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Analysis of the movie the outsiders
Analysis of the movie the outsiders
Compare and contrast between books and movies
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My final is about the difference between the book and the movie “The Outsiders.” This next paragraph is about the description difference between the book and movie. Then the paragraph after that will be about the description of the background or cars that the characters drive or live in. I think that the move and the book where basted of the same story but I think that when the directors made the movie with some different cars or house that can change the movie or they put different things in it so that the movie will look better. Altogether the movie and the book were pretty good and had good meaning to it about want to think of life and it’s alright to not be tough and hard.
In 1983, Francis Ford Coppola created the film version of S.E. Hinton’s book The Outsiders. In the movie and the book, the story takes place in a town where people are segregated by where they live. People on the east side were called greasers, and people on the west side were referred to as the socs. The main character remains the same in both the movie and the novel; his name is Ponyboy. In the book, and the story basically the same thing happens to Ponyboy, with a couple differences sprinkled here, and there.
The most significant change from the book to the film was that in the movie they add a visual on Dally's robbery while in the book it really doesn’t explain this or give us a good visual on what happen, and this is significant because it can explain and give us a good visual on what had happen making us understand Dallys emotion after Johnny's death and it shows why he was chased by the cops and shot down. In the book, author S.E. Hinton doesn’t give us much of a description on the robbery possibly, taking away the emotion from Dally after the death of johnny. This makes it a little harder to understand the circumstances of Dally after or during the robbery. Francis Ford Coppola adds the robbery into the movie adding emotion and the mental pain that Dally was going
The Outsiders is a novel created by S.E. Hinton in 1967, which follows the lives of Greasers and Socs, two different social classes. The Greasers were generally the economically disadvantaged youngsters of Tulsa, Oklahoma and were known for their long hair, leather jackets and rebellious attitudes, while the Socs were the wealthy teenagers, privileged with “money, cars and futures”. This thought-provoking novel specifically focuses on a teenager, Ponyboy Curtis and his experiences with his gang members. The book was written by Hinton in an attempt to showcase that Greasers deserved respect, despite their economic and social status. She also wanted to display that Socs face challenges quite frequently even though they have an easier life.
The Outsiders is a book that is about the Greasers and the Socs. In the late 50s and the early 60s there were two different kind of people. Some of the people got called greasers and some got called the Socs, And S.E. Hinten decided to write a book about it and they made a movie. The book and movie are both about killing, robbing, and running from the cops and fighting also there were some kids who became heroes.
The Outsiders was a book written by S. E. Hinton in 1967. The movie was directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1983. The Outsiders is a novel about two rival gangs facing off for supremacy. While in the park Ponyboy, the narrator, and his friend Johnny get jumped by the other gang called the Soc. Johnny killed Bob, a Soc, and they had to go into hiding in an old church.
One dark and stormy night it was a rumble between the socs vs greasers… “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton is about how Ponyboy Curtis a greaser deals with a lot in 9 days. His best friend kills someone and then they run away with Dally’s help to Jay Mountain. Then the church is on fire and they get hurt. Then they go to the rumble and fight. There are many differences and similarities between the novel and the movie “The Outsiders”, many things were similar but some of the relationships, characters and scenes were very contrasitive.
“Things are rough all over.” (The Outsiders pg.35) To begin, The Outsiders takes place in the 1950’s-60’s in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The conflict of The Outsiders concentrates on the gang rivalry between the Greasers and the Socials or “Socs,” who live on opposite sides of town. Moreover, the protagonist of the story is Ponyboy Curtis who has two brothers, Sodapop Curtis and Darry Curtis.
The outsiders is a book/movie it is about these two groups of people that our very different they are called greasers and Socs. The Outsiders is mainly about the greasers but a specific group of young people. The greasers our always getting in trouble with the Socs. The greasers our called greasers because they put a lot of grease in their hair to make it look good. Socs our called Socs because their the more social group and they just use Socs for short/a nickname.
The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, came out in 1967. This novel revolves around the main difficulties that the younger population experienced from around the 60s, which they overcame throughout their lives. The narrator mainly explores how their social statuses have caused many difficulties and differences between each group. The two main groups were differentiated between the ‘Greasers’ and the ‘Socs/Socials’. The Greasers were known to be the ‘poorer’ class compared to the Socs who were more of the ‘upper, richer class’.
One of the things that differed between the book and the movie was the
Prejudice, violence, and secrets seem to be invading Maycomb-will the small Alabama town make it through? To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a fictional story told through the eyes of a young girl, Scout Finch. It is about her adventures throughout Maycomb with her brother, Jem. They are eager to learn more about their mysterious neighbor Boo Radley. Meanwhile, Scout and Jem’s father, Atticus Finch, a courageous attorney, tries to prove the innocence of a black man.
"The Colored balcony ran along three walls of the courtroom like a second-story veranda, and from it (a person) could see everything" (P.166) The film in no way lives up to the detailed best-selling novel Harper Lee wrote. In my opinion too many things were changed and taken out such as Miss Maudie's and Miss Rachel's characters being “combined” and Aunt Alexandra and Uncle Jack are completely removed from the film. In the book, Dill “wore blue linen shorts that buttoned to his shirt, his hair was snow white and stuck to his head like duckfluff. ”(P. 9)
A book and a movie can be both the same and different. In The Outsiders there are many similarities and differences with the book and movie. They were the same because Johnny kills a man, they cut their, there was the movie scene, and Johnny and Ponyboy went to the church. Some of the differences is when Darry slaps Ponyboy but in the movie he pushes him, Johnny doesn't bring a lot of food in the book but does in the movie he does, when Johnny killed the man it was more described but it wasn't in the movie, and Johnny says he wants to kill himself in the movie. In The Outsiders one of the themes is “friendship”
Being a teenager can be difficult. Teenagers often experience new emotions that can become stress, anxiety, and even depression, if not understood correctly. The movie The Outsiders can be easily compared to the movie The Breakfast Club, because both pieces have a common theme of suicide. Johnny from The Outsiders hates his parents and struggles with life and the idea of suicide is constantly dancing around at the back of his head. In a similar way bryan from The Breakfast Club experiences suicidal thoughts, due to the pressure of his parents and the ability to keep up with life.
