ipl-logo

The Socs And The Bridge In S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders

566 Words3 Pages

When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home ( Hinton page 1). The book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is a story placed in the 1960's and is about the similarities and differences of the Socs and the Greasers and the bridge that makes them the same. The story begins with the narrator introducing himself as Ponyboy a 14-year-old greaser and his gang with Darry his oldest brother, Sodapop his older brother, Johnny his best friend, Dally the toughest one, Two-bit, and Steve. Greasers are the less fortunate kids and the socs were the rich kids that would jump greasers and not get into any trouble because money and possession were the only things between …show more content…

They go out to eat and when they come back they see the church burning and hear that some kids are trapped inside. They burst inside to save the kids even though Dally told them not to. Johnny then broke his back after a piece of the wood fell on him and he went to the hospital he was in critical condition. For the first time greasers were seen as hero's even though the paper read " JUVENILE DELINQUENTS TURN HEROES" ( Hinton page 90 ) While Johnny and Pony were in the church a big fight had been scheduled between the socs and the greasers and if the greasers won socs can't jump them again after the rumble Pony Goes to the hospital to see Johnny and to tell them that they won, but he tells Pony that it is useless and that Pony had to "stay gold" and that meant to preserve one's innocence because Johnny had felt how losing one's innocence can change a person. He then dies, Dally bursts out of the hospital. Pony goes home neglecting the fact that Johnny had died. Then when he gets home Dally calls and says that he had robed the shop and that the police were following him, when they all see him he raises his gun so that the police would shoot him, that was his way of committing

Show More
Related

Essay On The Socs In S. E. Hilton's The Outsiders

408 Words | 2 Pages

Ponyboy’s vs the Socs The fiction book the,”The Outsiders,” by S.E. Hilton tells the reader about the ongoing fighting between the west side and the east side in Tulsa Oklahoma in 1965. Hilton writes about a young greaser or east sider and his family fight against the Socs or West siders. In the novel you see ponyboy’s view of the Socs and how it evolves from the beginning of the book to the end.

Read More

The Outsiders Chapter 1-5 Summary

269 Words | 2 Pages

The chapters 1-5 of the Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, is about two gangs the greasers and the Socs, who are always causing trouble. In the greaser gang, the protagonist, Ponyboy, is always getting good grades and is the smartest in the gang. Dally is one of the members in the gang, Ponyboy 's brother, has been in jail multiple times. Sodapop is also Ponyboy’s brother. He works at a gas station.

Read More

Outsiders: Similarities Between The Movie And The Novel

312 Words | 2 Pages

The church that Johnny and Ponyboy stayed in burnt down. Thus, Johnny died. Although they share a great deal of similarities the movie and novel are very different.

Read More

How Does Violence Cause Conflict In The Outsiders

667 Words | 3 Pages

The kids head to Dally’s to pick up some supplies before they run out of state to avoid being caught. They catch the 3 am train to Windrixville and hide in an abandoned church for a couple days. This turns out to be deadly because while they are about to leave the church waith Dally days later, it becomes ablaze with many little kids inside. Johnny and Pony do the heroic action of going in and saving the kids but in the end Johnny gets hit with a plank that falls and ultimately succumbs to his injuries adding to the countless examples of how violent actions will only deepen the hole of conflict and cause more

Read More

Analysis Of Ponyboy In The Outsiders

451 Words | 2 Pages

As Ponyboy is with Johnny, Johnny stabs a Soc to try and save Ponyboy from getting drowned. This shows true friendship considering we know that Johnny would never and is against killing in any way. As they escape Ponyboy relies on his gang members to help him get to safety away from cops. Later, Johnny and dally gets hurt from a burning church and has to go to the hospital. A couple days later, Johnny dies, but tells Ponyboy "Stay gold Ponyboy".

Read More

Internal And External Conflicts In The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton

143 Words | 1 Pages

“The Outsiders” is a novel based on the differentiation of two gangs the socs/socials and the greasers in the 60’s. This classic was published by S.E. Hinton in 1967, written when she was only 17, this novel focuses on both the internal and external conflicts of rival gangs and the struggles they face against society. The protagonist of this story is Ponyboy Curtis, a 14 year old greaser who struggles with many internal conflicts throughout the book, his main internal conflict is not knowing his identity, he doesn't know to be himself or act like the other greasers. As well as internal conflicts there are also plenty of external conflicts shown in this book such as fights with the socs and socs jumping greasers. This book gives us an outlook

Read More

Pony Quotes From The Outsiders

756 Words | 4 Pages

During the night that Pony and Johnny we jumped by five drunk Socs on their own territory, “The sudden blast of a car horn made us both jump,”(pg 54) Johnny saved Pony from drowning by stabbing Bob, in which was fatal. ” Oh Glory,’ I said, ‘just what I need to top off a perfect night.”(pg 54) Pony quickly comes up with a plan to benefit the situation, so they go see Dallas.

Read More

Innocence In S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders

490 Words | 2 Pages

At the beginning of the story, Ponyboy comes home after curfew, making Ponyboy’s brother “Darry” pretty mad, causing them to start fighting and out of mixed emotion, Darry slaps Ponyboy. Next, Ponyboy and another Greaser, “Johnny,” are by a fountain when a couple of Socs attack, and start to drown Ponyboy. Johnny, after being beaten to near death by Socs on an earlier date, kills a Soc named “Bob” with a switchblade, scaring off the other Socs. In the end, Ponyboy is asked to write a composition based on a theme for school and ends up telling his own story (Hinton). Within the novel, the Socs get all the breaks and the Greasers get

Read More

Greasers And Socs In S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders

721 Words | 3 Pages

Bob was murdered by one of the characters named Johnny Cade. Bob was trying to drown Ponyboy so Johnny stabbed Bob so Pony wouldn’t die. Bob was drunk and all he wanted was someone to tell him no and finally Johnny did that. Dally had been killed by the police after Johnny died. Johnny was the only thing Dally ever loved and once he died Dally couldn’t cope.

Read More

The Socs And Greasers In The Outsiders

296 Words | 2 Pages

In the novel The Outsiders , there are two social groups, the Greasers” and the Socs. Greasers are considered stupid, dirty, rowdy, and overall horrible. Socs think all Greasers are the same. Greasers think that all of the Socs have perfect lives and they are all happy with no struggles. Neither of them are right, there are struggles on both sides of town.

Read More

Examples Of Heroism In The Outsiders

1687 Words | 7 Pages

After this they were both hospitalized and Pony came out fine but Johnny was in critical condition and died soon after. This was also very unexpected because Johnny had just killed someone and now he was saving someone’s life. In addition to this, the example from the end of the story showed how Darry once again saved Ponyboy. During the rumble Ponyboy was pinned to the ground getting punched when Darry came over grabbed the Soc and threw him off of Ponyboy.

Read More

The Outsiders Book Report Essay

603 Words | 3 Pages

In this book report I will talk about the book “The outsiders” written by S.E. Hinton, I will do a review of the story, the point of view, theme, symbols and my opinion about this book I really liked to read for the English class. The story is about a boy named Ponyboy who lived in a small town in Texas with his two brothers Darry and Sodapop were a gang war was taking place between two different social class people: The Socs and the Greasers. Ponyboy will learn the consequences bad acts can bring to your life in the middle of a gang war. The greasers were a middle class and not so social kind of people who liked to get in trouble and The other gang The Socs were a most of them a high class or middle-high class group of people who where they went they will always go in groups of like three or four people.

Read More

Honorable People In S. E. Hinton's The Outsider

439 Words | 2 Pages

Dally said, “Hop on the three-fifteen freight to Windrixville.” ( ). Dally told them to escape to the abandoned church because of Johnny killing Bob. Johnny said that they need to change their hair so if the cops come looking they look innocent. Johnny and Pony stayed at the church for a couple of days.

Read More

Theme Of Love In The Outsiders

906 Words | 4 Pages

When Johnny dies, Dallas goes mad and robs a grocery store with the intent for the police to see his gun and shoot him because they deemed him dangerous. He ends up being shot and killed by police. He could not bear living without Johnny, and sacrificed his life so he would not have to live without him. He would have been devoid of any happyness if he would have lived. Also, when Johnny kills Bob, him and Ponyboy go immediately to Dally.

Read More

The Outsiders Dally Character Analysis

1049 Words | 5 Pages

All of Pony’s greaser gang rescues him and chases the Socs away. Pony is okay, but shaken up. Later in the novel, Pony, Johnny, and Dally go to the Nightly double and meet Cherry Valance and Marcia. It, for the most part, goes well.

Read More

More about The Socs And The Bridge In S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders

Open Document