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“You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There's still a lot of good in this world.” Johnny is a 16 year old boy, who has brown hair and dark complexion. He is very shy and quiet but when you grow up in an abusive home and the Socs beat you up it kinda makes you shy. “If you can picture a dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, you'll have Johnny.” Ponyboy is a 14 year old boy, who has brown hair and green eyes. He is quiet and very intelligent he skipped grades. Ponyboy’s parents died in a auto car wreck and he is being raised by his two brothers Darry and Sodapop. Darry is 20 years old he has brown hair and green eyes he rarely grins and is very strict. But Soda on the other …show more content…
hand is 16 years old and has a happy go lucky personality he has brown hair and brown eyes. These two survive hardships and good friendship moments continue to read to find out how they evolve during the book. Johnny starts to be more trusting he hangs out with the Socs Cherry, Marica and also Ponyboy. They learn that their not that different from each other. “It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.” Johnny is allowing his parents to abuse him. Ponyboy allows Darry to yell at him and has his middle brother, Sodapop, stick up for him. Their both still learning how to fight for themselves and how to learn about life's uncertainty. Johnny and Ponyboy learn how to stick up for themselves a little more. Ponyboy and Johnny fell asleep in a lot so when Ponyboy arrived home around 2AM Darry was furious. “He should never yell at Soda. Nobody should ever holler at my brother. I exploded. “You don’t yell at him!” I shouted. Darry wheeled around and slapped me so hard that it knocked me against the door.” Ponyboy ran out of the house and met up with Johnny just as a bunch of Socs jumped them. The Soc named Bob started drowning Ponyboy so in self defense he stabbed him and killed him to save Ponyboy. Which led them to asking Dally for help. Dally is a 17 year old boy with blond hair blue eyes and is as tough as nails. They went to him because he has been into trouble with the police before. Dally gives them 50 dollars and a gun for protection he also tells them a address to go to so they can hide out. Johnny and Ponyboy figure out a very important lesson.
Johnny learns that saving those young kids from the burning church was more important than his life. He also learns how to stand up to his mother. Ponyboy learns that Darry had to grow up faster than he should have because he has to raise Soda and him. Once saving the children from a burning church Johnny and Dally were hospitalized. Dally would live but they didn’t know about Johnny. But once Johnny was conscious the greasers went to visit him. But when his mother asked to see him, he finally stuck up for himself because he refused to see her. Then when he was about to die he said “I don’t mind dying now. It's worth it. It's worth saving those kids. Their lives are worth more to live for.” As for Ponyboy he struggled very hard to deal with Johnny’s death so he stopped doing his school work. Darry got him for it and they were yelling at each other. They kept putting Soda in the middle which was driving Soda crazy. He lost it and ran out the door they ran behind them and when they finally caught him he explained everything. Soda was saying that Darry needed to be more understanding with Ponyboy and that Ponyboy needed to understand that Darry gave up college and being a football player so he could get a job and support him and Soda. Ponyboy then learned even though Darry was tough on him that he knew his potential he knew he loved him
too. Johnny and Ponyboy learn a lot of the course of this book. Ponyboy learned to get along better with his brother and to not run away from his problems. Johnny learned to sti ck up for himself whether it was with his parents or with the Socs. He also learning that even though he was going to die that those kids lives were more important than his. Most of all they learned to take care of each other like when Johnny left Ponyboy sleep on his leg and to teach him to stay himself. Ponyboy read to Johnny and stayed with him in the hospital. Throughout this book this characters and the others ones too really lived out this quote. “You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There’s still a lot of good left in the world.”
Poney does not want to be in a boys home, due to his parents death all three boys should be in a boys home. He mentions both in the book and the movie he has to be careful with getting into huge trouble because if the cops found him they would put him in a boys home since he has no parent. Cherry is very kind hearted in both the movies she tells Ponyboy about how you can’t assume if one person from this group is like that, then that must mean everyone else there is the same. She finds a way to figure someone out, if they are a certain way it's because of their past because they've gone through tough stuff she says “Things are rough all over”(S.E. Hinton). In both Cherry spills soda on Dally for trying to hit on her and tells him “get lost hood” (S.E. Hinton), but then tells Pony that if she sees Dally she's afraid she will fall for him, because she sees the good in him. Poney boy also talks to Johnny about the poem Nothing Gold Can Stay in both while watching the sunset about losing your innocence and views in life. When Johnny passes away he tells Ponyboy Stay
The book The Outsiders has many dynamic characters. Dynamic Character is a person who changed a lot in a book. Along with the others, Ponyboy was the main one to change. He started off like a rusty metal bar and turned into a shiny gold bar. Gold as in a good child.
S.E. Hinton’s, The Outsiders realist fiction novel takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma a place with Soc’s and Greasers. Ponyboy a 14 year old boy, lives with his brothers, Sodapop and Darry. Ponyboy remembers his mom and dad, who died in an auto wreck, which is a painful memory for them. One lesson the story suggest is that just because we grow older we don’t have to lose our childhood innocence. While some readers may believe this means the central theme of S.E. Hinton’s story is brotherly love I argue the theme is preserving childhood innocence- as evidence by S.E. Hinton’s use of dialogue, characterization and descriptive language. From time to time the dialogue in S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders shows that we should preserve childhood innocence.
They argued and fought a lot, and never had a good brotherly connection. After Ponyboy and Johnny ran away from home and saved the kids from the burning building, Ponyboy and his brothers were reunited at the hospital. Just then was it when Ponyboy realized how much he had missed not only Soda Pop, but Darry too. Ponyboy said "'Darry!' [he] screamed, and the next thing [ he] knew [ he] had him around the waist and was squeezing the daylights out of him."(page 98). After the two expressed and revealed their love for each other, they build a stronger brotherly relationship and grew closer as a
“Since Mom and Dad were killed in an auto wreck, the three of us get to stay together only as long as we behave (2).” This explains why Ponyboy, Dally and Sodapop did not have parents. In the novel, this really effected their life and character. "…It was Darry. He hit me. I don't know what happened, but I couldn't take him hollering at me and hitting me too... He didn't use to be like that... we used to get along okay... before Mom and Dad died. Now he just can't stand me (2)." This shows that not having their parents anymore effected Darry’s character and how he treated Ponyboy, which in return effected how Ponyboy felt about himself in comparison to how he was treated. This illustrates that Ponyboy believes that Darry picks on him all the time. This shows that Darry was like a caring parent in a tough way,
wrong in a society in which he believes he is an outsider. Furthermore, Ponyboy and his two brothers Darry, who is 20, and Sodap...
In films, film-makers make deliberate use of certain techniques to influence views to make a certain viewpoint. In the film ‘The Outsiders’, the director Francis Ford Coppola believes nothing gold can stay when it comes to teenagers. He believes that the strength and beauty in teenagers can never stay concrete because it is ruined by adulthood. In the film Coppola shows and represents two groups, the "socs" and the "greasers". "Soc" is pronounced like society, and means just that: money, nice cars, nice homes and a bright future. "Greasers" are the poor kids from the bad side of town with no future and no real hope. Coppola explores how cultural assumptions underpin the ways in which teenagers are represented in films. There are three key factors that Coppola uses to this effect in the film: a well-built plot, strong vocabulary and various motifs.
Redemption, in literature and film, is a poignant theme that conveys a sense of morality within character(s). It focuses on how a character can be forgiven for all of their wrongdoings, especially after communicating with God. The film, “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” displays the theme of redemption at various points throughout the movie. In a series of loosely tied vignettes, the film depicts Ulysses Everett McGill, Pete Hogwallop, and Delmar O'Donnell as its heroes as they try to escape the law and venture around the state looking for a treasure. Along the way, they encounter characters similar to those in “The Odyssey” such as sirens, a cyclop and a blind prophet. Directed by the Coen brothers, film “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” uses notable
The death of his two friends causes him to become aggressive. During the fire in the church, Johnny went into the church to help Ponyboy rescue the children trapped inside. After all the chidren were rescued, the church collapses with Johnny inside. He suffers fatal injuries from the crash of the church. Ponyboy blames the Socs for the injuries Johnny suffered. When he is going to go fight in a rumble, he says he wants to win for Johnny. After the rumble, Ponyboy and his friends go to the hospital to see Johnny and tell him about their victory. They get to the hospital and see Johnny die. To pour salt on the wound, Ponyboy’s friend Dally has an emotional breakdown. He robs a grocery store and gets chased by the police. In the end, Dally is shoot to death. After these events, Ponyboy displays more Greaser like traits. He becomes violent. A group of Socs threaten Ponyboy, he retaliates by picking up a pop bottle, breaking it, and threatens the Socs. He starts to do badly in school, from getting A’s in his English class to being lucky if he gets a D. Ponyboy changed a lot from the beginning of the book.
This story inspires hope because even though, Johnny and Dally die, Ponyboy still moves on with his life. Johnny died while saving children from a burning building where, Dally died while died because he couldn’t handle Johnny’s death.“Try
We first meet our narrator, fourteen-year-old Ponyboy, as he’s walking home from the movies ‘ alone, which is something we know he’s not supposed to be doing. Ponyboy lives in a dangerous area. His East Side neighborhood is patrolled by bullying Socials, rich kids from the West Side of town. Pony’s a Greaser and defenseless Greasers are the Socials’ favorite targets. Sure enough, Ponyboy is attacked by a carload of Socials when he’s in a vacant lot, just minutes from his home. Luckily his older brothers ‘ Darry and Sodapop ‘ and the rest of his gang ‘ Steve, Two-Bit, Johnny, and Dallas ‘ come to his rescue and chase away the Socials. We learn that Ponyboy and his brothers lost their parents recently in a car accident.
Vicious predator women, tempting songs, and wax in his men's ears. Odysseus and his men face many obstacles on their way home as well as the three men from “O Brother Where Art Thou.” Each of these sources also display similarities and differences.
The title “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton is very transparent and requires deeper thinking to be understood, because in the end it is like an onion. You can peel of layers and layers but there is still more. Ms. Hinton never did mention who the outsiders were or outsiders at all, so what is an “outsider”? I believe that we are all outsiders, because being an outsider means to be different and to work well together because of that. Perhaps a hidden moral to the book is that being an outsider isn’t a bad thing.
I am going to write about a character from the book The Outsiders his name is Dallas Winston also known as “Dally”. I am going to be writing this essay is a first person perspective through journal entries then it was that day….
In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, interactions between Ponyboy and Cherry, two characters with opposing beliefs, illuminate how if two people have different beliefs, it does not have to stop their friendship, because if people pick their friends based on belief, it can make people who are said to be “different” feel like they’re not good enough. When Cherry and Ponyboy first meet, Cherry tells Ponyboy about what she thinks the difference between being a Soc and a Greaser is, afterwards, she says “‘you greasers have a different set of values [...] I think you're the first person I've gotten through to’” (38). This shows that even though they have different beliefs, she still thinks of him as a trustworthy person, and still wants them