Book Summary: The Outsiders

• Johnny Cade – 16, beaten up by Socs before beginning of novel, idolizes Dally

In the first chapter of the book, “The Outsiders – S.E. Hinton,” Ponyboy who is also the narrator kicks off the story with himself coming back from the movie theater. Ponyboy had just watched a Paul Newman movie, which after the movie ended, made him crave for the looks that Newman had. Although wanting his looks, Ponyboy observed that the greaser look of his own wasn’t that bad after all. Ponyboy was walking home alone from the movies, having this thought going on throughout his mind. Ponyboy’s that type of guy who prefers watching movies alone, but would always appreciate company when walking back home. He didn’t bother asking any of his two brothers, with which he lived with. Himself, being 14 years old, Sodapop being 16 years old, and Darry

1.B In the first chapter of the book, the authors introduces the main characters, setting, and briefly introduces the main conflict. The way the author does this is by introducing one at a time. The first page starts with one of the main characters (Ponyboy) walking home from from the movie theater and running into trouble with a rival gang called The Socs. The Socs are a gang of rich kids who enjoy wreaking havoc on their lower class counterparts, The Greasers which ponyboy happens to be. Ponyboy is the youngest greaser doesn't quite understand why the socs and the greasers hate each other so much. As the socs attempt to jump Ponyboy some fellow greasers including his two older come to his rescue. The next night Ponyboy and other greasers

In chapter 3 there are many moments of surprise concerning the characters of S. E Hinton’s “The Outsiders”. For instance, Cherry Valance had stated her feelings towards Dally. When Cherry was about to leave with Bob and Randall she said, “I could fall in love with Dallas Winston” (Hinton 46). This is especially absurd because in the beginning of their encounter Dally was being rather rude and disrespectful to her and Cherry seemed awfully bothered by it. Now she is saying she “loves” him within just a few minutes of meeting Dally and so this is an abrupt statement. In addition, Darry had slapped Ponyboy. When Ponyboy came home late, Darry’s temper got a hold of him and he “slapped [Ponyboy] so hard that it knocked [him] against the door” (Hinton

The Outsiders message is about “Nothing Gold Can Stay.” It explains that nothing good can go on forever and nothing young can last forever. It tells you about how and why we should enjoy what we have and keep and cherish everything we have to its maximum limit. Why shouldn’t we cherish what we have? Why do we need more? Why can't we be equally treated with same amount of things such as money and houses? That is the real question. We have that to this very day. In The Outsiders, their lives are exactly like this. They have their awesome rich people lives and the poor have unhappy lives. Some of each gang just want to be normal, the same, or similar at least. But their money splits them up. All because of a little extra

“Stay Gold Ponyboy Stay Gold as Johnny took his last breath¨. The book is about two sides not liking each other. The Socs which are the rich side drive around in new Mustangs and stay drunk half the time, and cause trouble. The Greasers have trouble with some stuff. There are three conflicts in this story that i’m going to tell you about.

A young adult novel’s audience often desires relatable characters and a meaningful plot that helps them to find resolutions to their own uncertainties concerning life. Many authors employ the literary technique realism to satiate these cravings. Today, there are some popular novels that attempt to imitate this, such as the coveted The Fault in Our Stars or Divergent. These selections, while widespread in the hands of young adult readers today, will not stand the test of time in the way that The Outsiders has, written by S. E. Hinton in 1967, has. This novel, both produced by and intended for teenagers, instead is a better candidate of realistic young adult fiction. Other selections, from Hinton’s era and from today, do not radiate the same

After the movie Johnny,Ponyboy,Two-Bit was walking Cherry Valance and Marcia too there house.Then a blue mustang pull up and it is Bob Sheldon and Steve Randle.They said Cherry why are you hanging out with these greasers.Two-Bit said wanna fight then he pulled out two switchblades and handed one to Ponyboy.Bob didn’t want to fight so they didn’t fight.Later that night Ponyboy and Johnny were walking down the street and

Ponyboy Curtis, an innocent young adult, that has nothing to prove to anybody, is in the gang called the Greasers, and gets caught up in a lot of trouble because him and his friend Johnny Cake, take a walk after Darry Curtis, (Ponyboy’s oldest brother ) hits him after an argument. During that walk, the opposing gang, the Socs, gang up on Ponyboy and start beating him up. In reaction, Johnny approaches the Socs from behind and stabs one of them to save Ponyboy from drowning to death. After the Soc was stabbed to death the others ran off in fear, and Johnny and Ponyboy take off away from the scene and go to Johnny’s best friend, Dallas Winston for advice. Dallas tells them to go off to an abandoned church on a hill, but to get there, they would have to take a train. When they got there, they would need to spend the money he gave them on food, and items to change their appearance. So the two boys took Dally’s advice, and took off.

The book, The Outsiders, is a fantastic book that you should definitely re-read. If you had read the book before then you would know that the book is about a 14-year old boy named Ponyboy Curtis with his two brothers Sodapop, a sixteen year old, and Darrel, a twenty year old who have recently lost their parents. Now he has to deal with his idea of being separated from society. Common Sense Media book gave the book a ⅘ starts and stated, “Hinton wrote this at age 16, so the plot has some too-easy resolutions; such literary missteps are overcome by the power of her honest teen point of view, which rings so true to young readers.” This quote shows that being a teenanger is one of the perfect times to read the book and re-reading will give a similar

One of the Socs shoved Ponyboy’s face in the fountain and he felt like he was drowning. This shows that the Socs were mad at the greasers so they wanted to beat them up. This also shows that the Socs don’t like the greasers so they try to beat them up for anything and sometimes for nothing. Ponyboy and Johnny run away so they won’t be arrested. This shows that they don’t want to be arrested for killing Bob.

The Outsiders is a book by S.E. Hinton. This book is super good it has lots of twists and turns in the book. 91% of people on google said that they like the book. This book is a Non-fiction book which means it was based on a true story. This books rating is 4 stars.

(Hinton 12). Johnny is the most fragile member of the gang, and running away is just a minor example of what he would have done if his friends had not taught him love, or affection, something his parents, and

While reading The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, I felt as if I took a time travel to the 1960’s. The book clearly gives an insight to the past. Unlike other book, The Outsiders has its own unique meaning. The author created something different than a modern clique book that I read in my day to day life. Hinton’s word choice creates an interesting book where it felt as if it was non-fiction than young-adult fiction. I like this book because the author made something extraordinary by stating the past rather than another author’s writing twenty-first century book.

Ponyboy Curtis - The novel's fourteen-year-old narrator and protagonist, and the youngest of the greasers. Ponyboy's literary interests and academic accomplishments set him apart from the rest of his gang. Because his parents have died in a car accident, Ponyboy lives with his brothers Darry and Sodapop. Darry repeatedly accuses Ponyboy of lacking common sense, but Ponyboy is a reliable and observant narrator. Throughout the novel, Ponyboy struggles with class division, violence, innocence, and familial love. He matures over the course of the novel, eventually realizing the importance of strength in the face of class bias.