The Outsiders, a novel written by the author S.E. Hinton, is a beautifully woven tale of choices, love, and the intertwining of unlikely characters. Over on the dark side of Oklahoma, gang fights, money (or lack thereof), and family life are just a few examples of hardship that may be constantly on any greasers mind. There is the golden side as well, with rich socialites who jump greasers in their spare time and seem to have life laid out for them, but the greasers and Socs are more alike than they might think. Hardships have no boundary, it doesn’t matter how much money or reputation you have. The story is told from the perspective of Ponyboy Curtis, a 14-year old hood with two brothers, Soda Pop and Darry. His parents were killed in a car accident a long time ago, so now the gang in the neighborhood and his brothers are his only family. After a heated argument with Darry ending in Ponyboy getting hit, he runs away with his friend Johnny. A couple of Socs jump the two boys and Johnny end up killing one of them because Ponyboy is being drowned. Scared they’ll be caught and thrown in jail, they run away to an abandoned church with the help of another gang member, Dally. In the end, the two boys end up saving some kids and become heroes, but Johnny ends up dying. Because of Johnny’s death, Dally kills himself, and the whole gang is in pieces. Eventually all the boys get over it, but the memories still remind them of all the hardships they’d overcome.
Love relationships are a hardship for everyone: greasers, Socs, and any other non-recluse person in the world. Many people have to deal with love; it’s something you can’t hide from, really. The love doesn’t have to be romantic or sappy because family relationships, or lack thereof, can...
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... Johnny like a brother. This love is what causes him to kill himself. The problem with death, killing, and loss is that they are all the roots of chain reactions. Because of Johnny dying, Dally kills himself, and because Ponyboy loses two of his greatest friends, he shuts down and starts blocking out the world. He does this because he believes that if he can keep out everyone else, he can keep out that voice telling him “Dally and Johnny are dead, Pony. You’ll never get ‘em back.”
Peer pressure is also a serious problem in both social groups. It’s alright if you agree with things people say, but shaping your answers to fit what everyone else thinks isn’t the right thing to do. One might think they’re becoming the image that’s correct, but really are just molding to become another identical wannabe. At one point in The Outsiders, Randy, a Soc who was friends with Bob
Ponyboy talks about him as having ", an elfish face with high cheekbones and a pointed chin, small, sharp animal teeth, and ears like a lynx. His hair was so blond, and he didn't like haircuts, or hair oil either, so it fell over his forehead in wisps and kicked out in the back in tufts and curled behind his ears and along the nape of his neck. His eyes were blue, blazing ice, cold with a hatred of the whole world. “He works as a jockey, and funnily doesn't rig his races; it's "the only thing Dally did honestly." Even though he is only seventeen years old, "the fight for self-preservation had hardened him beyond caring." He set the stereotype for the greasers its scary to the others how scary he is. In the events when Johnny killed Bob dally helped out the boys and gifted them one handgun and $100. Ponyboy realizes the truth after Johnny's death. When he tries to make sense of Dally's reaction to Johnny's death, it dawns on him, "Johnny was the only thing that Dally
Despite all the challenges we are faced with there is always a strong sense of positivity through those who believe in hope, friendship and have a sense of belonging.Determination and a strong connection with the natural world can uphold a person's sense of hope, Dedication and friendship can promote a person’s sense of belonging and that through trust and loyalty you can always rely on friends to be there in difficult situations.This is a inspiring message represented in The Outsiders by SE Hinton a tale told through the eyes of a determined and courageous fourteen year old boy who through , loss ,pain and difficult challenges finds a impression of positivity as a result of hope, friendship and belonging. The Outsiders is set in Tulsa
First of all, Dally says “‘... don’t die Johnny, please don’t die…’” and then he “suddenly bolted through the door and down the hall.” (149). This shows that the boys all have a very close relationship with each other. They would do anything for each other and are devastated when one dies. Secondly, Ponyboy asks “‘You really killed him [Bob], huh, Johnny?’” (57). This demonstrates that the boys would do anything for each other. Johnny killed Bob in order to save Ponyboy, which really shows how strong of a relationship they have. In conclusion, the power of friendship is shown throughout the book when the boys had a few encounters in which their friendship and how strong it really is was
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is a late 60’s novel about a young 14 year old kid named Ponyboy. He is part of a hood group on the eastside of town called the greasers that to him are closer than family. Each and every person within the gang looks out for each other and would do anything for them, but sometimes these things they would do for each other without second thoughts have jurrasic effects that nobody could see coming in the future.
In the story, The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, You meet the main character, Ponyboy, who is the youngest of the gang who is friends with 2nd youngest, Johnny. It takes place in Tulsa Oklahoma. At the beginning it talks about Ponyboys brothers, Soda and a Darry, and how their in a gang with him called the Greasers who are in a rival with another gang on the other side of town called the Soc’s. The main conflict in the book is when Johnny kills the soc Bob because he was drowning Ponyboy and almost killed him. Later in the book, they end up having a rumble to settle differences because of the death of Bob and the Greasers end up on top. At the end, Ponyboy moves on after the death of Johnny and Dally and writes and writes a story that has been on his mind the whole time.
The book The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton introduces two characters that have similarities and differences, but they are family to one another which will never change. Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston have problems of their own. They may deal with some differently, but they always have each others back. Johnny deals with his problems by being good when he goes through pain everyday. But Dally is not the type of person to behave even when he is upset, instead, he likes to break the law. Johnny and Dally compare and contrast to one another in good and bad ways, but always watch out for one another as family.
Family. It is something that everyone needs, yet many do not have. However, family does not always mean blood, family can be anyone. This idea plays a big role in The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, a story about teenage gangs in the early 1960s Oklahoma. Narrator Ponyboy belongs to a gang - consisting of his two brothers, Darry and Sodapop, and his friends - Johnny, Dallas, Steve and Two-Bit. They all struggle with the hardships of growing up without a proper family, but have made their own - a gang which they call the greasers. Ponyboy is inexperienced and young at the beginning of the book, but events in the novel such as fights with other gangs and the deaths of two members of his
Ponyboy falls asleep in a lot and it upsets Darry. Ponyboy, who is sick of his cruelness since his parents died, starts fighting back. They began fighting and Darry hits Ponyboy. Ponyboy leaves the house, goes to find Johnny and says he wants to run away and they head to the park to calm down. The Soc’s attack the grease boys and grab Ponyboy and start drowning him in a fountain, while Johnny is kicked to the ground. Johnny gets mad and goes after the boys with his pocketknife. Ponyboy wakes
The Outsiders Is a novel written by S. E. Hinton is about a gang of friends living in the ghetto and they are called Greasers. The main character is Ponyboy, a 14 year old boy who is living with his brothers Darry, who is 20, and Sodapop, who is 17. At a young age Ponys parents died and he’s living with his older brothers. Greasers have always had problems with Socs, the rich kids on the west side. Socs always jump the Greasers until one day Johnny Ponys best friend gets jumped and he’s had enough. I believe the theme of this story is “Once you learn about somebody the diversity between you goes away.”
The Outsiders is a novel by S.E Hinton, that follows a young boy named Ponyboy who grows up in a gang. Johnny, Sodapop and Darry help him find how he fits into the world and without them he would have a hard time finding his own identity. Without having a close group of friends he would have a tough way of life, especially with the Socs. Being in a group that you associate with, that have different values to yourself can lead you to disregard your own ethics and do things you wouldn’t normally do, but at the same time this can assist and reinforce your own values…
The war in Vietnam ranged from 1956 to 1975, within these years many unconventional methods of warfare were used, such as “Agent Orange”, guerilla warfare and even events such as the “My Lai Massacre” occurred. The Vietnam War was a proxy war in which the United States fought the North Vietnamese who were backed by the USSR, we did not win the Vietnam war due to a lack of clear goals, and the impossibility to combat the North Vietnamese soldiers who by day were regular civilians but by night were using guerilla attacks on U.S. soldiers. Throughout the Vietnam War our troops and bombs caused large amounts of damage to the land of North and South Vietnam but the most damage was in our own home. Throughout the United States involvement in Vietnam, there were many adverse effects on our own lives, including the large increase of political, social and economic tension. The Vietnam War heightened social, political and economic tensions by causing inflation and a growing budget deficit of the United States. For the social tensions, it caused for the first time people protesting against a war and a lack of faith in the government due to being lied to. And as for political tensions the first lottery draft in history stressed many politicians due to an outraged population.
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Pacino’s 1996 docudrama Looking for Richard reshapes and deconstructs Shakespeare’s illustration of the Machiavellian Richard’s rampant in illegitimately pursuing monarchical authority in Richard III and his consequent defiance of divinely sanctioned principles of retribution in the heavily Protestant Elizabethan era. Whilst paralleling the moral notions of the punishment of sin and the corrupting nature of power, Pacino undermines the monopolizing ascendency of British literary culture and highlights the diminishing piety of 1990s America. In flaunting his post-structuralist creative license, Pacino interprets Shakespeare’s historical tragedy into a hybrid text that combines both performance and analysis, which explicates the linguistic and theatrical complexities of Shakespeare’s text to a postmodern audience. Through hindsight Pacino reshapes the Shakespearean discourse of Richard’s duplicitous ploys for royal power into an individualistic quest to alleviate cultural ignorance.
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