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Comparing The Outsiders Movie And Book

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This is my writing assignment comparing The Outsiders movie and book. My favorite quote was“Stay gold Ponyboy” which means Do not go tuff and stay like yourself because you are once in a lifetime.My opinion of both the movie and the book are pretty good.The book was only a little better because it was longer and it had more parts on the other hand the movie you can hear and see more and feel more when you can actually picture it.While the book and movie have many similarities and differences, the Movie was more effective in telling the story. First of all The first comparable scene is when Dally joins the rumble. they both say Dally came in to help in the rumble.Dally coming in saying”The fight won 't start without me.”The difference is

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