Synopsis Of The Novel 'The Outsiders' By S. E. Hinton

“ We’ll need money. And a gun. And a plan.” (pg.57) In the book, The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, The greasers, a group of buddies who happen to down in the poor side of town, spend their time rompin’ around, stealing, shoplifting and protecting each other from rich teenagers who call themselves the Soc’s. The Outsiders, a realistic fiction novel, by S.E Hinton is based off a true story that took place in the 1960’s. In the novel, S.E Hinton showed that family is made up of people who love each other. In the same way , S.E Hinton showed that a family is made up of people who love each other, in the form of orphan brothers. It starts off with the Curtis Brothers. The Curtis’s parents died and now it is up to Darry, the oldest brother to take care of Soda and Pony. In the beginning, The brothers always fought. One day, Soda just couldn’t take it anymore and he ran out of the house. Pony and Darry took off after him. The brothers talked it through and promised not to fight anymore. The Curtis brothers raced home that night and they all tied, and Pony guessed that it was because they didn’t want to separate ( Hinton 177). The paraphrase

In the gang, everyone acts like brothers. In the beginning of the novel, when the boys found Johnny lying in the lot, their bond became stronger. “Soda just held him and pushed Johnny's hair back out of his eyes. "It's okay, Johnnycake, they're gone now. It's okay." (28). The evidence was about the time that Johnny got beat up-almost killed-by the Soc’s. Soda held him and calmed him down. If Soda didn’t love Johnny he probably would have told him that he is ok, and to get off the ground. I think that Soda’s actions towards Johnny, really showed how much everyone in the gang loves and needs each other. Throughout the book, Dally developed a brotherly love for Johnny. Later in the book,