Differences Between The Outsiders Book And Movie

The Outsiders was a book written by S. E. Hinton in 1967. The movie was directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1983. The Outsiders is a novel about two rival gangs facing off for supremacy. While in the park Ponyboy, the narrator, and his friend Johnny get jumped by the other gang called the Soc. Johnny killed Bob, a Soc, and they had to go into hiding in an old church. When Dally visits he tells them about a rumble between the Soc and the Greasers. On the way back Johnny suffers severe burns and a broken back from saving kids from the church. He soon later died after Dally and Ponyboy visited him after the rumble. Dally got upset and robbed a store then got shot down by the cops. Ponyboy got a head injury and was sick and was in the hospital for a few days. When he goes to court they find him not guilty of Bob's murder and he goes back home. Although the movie is based on the book, there is still major differences between the two, including Changing the beginning of the the book in the movie, Having Darry push Ponyboy instead of slap him, and the movie didn’t have Ponyboy

In the beginning of the book it had Ponyboy starting out alone walking out of the movies. When he was walking home the Soc pulled up and started to harass him and beat him up. It is clear to the reader that the Soc hate the greasers when one of them says, "’Hey, grease,’ one said in an over-friendly voice. ‘We're gonna do you a favor, greaser. We're gonna cut all that long greasy hair off’" (Hinton 5). Then the other Greasers came to his rescue and scared away the Soc. The beginning of the movie started out with Dally along with Johnny and Ponyboy at a corner talking about to go to the movies. This was not an effective change. With Ponyboy getting beaten up it showed the tension and hate between the Greasers and the Soc. By having Ponyboy get beaten up the readers can sense the amount of hate between the two gangs and how badly they want each other