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The Characters In S. E. Hinton's Novel 'The Outsiders'

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“Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me”. In S.E. Hinton’s novel, The Outsiders, it takes place when Ponyboy Curtis a fourteen year old Greaser narrates the novel about two gangs from two different classes; this is divided by the sides they live the East and West side. The wealth and status controls the Socials' reality while the greasers battle to discover personality past their status as poor, bring down class "hoodlums." The greasers are missing out on a lot of things because of their dysfunctional families for example: love, guidance and values. Ponyboy is Ponyboy's honest, youthful eyes, enable us as perusers to have the capacity to look past the glaring contrasts. Ponyboy has long hair greased, wears jeans and T-shirt. The society Ponyboy lives in impacts his identity, the way he behaves and his perception about the gangs. …show more content…

He loses in innocence in chapter 4 when Johnny kills Bob and when they have to run away from Windrixville. Ponyboy starting smoking at the age of fourteen this was because of his gang; Greaser. An example of him indulging into violence is when he carries the switchblade, chases the kids and when he shoplifts. Also when he breaks the laws. Ponyboy is loyal too. “When you're in a gang,you stick up for the other members. If you don't stick up for them, stick together, make like brothers, it isn't a gang anymore." (33) This quote means that if your group of friends become as close as brother one would want to do anything for them even murder. Ponyboy shows loyalty when he doesn’t like some members of the gangs but yet does something for them. “You can take up buddies, no matter what they do. When you’re a gang, you stick up for members. If you don’t stick up for them, make like brothers, it isn’t a gang

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Several of Ponyboy’s traits differed from the beginning due to environmental crisis that he had to endure through. Sensitivity, a trait Ponyboy is unique to in the book, helps him to feel more emotion that the other greasers and the Socs, which was shown in the beginning and the middle, especially when Johnny and Dally died. To mask his sadness and true feelings, Ponyboy tried to act tough like Dally so he didn't have to suffer, but it did not benefit him. As shown in the book, “...It was the oddest feeling in the world. I didn't feel anything-scared, mad, or anything.

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There’s a hierarchy to gangs. There is the top dog, or the one who is above everyone and got there by his own means. This could mean he killed the original top dog, or he created the gang himself. The second would be the OG’s of the gang; they make sure everyone is on task. Then there are the members who know their place and know their jobs.

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In the story The Outsiders written by S.E Hinton, there are two rival groups/ gangs, the greasers and the Socs. A young boy named Ponyboy explained his journey being a greaser and the sacrifices, consequences, and decisions he had to manage with. This story reminds me of William Shakespeare's story Romeo and Juliet of their similarities which are they gangs, fights, and loyalty and differences that are the wealthiness, behaviors, and between the two books. One of the similarities of the two books is the groups/ gangs, because in Romeo and Juliet there are the Montague and Capulets and in The Outsiders there are the greasers and the Socs. They are both enemies and try to sabotage and fight each other when every they have the chance to.

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Also known as: ‘’blood in, blood out.’’ Gang banging at such a young age became natural. It was all around me. My older brother was a gang member and kept secrets from me and always had it all. He had all of the respect in the city.

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When Ponyboy was thinking about what the people in the gang do what they do, he assumed that Greasers and Socs are divergent. Ponyboy thinks to himself, “We deserve a lot of our trouble...both of them have too much energy, too much feeling, with no way to blow it off.” (Hinton 16) This quote has a deep meaning because it shows that the Socs choices are more narrow, displaying that when a Soc does something wrong, they could lose their fame and their luxury. On the other hand, the greasers have boundless choices because they have nothing to lose. They are already at the bottom, so most of the things they do, won’t really change what they already have.

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Ponyboy, a greaser, was one of the young boys that was matured throughout the book because of his hardships. Ponyboy 's relationship with his older brothers, Darry and Sodapop, is a key factor in how Ponyboy matured throughout the book. An example of Ponyboy almost maturing from the influence of Darry and Sodapop, is when their parents were killed in a car crash. When their Parents died it caused them to get closer and look out for eachother more (#3).

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Being part of a gang, even if you feel you can’t be yourself in it, seems inescapable to Tigo and

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When the framers in Philadelphia sat down to write the constitution, they never considered the issues of today’s age such as abortion. Abortion today is one of the most controversial issues in America. Abortion may be ruled to be constitutional but there is still plenty of opposition that says otherwise. Abortion laws began to appear in the United States around the 1820s. They forbidden an abortion after the fourth month of pregnancy.

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Have you ever felt like an outsider in your life? An outcast to others, or the feeling that you 're going through something by yourself? Well meet the main character in S.E Hilton 's novel, The Outsiders. Ponyboy Curtis is a fourteen year old boy in the decade where in every city there were gangs and groupies. Ponyboy is in a gang along with his two brothers and their friends.

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How “The Outsiders” written by S.E Hinton is coming of age novel During life, people will go through tragic experiences, difficult period of time and pressured by the society around them that eventually their innocence will fade with age. This can be clearly shown in the novel “The Outsiders” (written by S.E Hinton) in which the characters who are living in an area (East side of Oklahoma) full of gang society and violence;….Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade and the rest of his friends and siblings are forced to mature and grow up quicker and earlier than most of the average people due to the traumatic/tragic experiences that they had to face during their everyday conflict between “The Socs” (their rival social group). First of all, before Ponyboy Curtis had met the two girl Socs in the cinema (Sherry Valance and Marcia), he had thought that every person who are a member of their rival’s social group were very wealthy, but very threatening towards The Greasers.

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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.

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You first start to see a slight change in Ponyboy’s point of view when he meets Cherry (Sherri) Valance, furthermore when he speaks to Randy in the car, as well as when he reads Johnny's letter. Ponyboy’s point of view changes when he gets jumped by the Socs and when he first meets Cherry. It is through these events

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Ponyboy was genuinely upset about his hair, therefore he accepts his appearance as a greaser, as well. Ponyboy is negatively affected by the stereotype because he gets into multiple legal problems. He is forced to go to court because his friend, Johnny, killed a Soc named Bob. “Greasers can’t walk alone too much or they’ll get jumped, or someone come by and scream “Greaser!” at them, which doesn’t make you feel too hot, if you know what I mean” (2).

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Also, by the end of the novel the reader should be able to tell that he is a now a young adult rather than an adolescent because of the events that make him think differently about the way life goes when he was younger. LOL At the start of the novel a main event that starts his change is when he is walking home from the Paul Newman movie and he is thinking about the differences between Socials and Greasers, while hoping he does not get jumped by them while he is walking home all alone. Afterwards, a red vehicle starts to follow him, and a group of Socials gets out of the vehicle and surround Ponyboy. They cut him a couple times and threatens to kill him, but

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