The Outsiders Book And Movie

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At the beginning the Outsiders was just a story with the fight and tension between the Greasers and Soc’s. In the story there is conflict between the families of the greasers and pony gets fed up so he runs away and in the process they kill a SOC, named Bob, so they run away to a church and hide than once they leave and come back to the church it is burning and Ponyboy and Johnny help save kids trapped in the church. But johnny gets hurt and dies. Than because of sadness Dally gets killed by cops on purpose. Than after the book, with the director named Francis Ford Coppola, they made the movie, The Outsiders. One question that many have asked is which is better? The movie or the book? From my perspective the book is better because in the book …show more content…

For example in the book it says,”I turned and ran out the door and down the street as fast as I could. Darry screamed,’Pony, I didn't mean to!’ but I was at the lot by then and pretended I couldn’t hear. I was running away. It was plain to me that Darry didn’t want me around. And I wouldn’t stay if he did. He wasn’t ever going to hit me again. ‘Johnny?’ I called, and started when he rolled over and jumped up almost under my feet. ‘Come on Johnny, we’re running away” (Hinton, 50). And in the movie it says,”Ponyboy, Ponyboy I didn’t mean to.’ as Ponyboy ran away he turned around but kept running. When he gets to Johnny he says,’Johnny were running away” (Coppola, The Outsiders) this just shows that the book and movie are similar because of what they say and how the beginning of this scene or part of the book begins with Darry hitting Ponyboy. The book, The Outsiders is better than the movie because you can actually get a background of how Ponyboy feels. The movie was a spark that became a flame through the direction of Francis Ford Coppola and the team. Especially the cast. But it had to be set to a certain time limit which didn’t give it the chance to show the emotions of all of the cast in the movie. But the book will always be better because it truly helps expand your mind and think about what it was like to be a SOC or a

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