The Outsiders, By S. E. Hinton

The Outsiders The Outsiders, written by S. E. Hinton is a very enjoyable book, with lovable characters, an exciting plot, and detailed settings. It is so good that it was made into a movie, which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The basic plot of the story is between the greasers, who are the poor, rough guys who wear worn-down clothes and hang out in gangs, and the Socs, who are the rich, polished kids that wear really nice clothes. The Socs throw beer blasts and think they are better than the greasers (Hinton). It is the story of Ponyboy and his gang and the troubles he and his buddy Johnny face when Johnny kills a Soc in self-defense. It is set in 1960’s Oklahoma. The movie version of the book is also extremely accurate, following up on the book very well, but

Some of the dialogue was exactly the same. For example, at the part where Dally, Pony, and Johnny are at the movies talking to Cherry and Marcia, Cherry says to Dally, “‘Take your feet off my chair and shut your trap.’ ‘Who’s gonna make me?’” (Hinton 21). Later on, it switches back to the same dialogue. Dally hands Cherry and Marcia a Coke, “‘This might cool you off.’” She splashes it in his face saying, “‘That might cool you off, greaser.’” (Hinton 24). Situations like this happen various times throughout the movie. The dialogue follows the book exactly in some cases. Both the movie and the book start and end with, “When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house…” (Coppola, The Outsiders). When Pony and Johnny are in the lot, Pony tells Johnny of the country and how wonderful it is, and then falls asleep (Hinton 48). It shows Bob having his famous rings (Coppola, The Outsiders). There was a lot of similarities, but two special things are that Johnny said the same words to Pony as he died, and Pony found the note that Johnny left him in Gone With the Wind (Hinton 178-179). They were both extremely similar and very