Director of The Outsiders (1983), Francis Coppola, used the relationships among gang members and between gangs to explore causes of delinquency and criticize the stereotypes surrounding lower class gang members. Like Coppola, Robert Agnew understood that middle and upper classes commit crimes as well, therefore his theory claims that external stressors, such as unmet expectations or negative stimuli, cause delinquency. Over the course of the movie, both the affluent “Socs” and the underprivileged “Greasers” experience aggravations that provoke criminal behavior. Two of the main characters, Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade, show that despite outside stressors and labels, a “delinquent” can still be considered a hero.
The chapters 1-5 of the Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, is about two gangs the greasers and the Socs, who are always causing trouble. In the greaser gang, the protagonist, Ponyboy, is always getting good grades and is the smartest in the gang. Dally is one of the members in the gang, Ponyboy 's brother, has been in jail multiple times. Sodapop is also Ponyboy’s brother. He works at a gas station.
When people make choices that could drastically change their life, the decision they make is based on the influence of others. In the novel, The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton a gang called the Greasers is stereotyped for being the "mean types" that slack off at school. Then there are the Socials who are know as the rich kids with cool cars that happen to like "jumping" Greasers. As these two gangs are rivaling, they both go through some dramatic events that change their perspectives on life. In the novel The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton the character Darrel Curtis is unquestionably influenced by his gang as it prevents him from being successful, leading him to becoming the father of the gang, and overall being someone to look up to.
Many people have used violence to solve problems that they have at some point in their life, but as you look back at what you accomplished, you realized that violence doesn’t help you in a good way. Ponyboy learned that the hard way. In The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton presents the idea that using violence against your rival(s) isn’t the solution, it is the problem. One scene that reveals the idea that violence isn’t the answer and that it can only hurt others, was in Chapter 3 when ponyboy talks about what happened to Johnny. He said, “Johnny was lying face down on the ground.
Many teens can be rude and messy, and this causes many adults to avoid teens and the places teens go. A local restaurant, Munchy’s, is trying to ban teens and this is angering many teens since the town doesn’t have very many food choices. Munchy’s and other businesses should have the right to ban teens. Reasons supporting the ban on teens are: teens are causing chaos in the restaurant, teens are scaring off adults, and teens being banned will help the town’s economy. In a small town peace and quiet is hard to find, and the people of the town should have a place to go to relax.
The Outsiders, written by SE Hinton represents the social values of their society through the choices made within the genre. The book The Outsiders written in the perspective of a young boy named Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles to find what is right and what is wrong in society and what his identity is, and who he is as a person. The genre of this book is coming of age. Coming of age is the transition of a child becoming an adult and their journey to becoming an adult and all the problems they face along the way. Hinton explores this genre through the stages of realization, removal, challenge, and reintegration.
First and Last Name Ms. Cunningham ELA Period # 3 May 2023 Creative Title Imagine this: Your parents are dead, your older sibling is now in charge, you are part of a social class that is heavily targeted, and fights between these social classes often occur. This is the world in which Ponyboy Curtis lives in. In the novel The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, violence has consequences. Johnny Cade, a greaser that is in a gang with Ponyboy shows many examples of how violence can have consequences.
Will problems exist if one is in higher class? In the real world, no matter who you are you will have problems as seen in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. In the book, for the both groups struggles and they could never avoid them. With The Outsiders and two other sources sources, “The Allure of Gangs”, and “A Generation Struggling: Rich Kids are Losing” the problems of the wealthy class, why people join gangs, and how do both groups act when there is no supervision on them. First, rich kids such as the Socs are supposed to be perfect, who have it all and do not have problems.
According to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquent Preventions, the Juvenile arrest rate in 1967 was a total of 2.4 million children ages 12-17. The Outsiders was written in this year. The realistic fictional novel, The Outsiders, by S. E. Hinton and the article, “What Causes Juvenile Delinquency,” by Ilanna Sharon Mandel, both relate to Juvenile Delinquency and its effects on children and their loved ones. Mandel’s points towards Juvenile Delinquency can be applied to Ponyboy and the other greasers through peer influences, family life, self-esteem, race discrimination, and horrible trauma.
In the United States, every year there are around 2,000 gang-related homicides and in the realistic fiction novel, The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton, it explores the issues of gang violence, and teenagers in gangs. Around 40% of all members in gangs are teenagers, who are getting involved in some dangerous things very early in life. In the novel The Outsiders, the “Greasers” which is a gang of all teenagers, fight other gangs and commit serious crimes such as murder. We as a society need to pinpoint why teenagers join gangs and stop them beforehand. We also need to help people get out of gangs if they are already in one.
The amount of power the social classes play in the society in the book The Outsiders is crucial. The social classes divided the society into two main parts, the Socs and the Greasers. The coming of age and development of the characters has really created a bond between them. While it has created trust, it has also created distrust among the two gangs. The gangs were raised to hate and distrust each other.
The novel “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton depicts the theme of violence predominantly. This novel portrays how violence leaves physical and emotional scars. SE Hilton explores the effect of living in a place where a teenager can't even walk home by himself and where fear is the foremost emotion. Gang violence, shooting, stabbing, ignorance etc are examples of violence illustrated in the novel. I will explore the theme of violence through characters such as Johnny,Dally and Bob and analyse the emotional and physical damage caused by the violence in this novel.
When people make choices that could drastically change their life, the decision they make is based on the influence of others. In the novel, The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton a gang called the Greasers is stereotyped as being the “mean types” that slack off at school. Then there are the Socs who are the rich kids with cool cars that happen to like “jumping” greasers. As these two gangs are rivaling, they both go through some dramatic events that change their perspectives on life. In the novel The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton the character Darrel Curtis is unquestionably influenced by his gang as it prevents him from being successful to becoming the father of the gang, and overall being someone to look up to.
Violence was much more powerful than we imagine not only because it led tremendous dis- aster, but also due to the deep impact on individuals. In the book of the Outsiders, the violence of Johnny’s family, the other greasers, and their opposing gangs, the Socials, strongly affected Johnny. The Violence of Johnny’s family impacts Johny’s natural instincts, which means that some of his characteristics were already fixed since he was born, and influenced him in daily life. Johnny grew up in a family without care, love, and understanding.
My descriptive setting was set in dystopia. A future no one would prefer to be in: the complete opposite of Utopia. One of the aspects I’m fond of with my descriptive piece is my title ‘Curfew’. I wanted my main focus to be isolation and darkness. The whole point of curfew is usually to get home before it gets dark and most teenagers have a curfew due to the fact that when it gets dark, it is not as safe.
