Character Analysis: The Outsiders

The film The Outsiders takes place around 1960s Oklahoma in a small town separated by the Greases and Socs. The Greases gang being lower-class teens that include Ponyboy, Johnny Sodapop, and Dallas. Socs were the rival gang that are in a higher-class teens involve Bob,

THESIS STATEMENT: He starts as a abuse victim, becomes caring and responsible, and dies a hero

If you were in the book The Outsiders, you would be a part of one group, either the ‘Greasers’ or the ‘Socs’. The ‘Socs’ came from a rich background and the ‘Greasers’ came from a poor one. In the book The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, Johnny and Ponyboy run away after Johnny kills a Soc. Then tension rises between the two gangs, and the church Johnny and Ponyboy were staying at, sets fire! Johnny and Ponyboy save the kids, which were inside the church, from the fire and become heroes. The Greasers win the rumble and Johnny dies from his injuries in the fire. Finally, Ponyboy writes The Outsiders as an English paper. The Outsiders is about how Ponyboy grows up with a rivalry between gangs in the mid-1960s in Tulsa, Oklahoma. One person who stands out in this story is Johnny, a round and dynamic character. He is a round character because we see different sides of him throughout the story. He is Dynamic because he changes throughout the story. Johnny would not know what love and affection was because his father abused him and his mother ignored him. Johnny is shy, caring, and mature.

The Outsiders is a novel by S.E Hinton about a gang of Greasers in the 1960s. Greasers being the lower class “hoodlums” and the Socs being the more well off and “civilized” teens. The story follows 14 year old Ponyboy Curtis and the events that take place after a Soc was killed. One or more of the Greasers can be considered heroes because of Johnny saving Ponyboy, Darry not going to college to support his brothers, the gang taking falls for one another and how the gang helped Johnny.

It was only two gangs, three deaths, and many injuries, but the bloody, death defying, life changing brawl is what ended all of the chaos.In book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton Ponyboy learns a lot about being caring. In this novel two groups called the Socs and the Greasers fight each other continuously. This leads them to unexpected fights and deaths, causing things to not go as planned.Ponyboy is caring because he is thoughtful, trustworthy, and brave.

In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. HINTON the main character Ponyboy’s identity changes multiple times over the text. In the beginning of the story Ponyboy was introduced as a greaser, a greaser is someone who is usually poorer than the middle class and like to screw around and start gang fights and they are considered hoods as stated on pages 2-3, “We’re poorer than the Socs and the middle class. I reckon we’re wilder, too. Not like the Socs, who jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace almost like hoods.” this shows that even though the Socs are much more wild the greasers are still considered the bad crazy hood people. Ponyboy didn’t like being a greaser

He was only 20, but he never really got to know what that was like. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the mid 1960’s. In addition, conflicts between two gangs were on the rise and the Curtis family was stuck in the middle of it. The main character Ponyboy Curtis had had two older brothers Sodapop and Darrel “Darry” Curtis. Darry happened to stand out because of his father figure presence in this novel. He had to grow up when he was only 20 years old. Both of Darry’s parents had died in a car wreck, forcing him to take on the responsibilities of his two younger brothers. Darry is a responsible, caring, and a prideful young man.

Have you ever seen a gang? If so, did you judge them on how they looked or how they acted? Did you think they were dangerous? Most importantly, were you scared of them? In The Outsiders Pony boy is the main character. He grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the mid-1960. In this novel, the author S.E. Hinton tells how Ponyboy Curtis grows up. Dally was a flat character because we only see one side of him. He is also dynamic as he changes from being tough in the beginning and caring in the end. Well, Dallas (Dally) Winston was tough, heroic, and caring.

The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the year 1967. There is a conflict between the Social groups known as the Greasers and the Socs. The main character Ponyboy (Greaser) and his best friend Johnny (Greaser) are trying to get through the tough times while staying out of trouble. The theme of this book is people will suppress their feelings in order to keep their reputation.

Have you ever had two friends that are enemies? In the story, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, Cherry Valance (her real name is Sherri) is a fashionable, fiery, red headed, emotional, understanding, and trustworthy friend. The story took place in the mid 1960’s in Tulsa, OK. Greasers and Socs are two very different, yet same groups, which most definitely do not get along. After Ponyboy and Johnny got jumped, Johnny killed Bob, a Soc who was also Cherry’s boyfriend. During Ponyboy and Johnny’s hiding out in an abandoned church, the church starts on fire, while the children are playing in there. Johnny and Ponyboy somehow made their way back in to save the kids. Johnny and Ponyboy both made it out alive. Unfortunately, however, Johnny gets out with severe burns and a broken back. While he is in the hospital, Cherry has a conflict with herself: she is asked by Ponyboy to go see Johnny in the hospital, but she says no because she doesn’t want to face the person who killed Bob. In the time of the trial, Cherry and other Soc’s testify and come clean about the night of the stabbing. Consequently, since they told the truth, Johnny, Sodapop, and Darry all got to stay together. Cherry Valance is an emotional, caring, and trustworthy friend.

Have you ever wondered how you might think it the Greasers fault but it is not and that it is the Socs fault because all the problems that have happened have been due to the actions of the Socs. The Outsiders is about two groups of teenagers, the Greasers and the Socs and how they hate each other. It involves challenges that the two groups face as well as life and death situations between the two groups. The novel is told from the perspective of Ponyboy who is a part of the Greasers gang. In the novel, The Outsiders, much of the turmoil and conflict in the community is caused by the Socials.

The Outsiders is a novel written by Susan Eloise Hinton, also known as S.E Hinton. The setting of the story takes place in the 1960s. The Outsiders is written in first person view, by Ponyboy Curtis. The story revolves around the greasers and Socs. The Socs are the west side rich kids, they wrecked houses and “threw beer blasts for kicks”. While the Greasers were the east side kids, they “drove old souped-up cars, held up gas stations and had gang fights once in a while.” One of the conflicts the characters face is man vs man, which is because the greasers and Socs don’t get along, this is because they feel superior to each other. They both had different ways of lives, they did different things for fun, and they did not understand each other. This conflict was later resolved towards the end of the story when Ponyboy speaks to Randy about no longer fighting after Bob’s death.

The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton is about social class conflict, the tension which exists in society between people of different classes due to different interests and desires. The main character, Pony Boy Curtis is a 14 year old boy, who is the narrator and main character of the book, he was named by his that dad died in an auto wreck when he was younger. He has to live with his two older brothers Darry and Sodapop. It is a struggle to live without any parents around. Ponyboy says“We’re poorer than the Socs and the middle class” . Ponyboy's gang the greasers come from the struggling east side, while their rival gang the Socs come from the wealthy west side and also known as the rich snobby rits because the Socs get spoiled and live a luxurious

Most people in the world are misunderstood at some point in their life. However, if other people’s perceptions of a person create a reputation, it can camouflage their real traits. Dallas (Dally) Winston is a victim of this. A character in the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Dally is commonly known for being a tough ruthless guy who doesn’t care about anybody but himself. He’s a great fighter and is very confident, but because of his past, it seems his real qualities have been masked. Even though Dallas Winston’s friends misunderstood him to be a cold-hearted and tough person, his experiences and how he treats his friends reveals his loving, self-reliant, and dependable nature.

Has there ever been a time in your life where you have felt put in the middle? In The Outsiders by: S.E. Hinton, Cherry Valance experiences what it is like to feel stuck between her two groups of friends. The groups were very different from each other. The Socs were the rich kids on the West Side, and the Greasers were the poor, dirty troublemakers. This story takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the mid 1960’s. It shows us what it was like for the protagonist of the story, Ponyboy, to grow up as a Greaser. In this story, Cherry’s friend, who was a greaser named Johnny, killed her boyfriend. Ponyboy ran away with Johnny to a church in Windrixville because of what Johnny had done. While they were outside of the church, the church caught on