S.E. Hinton’s realistic fiction novel, The Outsiders, takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma-where social divisions is the cause of all their problems. Ponyboy, a Greaser, lives in a society where you’re either socially accepted or not. He isn’t as privileged or lucky as the Socs and isn’t socially accepted. Ponyboy and his gang have to endure rude treatment, beatings, and being outcasted. One lesson the story suggests is to stay gold. While some readers believe this means to be who you are and not let others hurt you, I argue that this means to preserve your childhood innocence and not grow up to become a mature, cranky old man, but stay pure and innocent. This is indicated by Hinton’s use of characterization, dialogue, and conflict. Hinton’s use of characterization in the novel shows how Ponyboy and his gang have had to grow up too soon. It shows how they wish to stay young and gold instead of having to be cold hearted adults. For instance, Hinton states, “Johnny never walked by himself after that. And Johnny…now carried in his back pocket a six inch switchblade. He’d use it, too, if he ever got jumped again (Hinton 340.)” Before Johnny got jumped he was innocent and was “the pet of the gang.” After being shown the true dangers of society, however, he was forced to become mature and tough. “That was [Darry’s] silent fear then-of losing another person he loved. I remembered how close he and Dad had been, and I wondered how I could ever have Mendoza 2 thought him hard and
An ‘outsider’ relates to a person who is ostracised, who does not belong to a particular group and is unaccepted. Director-writer Amy Heckerling portrayed several characters such as Tai and Cher as the outsider in her film in the same way S.E Hinton manifest Ponyboy Curtis and the gang, Greasers as the outcast of her novel ‘The Outsiders’. The Outsiders is a successful exploration and understanding of people who are unlike
If you had a chance to go to college with an scholarship would you go even if it means leaving your only family behind? Darry is the oldest of the Curtis brothers. At twenty, Darry is the “old man” in The Outsiders a novel written by S.E. Hinton. He has two little brothers named Sodapop and Ponyboy. The brothers are greasers, a class term that refers to the people on the East Side, the poor side of town. They are known for their long, greased hair. Darry is devoted to try and be a parent figure for his brothers. He sacrifices everything and does everything he can for his little brothers, the only family he has left.
The Outsiders. It is a well-known book and movie and is the focus of my essay. I have always loved this book and the movie and decided that this was the perfect opportunity for me to not only watch the movie but read the book. This book is a great piece of literature and luckily for this class is well based on crime.
An important character in the novel “The Outsiders” is Ponyboy Curtis. He is the main character and narrator of the novel. Ponyboy is an orphaned, 14 year old boy who is bright, but according to his oldest brother and guardian, Darry, he sometimes doesn’t have any common sense. He also admits himself: “I'm supposed to be smart; I make good grades and have a high IQ and everything, but I don't use my head.” This quote confirms that at times, Ponyboy tends to not use his intelligence to it’s full potential. Ponyboy also belongs to a lower social class, otherwise known as ‘Greasers.’ Greasers is a slang term for people (mainly boys) who style their longish hair with a lot of hair grease, wear leather jackets, and belong to less financially stable families. They are also known to cause chaos and carry knives around. Ponyboy is aware throughout the novel that Greasers like him are negatively looked down upon by others in society and tries to prove himself as not a bad person. The author is trying to share the idea of prejudice. In society, people often discriminate against others due to social status and appearance. However, Ponyboy realises that
S.E. Hinton shows in the book that part of the main idea is the consequences the characters have to deal with. The are many different things that affect the characters in the outsiders including the lack of money, abundance of money, and family issues. The East-side is made up with greasers which are poor kids that were their hair greased back which is were the main characters live. Then there is the West-side rich kids that were nice sweaters, jeans, jackets, and have fancy cars which is where a couple of side characters. The book is explaining the characters and what leads up to the climax for half the book and shows the real consequences when things sink in and go down hill.
In the Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Darry is a stern, protective, but compassionate character, that shares many characteristics and attributes with me. Intelligent, popular, and athletic, Darry became “Boy the Year”; however, despite received a football scholarship, Darry could not go to college because of financial problems and his parent’s death. Instead, he had to become a roofer to support his family, revealing his deep compassion and acceptance of responsibilities for his brothers at an early age. Nevertheless, his compassion is not always shown into perspective to us, as he is strict and quarrelsome with Ponyboy in order to give him the opportunities, such as going to college, that he had lost. Moreover, Darry is extremely protective about
The theme of The Outsiders is that everyone can rise above what others expect from them. This is relevant throughout the book when Johnny and Ponyboy save the kids from the burning church, when Randy doesn't want to fight or hate the Greasers anymore, and when Johnny stands up for Cherry and Marcia.
Fracis Ford Coppola’s “The Outsiders” (1983) is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by E.Hinton published in 1967. There are many theories that can be found throughout the movie, victim precipitation theory, differential association theory, strain theory and labeling theory are the most prevalent. The story takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma and revolves around the story of a 14 year old Greaser named Ponyboy Curtis. The town is split into two conflicting adolescent groups, the Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers are of lower class standings with harsh upbringings, poor kids from the wrong side of town (north) and are considered delinquents. The Socs, are privileged kids living on the south side who have an easy life where everything
A comparison to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using the mediums for The Outsiders to show differences, can be made. In the novel The Outsiders there is more detail. Here is the explanation. The novel has those important parts that shouldn’t be important, but they are.
One of the hardest things to do in life is to get over the loss of someone else's life. In “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton, Ponyboy and the rest of the gang experience the loss of close family and friends, and even enemies regularly. Weather that be through death or a simple goodbye. It can make being stuck in the past is a tremendous problem, especially when you're close to someone that passes away. Nevertheless the Greasers do an Unbelievably adequate job getting through the loss of people they are so close to, you would too if you had gone through it so many times. But some of the losses affect the gang more than others, and being stuck on the thought of someone leaves no room for growing.
First off, Ponyboy has a lot of strengths in the story. One of these many strengths include how caring he is towards others. Like when he did a very altruistic act and jumped into the burning church to save the children. Ponyboy also happily welcomes Johnny into his life like he’s another brother to him. Another strength Ponyboy has is how smart
In the story, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the characters Dallas and Johnny both show the theme of never judge by one’s appearance. Throughout the story their similarities and differences are expressed, more so of their differences. They are different in both their looks and personalities, yet they still manage to stay friends. Despite Johnny’s actions, they are able to stick together, until the very end. Both Johnny and Dallas are extremely different in their personalities..
Two-Bit wants to be a part of something that he likes. I know this because he tries to be funny with his friends, Helps by babysiting Ponyboy, and fights really hard in the rumble. I have evidence from different pages and chapters of the The Outsiders. The Outsiders is a book made in 1967 that was about the lower class citizens that are fighting against the SOCS for justice and at the same time caring for each other.
Ponyboy, which is what I thought was his nickname in chapter 1, but in chapter two, they reveal his name “Ponyboy Curtis.” On his way home, Ponyboy thought about how he wants good looks like Paul Newman, but he still likes his own greaser look. The thought of how he likes to go to the movies alone, but gets scared walking alone. Ponyboy realizes that walking alone is not safe for greasers because they attract the abuse of Socials, or Socs, the rich kids. Ponyboy says that greasers are poorer and crazier than the Socs.
In the novel “The Outsiders” Cherry goes through social difficulties, debating between losing her social status for good friends, or keeping her popularity, and continue her original loveless life. Cherry is drawn to the Greasers because she finds them to be more of a real friend group, compared to her So’s. She is socially trapped when she is with the Soc’s, but when she is with the Greasers, she feels that she can show her true self, and not have to worry about her appearance. Cherry is with Bob because she is expected to have a rich, well off boyfriend, it is not because she likes him. Secretly she threatens to fall in love with Dally because he is everything she wants to be, and represents everything that she cannot have.