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The Outsiders, By S. E. Hinton

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Kejdi Mucaj 8-3 A Different Side In the 1960s novel, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, there is an on-going war between two gangs named the Socials, or the Socs, and the greasers. The Socials live on the west side of the town and the greasers live on the east, however, that is not the only difference between the two gangs. Perhaps the biggest difference between the two is the wealth disparity. The Socials are in the upper class and the greasers are in the lower class. Throughout the novel, there is a constant struggle for power between the two gangs resulting in many injuries and a few deaths.The main character, Ponyboy, also experienced near-death a few times. He is a greaser who lives with his two brothers, Darry and Sodapop, and has several friends who him and his brothers are very close with, including Two-Bit, Dally, and Johnny. The mutual loyalty that Ponyboy’s friends and family shared with each other, ended up saving Pony’s life multiple times. The first instance comes early in the book while Pony was walking home after watching a Paul Newman film. He was walking home alone because Pony enjoys …show more content…

Pony made it clear since the beginning of the story that he did not really like or trust Dally. He believed that Dally was never up to any good and always caused trouble no matter what he did. However, Johnny and Pony both knew that Dally was a hardened criminal and has most likely dealt with a situation like this before. It turns out they were right and Dally knew exactly what to do. Dally instructed them to go to a nearby town by the name of Windrixville and hide there for a week to wait for the whole situation to die down. He also gave them fifty dollars, a loaded gun, and a jacket for Pony who was freezing from almost being drowned. In this situation, Dally showed extreme care for they boys even though most of the time Pony saw him in a completely different

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Dally unexpectedly demonstrates bravery many times throughout the book. Initially, Ponyboy views Dally as tough and mean. However, Dally frequently displays his selflessness by helping his fellow gang members, even though the consequences for him could be very detrimental. In doing so, he establishes himself as a father figure, someone who will look out for the others, no matter what. His heroism creates trust between the boys and establishes a ‘family’ within the gang, which each of them is sadly missing in one way or another.

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The boys turned to Dally for help when they needed it because Dally has been to jail before and he knew where to hide out. Ponyboy and Johnny turned to Dally for help when Johnny killed a Soc. They needed help from Dally because he had been to jail many times and so he knew where all the hideouts were. In the text right after Johnny kills a Soc they go over to Dally and Dally tells them,”Hop the three-fifteen freight to Windrixville.” He must then know where the hideouts are when he tells more about where they need to go.

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Hinton never uses the word "outsider" in her novel, yet it 's the title of the book. Maybe she left it open for us to ponder. Write an essay in which you explain what she may have meant by The Outsiders. Be sure to define what you mean by an outsider, and then explain who you think Ms. Hinton was referencing when she titled her book. What I define an outsider to be is someone who is in a group nevertheless distant, maybe physically or mentally.

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But I believe she was mostly just referencing Pony because unlike most greasers he took care of his friends and family he also had a very different thought process than everyone he didn’t like fighting

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t: Did the characters in the novel overcome challenging obstacles? Write a five paragraph essay discussing the major conflicts in the novel and whether or not they were overcome. In the book “The Outsiders” the main characters Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally face many obstacles. In the book there are essentially two different classes (gangs), the socs and the greasers.

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In The Outsiders, Johnny and Ponyboy are at the park near the fountain. Bob and Randy come to jump them and Bob gets a hold of Pony by drowning him in the fountain while Randy fights with Johnny. Johnny pulls out his switchblade so he can stab Bob, and he did. After he pulled Pony out of the fountain he says, “I had to. They were drowning you, Pony.

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The Struggles of Teens The struggles in the book The Outsiders, has problems kids have to face in their real lives in “Alarming Number of Teenagers are Quitting school to go to work”,”Cool at 13, Adrift at 23”, and “A Generation Struggling: Rich Kids Are Losing”. Sodapop and Darry, Ponyboy’s older brother, both give up their education in order to make money for his little brother’s education, and some kids must do this as well for their family. The Socs are the rich kids and cause all kinds trouble wherever they go, just like the rich kids in reality who get into all types of trouble with their seemingly endless supply of money. In real life, kids that are usually related to things like gangs go to dismay later on in life, but Darry was able to experience a normal life while being involved with gangs.

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S.E. Hinton’s Successful Style In the book, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, the main character, Ponyboy, narrates his life as a greaser and the struggle between two rival gangs, which causes tragedies. Because The Outsiders narrates a story about teenagers struggling in a gang, it is more appealing to teenage audiences. This book also foreshadows certain events, which can draw in readers. Hinton also uses very vivid imagery to make the book more descriptive and sets a better picture into the reader’s mind.

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What this shows is that Darry would beat up Dally if he got found out that Dally got Ponyboy and Johnny out of town with money and a gun, which means that all he is doing is sticking up for his brothers. He doesn’t want them to get into any trouble or run away.

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Thanks to Darry, he is always checking over Ponyboy to make sure he’s not doing the wrong decision. Thankfully, later everything got back to normal for Ponyboy and the rest of his brothers in the family. As you can see, if it wasn’t for Darry taking care of Ponyboy, and everyone else helping out, Ponyboy wouldn’t of moved on from this

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But he lets Johnny in and for the first time ever he has someone to love. Once Johnny starts to die Dally is devastated and tells Ponyboy, “You look out for yourself and nothing can touch you…” (p 147). Dally is expressing this to Ponyboy because he knows Johnny is going to die and that he can’t live without Johnny. “Oh, Damnit, Johnny, don’t die, please don’t die…”

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He seems to have no emotions, and as it said on page , Dally can take any amount of punishment. “ Dally had spent three years on the wild side of New York and had been arrested at the age of ten. He was tougher than the rest of us……..” (Hinton, 10) . “He had quite a reputation.

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The Outsiders In this world sometimes you have no one to look up to. So, when you are alone or sad you can only honor what you have. In the book, “The Outsiders”, S.E. Hinton talks about honoring yourself when you have nothing to honor. This theme is present in “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton.

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Dally is not strong mentally (when he couldn’t let Johnny go), he really does not do good deeds, and he does not care about any other people than only Johnny, and he’s rude to others and bad at using words. A quotation that supports my statement is, “What for? Get back in here before I beat your head in.” (p.90) This quotation supports my statement because Dally said this to Ponyboy when he hopped off the car and said to see what the deal is when he saw the old church on fire, it proves that Dally does not care about other stuff that does not involve him and that he’s rude to others and using

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The first time we see this is after Johnny and Ponyboy arrive fresh from the murder to seek Dally’s help. He gives them dry clothes, a loaded gun, fifty dollars, and tells them a location to hide in. He gave them the essentials they need even though he could have gone to jail. Darry would have even beat up Dally to death for helping them escape town and giving them a gun and money. According to Ponyboy, “...he [Dally] got drunk, he rode in rodeos, lied, cheated, stole, rolled drunks, jumped small kids—he did everything.”

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