Differences In The Outsiders Book And Movie

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The “The Outsiders” is a very quirky, and funny novel, but so is its movie! During the read, and watch, of the “Outsiders” you might notice they’re very similar. The farther you get into the movie, you might notice that they’re indeed very different! Putting the differences beside, they actually are similar. One thing that they kept the same, which is very wonderful, is Jay Mountain. Jay Mountain is still far into the country, and still has the church on top. The relationships between the “gang” is still the same. Johnny is still devoted to Dally, Ponyboy, Soda, and Darry still are brothers, Soda and Steve are still best buds! Even with these great deals of similarities, they have loads of differences. A huge difference throughout the movie and novel was it showing Ponyboy hanging out with Two-Bit more than Sodapop. Throughout the novel it is stated that Sodapop and Ponyboy are best friends. Sodapop and Ponyboy are described as best friends, Pony even states him as his favorite of the gang. Throughout the movie Ponyboy can be seen hanging around with Two-Bit, rather than Sodapop. They are seen at the DX, the drive in, etc. If you thought that was the end of the differences, then were you wrong, there are many more. The first ten minutes you see of a movie determine if you stay or not in some cases, would this difference change the viewer's mind? In the novel Ponyboy’s first line states that he was walking home, and he only had two things on his …show more content…

The differences can be picked out, but instead of picking out all the little differences, just lay back and watch the movie. The plot was portrayed out the same, the loveable characters are the same, and Jay Mountain is the same. Even though these aren’t the splitting image of each other, they’re both marvelous , and I would totally watch and read them

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