Johnny In The Outsiders

In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hilton there are many characters. The Greasers which are poor, and somewhat hoodlums live on the East Side of town. Socs are cocky, rich kids who live on the West Side of town. The group of characters that engaged me the most were the Greasers. My favorite of the Greasers was Johnny because of his difficult background and his shy personality. In the novel The Outsiders the main character and protagonist is Ponyboy Curtis (which is his real name it says it on his birth certificate). Ponyboy narrates the whole book because it is his theme project for English class. Pony has long, brown, tuff hair, green- greyish eyes and, he is fourteen but big for his age. He is an exceptional student, especially in English

He has icy blue eyes and light blond hair which he does not put grease in like the other Greasers. He is harder, ruder, and meaner than the others. Dally is the closest in the gang to a hoodlum, he grew up in New York on the streets with violent gangs. He takes pride in his criminal record and he’s not afraid of getting arrested. However Dally has a soft side for Johnny, he really cares about him it might be the only thing Dally really did care about. Dally did change, though the story and is fully developed. When Johnny died it drove Dally to do so really dumb

He “6.” Stocky, Rusty colored sideburns and, a wide grin, Two-Bit is the funniest and oldest member of the gang and is very talkative. He is famous for shoplifting. Sometimes he ruffs houses which we learned when Ponyboy got back from the hospital and Two-Bit was ruff housing with him. We don’t known that much about Two-Bit he’s a flat character and doesn’t change throughout the story. Steve Randle is another member of the gang. We didn’t learn that much about Steve throughout the book. What we do know is he is seventeen, tall and lean, and has thick greasy hair like any other basic Greaser. He is a bit cocky and smart and is Soda’s best friend but, he doesn't like Ponyboy. He’s just like Soda, though he attracts girls like flies to honey. One of Steve’s specialties is cars he likes fixing them and, can lift a hubcap faster than anyone else in the gang. Steve is a flat character and doesn’t change that much throughout the book. In conclusion all the characters are well written S.E. Hilton did a excellent job writing this novel. During the book you can really feel the emotions the characters are experiencing because of the well written dialogue. I learned from this book that to not judge a book by it’s cover because it doesn’t matter where you come from or how you look everyone's the same. I really enjoyed this book and I'm looking forward to watching the