Compare And Contrast The Outsiders

When you hear the word outsider several different things come to mind, like a competitor, applicant thought to have little chance of success, or a person or thing not in an enclosure, or boundary. In the book the outsiders the term means something completely different. To be an outsider is to be a person who does not belong. S.E. Hinton wrote the book the outsiders almost by accident when she was assigned a writing project in 1967 at school, and she ended up with the outsiders. Later in 1983 it was made into a movie by Francis Ford Coppola. The book the outsiders has a great deal in common with the movie, however there are still numerous differences.
A few similarities between the movie, the outsiders, and the book are, the dialogue. If you were to follow along to the movie with the book you would notice the dialogue is almost exactly the same. Which is impressive compared to most movies that are based off of books. As well as during the big rumble almost all the events Ponyboy described in the book happen in the movie, for example when Darry is fighting one of his

In the book Dally is described as having white/blond hair and blue eyes but in the movie he has brown hair and brown eyes. Some more differences are you don't get to know the characters as well because, you aren't getting to hear what Ponyboy is thinking. In the book the Soces are from the west side and the Greasers are from the East side of town, but in the movie the Soces are from the south and the Greasers are from the north side of town. One more difference is in the book Darry slapped Ponyboy causing him to run away with Johnny but in the movie Darry pushes Ponyboy.
To conclude there are multiple similarities and differences between the book and the movie the outsiders. I found that there were more obvious differences that were a little disappointing but, all in all they were both the movie and the book were very