In 1967, S.E. Hinton wrote the classic novel, the Outsiders. In 1983, Francis Ford Coppola turned this classic novel into a movie. Featuring Tom Cruise and many other young stars, the movie soon became a classic too. Both the movie and the novel are based on Ponyboy Curtis, a greaser from Tulsa, Oklahoma, but there are some major differences between the book and the movie. Even the main characters are very different from the original book. So, how are the novel and movie similar and different and how does that affect the audience's experience? Both the original novel and the movie focus on a group of greasers in Oklahoma, who have to deal with the Socs, another social group that are supposedly rich and spoiled brats. But one of the major
The Outsiders was a great book, and the movie was a great way to wrap everything up. There were some similarities, but a lot more differences. When I watched the movie, I could see how the characters in the movie didn't exactly match how they were portrayed in the book. My imagination was on a different track than what I saw in the movie. In my next paragraph I will explain the character differences in the book and the movie.
Book or movie? This seems to be a pretty common debate, especially seeing there are so many differences between the two. Ranging from the beginning of the story to the visual aspects of the characters as compared to their descriptions, the differences are quite apparent. The book “The Outsiders” is a wonderful story, and has been read year after year by the youths in schools. But, how does it really compare to its later made movie version?
Whenever a great book is released, a movie is sure to follow. Some movies don’t capture the full image of the book, and the Outsiders movie, while close, is very different than the book. The book the Outsiders was released in 1967 by S.E. Hinton who was only seventeen. The book gained multiple rewards later on. The movie was made almost twenty years later in 1983. The movie shows fans a visual representation of the book, The Outsiders. The Outsiders book is different from the movie because the book shows Ponyboy’s thoughts, the movie doesn’t show much of what happens to Ponyboy after Dally’s death, and doesn’t show movie-watchers much of Johnny’s backstory.
West Side Story is a book about two gangs living in a large city. The Outsiders is a book with the same concept, two gangs that are archrivals. Even though two different authors wrote these books during two different time periods, they have the same story line. These books are realistic, because gang rivalry is still going on today. They are different, since they were written separately. Also, both these books have different problems between the main characters. Still, West Side Story and The Outsiders have many similarities.
On April 24, 1967, a remarkable book was published by eighteen year old S. E. Hinton. Themed on a greaser named Ponyboy who him and his gang are treated badly by the Socs, the book is about Ponyboy and his best friend Johnny on the run after Johnny kills a Soc. With help from one of their gang members, they sneak on a train to get to a church in the countryside. While eating at a restaurant, the old church catches fire with kids stuck in it, leaving Johnny and Ponyboy the ones to save the kids. While saving the children, a large, scorching piece of timber falls on Johnny, putting him in critical condition. While Johnny is in the hospital, a ‘rumble’ goes on in which the Socs and greasers fight in the vacant lot,
There are many similarities throughout the book and the movie. While reading the book and observing the movie, The Outsiders in the beginning they both started with the same line “ When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the moviehouse, I only had two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.”(Hinton p.1) When Ponyboy and Johnny first met Cherry at the movies, the Socs found out that she was hanging out with the Greasers they were going to fight and Cherry told them that she didn’t like fights against anyone. After, killing the Soc, Bob and running away to the
The Outsiders and The Wednesday Wars deal with misunderstandings among young people in the 1960’s and show how people can form friendships despite their differences. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about two rival gangs, the Greasers and Socs. Ponyboy Curtis and some Greasers befriend Cherry Valance, a Soc. She spies on the Socs and helps out the Greasers. Ponyboy and his friend, Johnny Cade, become involved with the killing of a Soc, so they run away to an abandoned church. When the church catches on fire, Ponyboy, Johnny, and their friend Dallas Winston, save a few children who were trapped in the burning building. Johnny gets injured during the process and later dies. The boys are mentioned in the newspaper as heroes. The
You don’t often think of heroism when you think of Greasers, but there are a few exceptions. I think that the character I have picked are very heroic, brave, and just overall great people.
The Outsiders S.E. Hinton is about two gangs, the Socs and Greasers, who do not get along and are fighting each other as well as society. Both of the gangs are judged by their appearance, social status, and where they are from. One character that stands out in the story is Ponyboy because he is dynamic with many sides to his personality, and he is the protagonist of the story. Ponyboy can be described as sensitive, smart, and brave.
The Outsiders, an enthralling novel by S.E Hinton, is an excellent story about the hardships and triumphs experienced by the Greasers and the Socs two rival gangs. S.E Hinton tells a thrilling tale about the Socs and the Greasers that are two gangs and she characterize how they live. Ponyboy, his brother and his friends have to deal with the challenges relating to their environment. The three most important topics of The Outsiders are survival, social class and family support.
Mrs. Hinton’s The Outsiders was a delight to read. While I might have enjoyed it, I must disagree with who the author has chosen to base her book on and here’s why. While Hinton chose to write about a young man doomed to repeat his mistake multiple times until eventually, he sees the error of his ways. We see in the beginning Ponyboy admits that he’s not to walk alone merely because the Soc (Socials) will jump any Greaser this, of course, does not deter Ponyboy as he makes this same blunder throughout the book. Eventually, causing tension among his family and the death of three people. I do believe Hinton had two good choices there is Johnny Cage an abused teen and Dallas “Dally” Winston a hardened criminal.
They might say that Romeo and Juliet is a love story from Elizabethan England written by the most famous English playwright in history, and The Outsiders is just another young adult fiction novel that is written by some fifteen year old country girl in the sixties. Just because the settings, stories, and authors are different, there can still be main ideas and themes embedded in the work. These two different stories are very different culturally, but they are alike when it comes down to the author's purpose and lesson that he/she wants people to interpret and
The Outsiders was written by Susan Eloise Hinton. It is one of her most popular books about foolish gang rivalry existing between the Socs, the rich kids from the west side of town, and the Greasers, the poor kids from the east side.
A Legacy of Love Nicholas Sparks once said, “Every great love starts with a great story...” (Goodreads 1). As an author of love stories, Nicholas Sparks has written many novels that would later become beautiful adaptations of his words. In fact, eleven of the romance novels written by Sparks have been turned into movies. These films include The Lucky One, Message in a Bottle, Nights in Rodanthe, and The Last Song.
“In life, if you don’t risk anything, you risk everything.” - Unknown. To make any difference in your life, you need to take risks. In the books The Alchemist and The Outsiders, characters carry out many risks throughout the course of the book. The Alchemist, a fantasy book written by Paulo Coelho, tells the story of a young Spanish man named Santiago who travels on a personal quest to find treasure that he saw in his dream. He travels on a long journey throughout North Africa to get his Egyptian pyramid treasure, meeting new faces and new ideals along the way. A realistic fiction book by S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders, is a novel about a teen named Ponyboy and his struggles living in the poor side of 1960’s Tulsa. The story shows how him and