The outsiders The book and the movie are not always the same. There are many differences between the two, some are obvious and some are not. Have you ever wondered what are the differences between the book and the movie “The Outsiders.” In this essay I will talk about the differences between the book and the movie “The Outsiders.” One of the differences between the book and the movie is that the greasers were from the east and the socs were from the west in the book “The West-side rich kids. It's like the term "greaser," which is used to class all us boys on the East Side” but, in the movie the socs were from the south and the greasers were from the north. A second difference is when Darry hits Ponyboy in the movie he pushed him but in the book he slappes him “Darry wheeled around and slapped me so hard that it knocked me against the door” In the book the socs cut Ponyboy on the side of his head “He pulled out a handkerchief, wet the end of it with his tongue, and pressed it gently against the side of my head”but in the movie they cut him under his chin. …show more content…
“ We stopped at a Dairy Queen and the first thing I got was a Pepsi.” In the book there were police and journalists at the hospital but in the movie there wasn’t. “Then the reporters and the police came.” Another difference is in the book Ponyboy said “Once we even found Tim Shepard” but in movie Tim Shepard was at their house and in the book Ponyboy was the first to wake up but in the movie Sodapop was already up and taking a shower. “I was the first one up the next