The Outsiders Literary Analysis Essay

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Outsiders: literary analysis In the novel the Outsiders S.E Hinton allows people all over the world to get to know a group of teenagers who are greasers, hoods, “bad kids.” She writes with such detail and so much imagery it makes it so we really get to know them,what they look like, and allows us to feel for them by helping us understand what it was like for them in the “hood” in that time period. First, The first imagery we are introduced to in the book is the first page when Hinton gets into raw detail about what all the characters look like. One example is when she's describing ponyboy “ I was wishing I looked like Paul Newman-he look tough and I don’t- but I guess my own looks aren’t that bad. I have light brown,almost …show more content…

The roar and crackling was getting louder, The cinders and embers began falling on us, stinging and smarting like ants. Suddenly, in the red glow and the haze, I remembered wondering what it was like in a burning ember, and I thought: Now I know, it's a red hell. Why aren't I scared? We pushed open the door to the back room and found four or five little kids, about eight years old or younger, huddled in a corner, although pieces of the old roof were crashing down too close for comfort. I snatched up another kid,and dropped him without waiting to see if he landed okay or not. I was coughing so hard I could hardly stand up, and I wished I had time to take off Dally's jacket. It was hot. We dropped the last of the kids out as the front of the church started to crumble.” when you read that you get such a clear image of what the church was like and the experience the characters

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