The film The Outsiders had many similarities and differences from the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Both the setting and conflict were accurately represented in the film. However, the representation of the characters in the film was inaccurate according to the novel. First, in the film of The Outsiders, only Ponyboy and Johnny’s character traits were shown in depth. For example, in the novel, Soda previously had a horse named Mickey. Ponyboy reveals to Sherry that “...Sodapop was crazy about that horse. He went down to see him everyday.” Also, he had a fiance named Sandy. Soda wrote a letter to Sandy how about how he wanted to marry her. Later, Sandy sends back the letter with no reply. This was one of the reasons why Soda broke down in the falling action of the book. However, none of these examples were portrayed in the film. It is only stated in the film that Soda broke down because of Ponyboy and Darry’s fighting. …show more content…
For example, when the Socs jumped Ponyboy and Johnny, Ponyboy spat at Bob, triggering him to try to drown him in both the novel and the film. A minor difference was that during “The Rumble” in the novel, when Dally suddenly appeared, Paul swung at Darry. In contrast, during "The Rumble” in the film, it was Ponyboy that was punched first. Furthermore, the Greasers conflict with society was also apparent in the novel and the film. While Ponyboy was walking down the street, the Socs shouted “Greaser!” at him. It is evident that in the film and novel society views the Greasers as