A Book Report On The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton

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Title: The Outsiders
Author: S.E. Hinton
Publication Information: Dell Publishing, 1967; 156 Pages
Genre: Young Adult Novel

The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, is about the rivalry of two gangs, Greasers and Socials. The Greasers are low class and the Socials are high class.

In The Outsiders there are two rival gangs, one from the lower class, who are the Greasers and their rivals are from the upper class, they are the Socials. The story takes place in the mid 1960’s in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The story is set in a large town in the United States, The east side of the town is where the Greasers live and the west side is where the Socs live. The story is told in first person narration from Ponyboy Curtis’s point of view. The protagonist is Ponyboy Curtis and the other …show more content…

During the end of the novel the mood changes to anticipation and the tone in the story is aggravation and rage.

In the beginning Ponyboy Curtis is attacked by the Socs and is being threaten to slit his throat and then the Greasers come and scare away the Socs to save Ponyboy. The next night Ponyboy and Johnny go to a movie with Dally, they sit behind a pair of attractive girls. Dally flirts with them offensively and then Johnny stands up and tells him to stop harassing them. Dally walks away with rage and then Johnny and Ponyboy sit with the girls. Two-Bit arrives with 3 other Greasers to walk home the Soc girls. On the way Randy and Bob the drunken boyfriends meet the Greasers. They girls leave the Greasers and get in the Socs’s car to prevent a fight. Ponyboy is late getting home, so his brother Darrel is furious with him, Ponyboy sick of Darrel’s constant criticism and enquiry, Ponyboy yells back at him. The brothers have a furious argument and Darrel slaps Ponyboy across the face. Ponyboy runs away with Johnny, they encounter Randy and Bob at the park. The Socs attack Ponyboy

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