In the book “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton Ponyboy and his peers try to survive in a urban city. But many obstacles block Ponyboy from a decent lifestyle with rival gang known as the Socs, and homelessness. Despite all the troubles going on they still manage to hold on to their struggles and live on. But it turns out the entire story of them was just an essay written by him about something meaningful in school. The obstacles beyond their control faced in “The Outsiders” were not truly overcome based on their life situation,violence, and the environment. First In the beginning of the story Ponyboy and the rest of his brothers walk out of a movie theater alone “Since Mom and Dad were killed in an auto wreck, the three of us get together only
In chapter one we are introduced to our narrator, Ponyboy. Ponyboy is raised by his two older brothers Darry and Soda. They’re all apart of a gang called the “greasers” which is joined by Dally, Johnny, Two-bit, and Steve. There is another group called “ socs” which stands for socials, and everyone in that group is very wealthy. One day Ponyboy got jumped by a socs group, but luckily Darry was there to help before anything too serious happened. The first element of literature is characterization. Ponyboy is a keen observer, trying to make sense of the complexities of those around him. At the beginning of the story, he stops and spends several pages giving us brief character description on Steve, Two-Bit, Dally, and Johnny. This is also known as direct characterization. He tells us that Steve is "cocky and smart" ( Hinton 9). Two-Bit can 't stop joking around and goes to school for "kicks" (Hinton 10) rather than to learn. Dallas, he says, is "tougher, colder, meaner" ( Hinton 10) than the rest of them.
Can some people so different be so a like? Can some people so alike be so different? Dally and Johnny are those two who are so different, but yet they are similar. In the book S.E. Hinton writes The Outsiders, Johnny Cade and Dally Winston come from two completely different backgrounds, and have completely different scruples. Yet, at the same time they are alike. Dally and Johnny’s parents both repudiate them, making Johnny and Dally mentally tough, and the boys do not value their lives. At the same time though they are different, Dally is stronger than Johnny. Though, Johnny has a soft heart and Dally would not even pay any attention if someone is dying right next to him.
Have you ever got jumped for doing nothing, get stuff blamed on you for nothing, or even been made fun of for your social class? The book The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton is about two groups of teenagers, the Greasers and the Socs and how they are in conflict with each other. The two informational articles offer facts about how two groups of teenagers struggle in life because wealthy kids have money to buy drugs and alcohol as well as feel pressure from their parents about doing good in school, while low income teenagers have to drop out of school to help their families by getting a job and help pay for the bills. Some people believe that the Socs struggled more in The Outsiders because they had more money and used it to do drugs and more stuff
Could a person live in a world without people who love and care for them? Could people survive in a world where they were judged by how they were presented on the outside? S.E. Hinton, the author of The Outsiders, discusses many universal themes, such as friendship, stereotyping, and change. In The Outsiders, two rival groups, the socs and the greasers, are separated by social class. The friendship between the greasers will be tested when an unexpected event changes everything. The greasers must learn that people experience many tragic events, no matter who the person is. Based on the universal themes, the readers will begin to understand how the characters in the novel grow and change, and how friendship and family help along the way.
In the book The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, the lower-class, known as the Greasers, and the upper-class, known as Socs, deal with the animosity and daily struggles they have with each other. The novel focuses on the struggles and experiences with being an outsider to society and coping with the rich side of town through Ponyboy’s eyes. His life changes when tensions rise and many tragic things happen to the Greasers and Socs that will create agony in many but heroes in a few. The three topics addressed in this compelling novel are the fight between the rich and the poor, the power of friendship, and what it means to be a hero.
”Because most people identify as separate from other people, they have what we call some "concept" of themselves. Self-concept refers to how people “think about, evaluate, or perceive” themselves.” Self-concept can be split into categories that make people who they are. Throughout “The Outsiders”, Ponyboy the protagonist, describes his brother and his friends in relation to him, giving insight on what makes each of them who they are. After reading an article on this topic “Self-Concept “by Saul McLeod (1), and reading chapters 1-3 of the novel “The Outsiders” (2). One can see the major reasons that make people who they are: self-image and self-esteem/self-worth.
In the story”The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton, the author describes a conflict between two vastly different groups of students. The point of the climax in the story is when Johnny, the Greaser, stabs Bob the soc. Johnny was the second to youngest besides his best buddy Ponyboy who was with him the night of the murder,Johnny was smaller than the rest of the group and slightly build. He always had a nervous and suspicious look in his eyes. He got beaten by Socs and his dad. The night of the murder Johnny and Ponyboy had went to the park because Ponyboy needed to let off steam because him and his older brother Darry had gotten into a fight, so when the went to the park Bob the soc was there and he was drunk and Bob wasn’t himself when he’s drunk.
Most people may think that rich kids don’t have any problems or as as many problems as poor kids, but both have many problems. In S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, at first it appears that only greasers have problems, but then it is revealed the cool, sophisticated socs also have issues. Darry, a greaser, can’t go to college because they don’t have enough money and he has to work so he can keep taking care of his brothers. A soc named Cherry Valance that thought Ponyboy was nice, but told him that if she sees him again, she won’t say hello because she couldn’t let anyone see her with greasers. In The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton’s characterizations of individual Greasers and Socs reveal that both rich and poor kids face problems and feel trapped
the beginning of the book chapter 1 Ponyboy went to the movies alone on the way home some greasers jump him and in the right moment his group members save him from getting beat.
By looking at the incidents happened around Ponyboy and the changes of Ponyboy’s attitudes towards reality, we can see that Ponyboy has matured and learned the essence of solving problems, which most readers don’t see; this is important because it reveals the relationship between dreams and reality, that is cocooning from the world is not going to solve any problems, instead, only through facing the reality could we regain lost courage and break the obstacles.
One of the most important themes in The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is Society and Class division. In the novel, the Greasers and Socs are divided by wealth, social class and opportunities to succeed. Following the journey of Ponyboy and his gang of friends, the reader learns the reality of these kids’ lives. At the beginning of the book the two groups share a hatred for each other not realizing the other similarities they share. After many tragic happenings, these youngsters realize they are not that different. The author wants the reader to understand that wealth, social class and education should not divide people.
Every story has an initiating incident; an event that begins a story’s problem and introduces the main conflict. In the novel, the initiating incident begins when Darry, Ponyboys old brother, hits Ponyboy
“Be yourself because being an original is worth more than being a copy.” The Outsiders is a novel about two groups that are mentally and physically battling over land, power and popularity. The Poem “Poverty and Wealth” is about two economic groups, but one man dies pleasantly and the other dies non hearted and sorrowful. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and “Poverty And Wealth” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox shows how many themes connect to the two.
In S.E Hinton’s young adult realistic fiction novel The Outsiders, a group of young Greasers have to go through life’s struggles having only each other. These boys face many hardships and they only have each other to get through life. They face many struggles such as social class division, getting a good school education, and earning enough money to survive off of. The boys have to keep persevering through these conflicts before anything gets better. In The Outsiders, S.E Hinton teaches the readers that no matter how bad life may be going now, it will get better as long as you keep trying.
It was once said that people are never perfect and everyone has problems, no matter what you call them. S.E. Hinton, who wrote The Outsiders, explains just how the Greasers and the Socs have problems all around. The Greasers are shown by the article, “Alarming Number of Teens are Quitting School to go to Work” and the Socs by the article, “A Generation Losing: Rich Kids are Losing”. In the novel and the two articles it shows the hardships for both the wealthy and poverty-stricken peoples’ struggles and trials are similar.