Inside of the Outsiders One boy’s once simple life is impacted by tragic loss after making one bad decision. The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, is a novel about the rivalry between greasers and Socs. It is narrated by the main character, Ponyboy Curtis.
The Outsiders written by S.E Hinton , published in 1967. This novel tells a story about the Greasers and the Socs which are two opposing gangs that are in constant fights and do not get along. The greasers get treated poorly and disrespected constantly since the socs look down on them and treat them differently since they are not as privileged as the socs. The socs are rich kids that live on the west side of Tulsa , Oklahoma and the greasers were poor kids that lived on the East side providing for each other's needs. The conflict between the Greasers and the Socs is one of the most important themes in the novel.
S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders is about a group of poorer people called Greasers and rich people called Socs, that are constantly fighting over territory and such. Greasers Ponyboy and Johnny get in some bad business and have to run for it. Things get worse and the greaser gang has to stick together and look out for each other - now more than ever. While comparing the Greaser lives and the Soc’s lives, the Greasers obviously have it worse.
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 have countless songs that can relate to the characters we meet. The book “The Outsiders” is a realistic fiction novel written by S.E. Hinton. These songs are, “Death Around the Corner” by 2pac for Johnny, “Don’t Cry” by Guns N’ Roses for Soda-pop, and “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” by The Animals for Dallas. To begin, “Death Around the Corner” is a song by 2pac that speaks about his paranoia with death, which can be associated with Johnny. First, the lyric “I see death around the corner, any day”.
Many people have used violence to solve problems that they have at some point in their life, but as you look back at what you accomplished, you realized that violence doesn’t help you in a good way. Ponyboy learned that the hard way. In The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton presents the idea that using violence against your rival(s) isn’t the solution, it is the problem. One scene that reveals the idea that violence isn’t the answer and that it can only hurt others, was in Chapter 3 when ponyboy talks about what happened to Johnny. He said, “Johnny was lying face down on the ground.
The Outsiders, a realistic fiction novel, by S.E Hinton is based off a true story that took place in the 1960’s. In the novel, S.E Hinton showed that family is made up of people who love each other. In the same way , S.E Hinton showed that a family is made up of people who love each other, in the form of orphan brothers. It starts off with the Curtis Brothers.
The Outsiders is a 1967 novel written by S.E. Hinton that explores the eventful lives of Greasers and Socs. The Greasers is a gang made up of low-income teenagers and the Socs are the rich spoiled kids. The theme of The Outsider is “life is unexpected” based on the many eventful events that happened to the graser. These include when the church burned down and saved the kids. Also, it was unexpected when Ponyboys parent dying, and Ponyboy friend Dally and Johnny dying.
The book The Outsiders is written by S.E Hinton and is a novel about young men who are known as “Greasers”, getting into trouble after two of their members get into a fight and ends in the death of a member of their rival group, the Socials. Important characters in this book are the Greasers, Ponyboy, Dallas, Johnny, Darry, Two-bit, Sodapop and steve. The plot of this story starts with the fight including Ponyboy and Johnny, Ponyboy passes out after almost being drowned, and Johnny stabs a Socs member named Bob in self defense. Because of what Johnny has done, Ponyboy and him are told by Dallas to skip town, Dallas gives them money for food while they stay in a church for five days. On the fifth day Dallas takes out Johnny and Ponyboy out to eat, but when they get back the church is on fire with children inside.
In The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is a realistic fiction story about two, different gangs in Tulsa Oklahoma. There are the Greasers, who are the lower-class teens in their home town, and the Socs, privileged kids from wealthy families. The narrator and protagonist of the story, Ponyboy Curtis and his gang brother, Johnny Cade, become involved in the killing of a Soc when they are attacked in the park one night. The two Greasers go on the run, hiding out in an abandoned church, before they plan on turning themselves in to the police. Just as they are about to do so, their shelter, the church, catches on fire.
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.
The book, The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton is about brother hood and friendship. Is also about two gangs called the Greasers and the Soc's constantly arguing and fighting. Constantly fighting about their gangs placement in their cities, girls, and where they can and can't go. In the first chapter, fighting comes up right away. Ponyboy was walking home from the movies when about 5 Soc's drove up to him and jumped him.
S.E. Hinton uses the conflicts between two rival gangs during her high school year as an influence to write The Outsiders. Through the problems they face, Hinton was able to show how both gang groups are very different yet slightly similar. Their differences lead to hate and violence. Without their conflicts, the members go their own separate way. S.E. Hinton grew up living in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
In the novel The Outsiders the story takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1960’s. The story was set in the year it was written. The author was in high school when she wrote this, so she could relate well to the characters and made it relatable to other teens. In the story the time period doesn’t really have much of an impact on the story, but the social classes inside the town do. There are two different gangs inside the town.
Violence was much more powerful than we imagine not only because it led tremendous dis- aster, but also due to the deep impact on individuals. In the book of the Outsiders, the violence of Johnny’s family, the other greasers, and their opposing gangs, the Socials, strongly affected Johnny. The Violence of Johnny’s family impacts Johny’s natural instincts, which means that some of his characteristics were already fixed since he was born, and influenced him in daily life. Johnny grew up in a family without care, love, and understanding.