Ponyboy In The Outsiders

An outsider refers to an individual who does not belong to the society or a particular group. S.E Hinton has portrayed Ponyboy as an outsider in her popular, remarkable novel "The Outsiders", in the same way author Laurie H Anderson characterized Melinda as the outcast in her book "Speak". Both authors displayed that Melinda and Ponyboy are isolated from their society through their personalities, attitudes and their place in society.

S.E Hinton has presented Ponyboy as an outsider in her novel "The Outsiders" because of his personality. The Outsiders are a phenomenal novel, which depicts the life of a fourteen year old boy named Ponyboy Curtis or Ponyboy and his struggles in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. S.E Hinton has characterized Ponyboy and Johnny by describing them as hoodlums who smoke cigarettes, get busted for robbing stores, and steal cars. Ponyboy’s personality would be described as being bright and sensitive, unlike the other Greasers. He is perceived as an outsider since he lived in the poorer areas of

In the novel, he is described as an outsider due to his character. Johnny’s character is mainly described as being quiet. He always stayed away from fights. In the text it seemed that Johnny didn’t like going into fights. S.E has displayed Johnny’s appearance as: “gang’s pet” with big black eyes in a dark tanned face. His hair looked greased and combed with bangs falling to his forehead.

In “Speak”, the character Melinda Sordino is characterized as an outcast just like Ponyboy in “The Outsiders” In the novel, she was noticed as a shy outsider. In the first chapter, she said she was an outcast who entered the school with the wrong clothes, wrong hair, and the wrong attitude. However,according to the book, she seemed quiet at first, and kept things to herself. She endured depression, and held insecurities through the