Just like every other form of literature in the world, there are the four types of conflicts in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. The major points of action and strife in this book share about these four engagements. Also the events that eventually cause the more major episodes can have a conflict as well. The greasers and Socs are both guilty of carrying and spreading these inner or outer conflicts. Since the characters have fought, then they have experienced these conflicts being forced upon themselves by themselves, enemies, or even friends. As being very prominent in the book, character vs society was put out almost everywhere. Darry had to drop out of college to take care of his brothers because he had to since their parents died (although he would have anyway). Another example is that the Socs are more of the upperclassmen and act superior to the greasers. “ I ain’t got no record with the fuzz and it was self-defense. Ponyboy and Cherry can testify to that (Hinton p.87).” Johnny had to deal with the laws for committing murder, even if it was self-defense. You can find character vs society in almost every part of the book. Character vs character was demonstrated as the defining conflict of the book. It is primarily shown as Socs opposing the greasers. A good example of Soc versus greaser was …show more content…
All of the greasers’ lives have there own backstory. Johnny has to think about how he was told he wasn’t good enough, and has to wonder if that’s true. Soda, Pony, and Darry all have to try to stay with each other, though it was hard since they all felt like they constantly had to do better. Pony can’t deal with the loss of Johnny, and he was struggling to make it feel like Johnny was back. “Johnny… he’s dead. My voice sounded strange, even to me. But he’s not dead… (Hinton p.153)” Everything the “hood” has gone through has affected them deeply, and they don’t know what they should have
Comparing and Contrasting can lead to very important and support ideas for your piece. What should, we think and write down that would be clear to the topic? The Outsiders gives us an opportunity, to analyze what is in the book and the movie. The book helps us analyze what information we need from the book and the movie.The book and the movie of The Outsiders provides many similarities and differences that can be compared and contrasted.
Once, a wise soul has spoken, “Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful”. Adversity means having troubles and difficulties. It’s what you need to persevere through in order to do something you’ve wanted to do for a long time. If you want to pass that test, you’ve gotta conquer your fears and fight through all the troubles that arrive in front of you. Become your own hero. Adversity is a situation that took place in the novel “The Outsiders”, by S.E. Hinton.
...nny passed away a piece of each Greasers heart passed away as well. Ponyboy who usually aced his classes was lucky to get a C on assignments after Johnny deceased. He dazed off during classes and thought about the gang, mainly Johnny. While Dallas completely lost his mind when Johnny died. Dallas robbed a store to make sure the police followed him. He had made the bold decision to pull out his unloaded gun when he was surrounded by police officers. Dally new that once he pulled out his gun, his life was going to end. Dally had no reasons to stay alive since the only person he actually cared about passed away. Johnny spiritually gave Dally the courage and determination he needed to get through everyday when he was still alive. In other words, the loss and grief their group of Greasers underwent was what made all the boys make illogical decisions.
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.
...rs and situations to help explain the societal issues surrounding the time period. The dreadfulness comes from the controversial issues and feelings these characters experience. These characters must overcome these dreadful experiences in order to change what society deems as acceptable in the future.
Society or class is just a very difficult term to deal with in any situation because there will always be someone who exists that will judge without knowing you. So what I'm saying is that society is judgmental. One piece of the text from the book is “It occurred to me then that they could kill me, I went wild. I started screaming for Soda, Darry, anyone” To further explain Society or certain people with not accept
As you can see, there are many conflicts that helped hold the reader's attention. Society has its expectations for everybody and that can lead conflicts. There was not a single character in the book The Outsiders who was not facing a problem. You are going to go through conflicts in life, whether it’s against yourself, your best friend, or society, it’s rough all over. All in all, both the subtle and the obvious conflicts help the reader
Hinton’s novel “The Outsiders”, demonstrates how having both internal and external expectations impact the way you live and how you act on a day-to-day basis. In the text, the Socs and Greasers are put into roles with specific limitations, which impacted their lives accordingly. These standards for each group come from ideas relating to maintaining reputations. This could range from being the poor kids with turbulent, misfortunate lives to the wealthy kids who got to live a life of opportunity. In summation, the Greasers and the Socs dealt with conflicts that were related to living up to the expectations placed on them by the society they lived in and what they anticipated from
The Outsiders is about the life of a 14-year-old boy. The book tells the story of Ponyboy “Curtis” and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. Ponyboy and his two brothers, Darrel (Darry), who is 20, and Sodapop, who is 16, have recently lost their parents in an automobile accident. Pony and Soda are allowed to stay under Darry's guardianship as long as they all behave themselves. The boys are greasers, a class term that refers to the young men on the East Side, the poor side of town. The greasers' rivals are the Socs, short for Socials, who are the "West-side rich kids."
The greasers live on the streets and most of them don't have the best family situations they just have each other, Ponyboy Curtis is one of the greasers, he said, “‘Since mom and dad were killed in an auto wreck, the three of us get to stay together as long as we behave’” (Hinton 3). He is a great example for representing the lives of many of the greasers. Because many of Them do not have a solid family to rely on, Ponyboy is being raised by his two older brothers. However, Johnny Cade seemed to have it worse than anyone in the
The clash between social classes consistently affects the plot of the novel. It affects each character's interactions with each other, and puts many barriers up for the characters as they try to achieve their goals. Without this central theme, the story would fall apart.
Violence is a real world problem today as technology advances throughout the world. The act of violence is not stopping but growing as we speak. You might wonder what causes violence to lead to these catastrophic events? Aletha Solter who studies violence says “a person who is physically or mentally hurt will more likely become accustomed to violence”. On 20/20 ABC news, Professor Jonathan Freedman says “violence seen through children’s eyes are more likely to become violent”. In the book The Outsiders, there is everything from gang fights, shootings, stabbing, to rumbles. Has all of Ponyboy’s gang been mentally hurt or been accustomed to violence because they were exposed since a young age? Does misunderstanding one another have anything to do with the Socials and greasers hate for one another? The book The Outsiders, is a violent book explores the cause of violent behavior through the literature.
In The Outsiders, violence is depicted during the story. Violence is depicted between the Greasers and the Socs. Their fighting and violence is very rough. Sometimes they have rumbles or the Socs will jump the Greasers. The Socs love to jump Greasers and do it for the fun of it. Violence is taught throughout the novel by showing the reader that fighting isn’t always good, but it can solve some things.
One that I found was that Socs and the Greasers are stereotyped into the rich and poor groups. Just like today kids are stereotyped into groups of jocks, nerds, popular people etc. I also found that people all over the world are in gangs. It’s not just in one particular spot, they can be found anywhere. Finally, people like Johnny die everyday. They can die from cancer, heart disease, even degree burns. For text to society connections I found that people like to classify themselves into groups. Like, upper class, middle class, lower class. People in our society have guns for protection, for example the police. The police in the book have guns to ensure that they can keep themselves safe. Also, I found that you can live in the good or bad part of your neighborhood. The Socs live in the nice part of town, when the Greaser live in the not so nice
Person vs. Society is another conflict because Clay-Boy went to the church to hopefully find his father but when he walked in the church he saw the black people having church and he was worried or confused because he had never came in contact with blacks and they it was not what he had been told or taught about what a black church had been like. Person