at all,” in comparison to Soda (page 2). Then there is Johnny, who is the second-youngest greaser in their gang, besides Ponyboy. Johnny is “smaller than the rest, with a slight build. He had big black eyes in a dark tanned face; his hair was jet-black and heavily greased and combed to the side, but it was so long that it fell in shaggy bangs across his forehead. He had a nervous, suspicious look in his eyes… He was the gang’s pet, everyone’s kid brother.” (Pages 11-12)

In S.E Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, the main character Ponyboy and the rest of the greasers not only face conflicts with their rival gang: the Socs, but also against each other and even as society as a whole. These obstacles were created due the fact that people don't realize that everyone has problems, this is a theme that Ponyboy learns throughout this story. Just like in real life, some conflicts will never be resolved as they are beyond their control. Over the course of the novel some conflicts will be settled, while some will stay the same or even become worse.

Thesis: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, a novel which tells the story of conflict between the "greasers" and the "Socs," captures the voice of ponyboy and his friends in a realistic way that relates to boys and their gangs even today.