Class Conflict and Violence Violence shows up in the real world in many forms, and so do friendship and family. When violence occurs, friends and family are present to help. In the book The Outsiders by SE Hinton, society is divided into 2 gangs: the Socs and the Greasers. The protection over Ponyboy, the protagonist, is shown by his gang members and his 2 older brothers, his best friend Johnny, and Darrel, his protective older brother. A theme of The Outsiders is that when faced with class conflict and violence, friends and family are present to help which is shown through the protection over Ponyboy by his brothers and his gang members, Johnny saving Ponyboy, and Darry protecting Ponyboy in the final rumble. In order to show the theme of …show more content…
It was a drool, Darry. “Are you alright Ponyboy?’” (Hinton 6). The gang members are also present to help, which appears in the text, “Steve flicked his ashes at me. “What were you doing walking by your lonesome?’” (Hinton 13). In the first quote, Darry lifts Pony to help him and asks if he’s alright, meaning that he’s concerned about Pony’s well-being right after being jumped by the Socs. Shortly after, Steve, Sodapop’s best friend, “flicked” his cigarette ashes towards Ponyboy. This displays defensive intuition and indirect care from Steve, which is a protective detail of their relationship. In the face of class conflict and violence in this small rumble, the novel shows the gang members, mostly Darry and Steve, in this particular moment, caring for Pony and not wanting him to get hurt. The theme of violence causing the need for defense and loyalty begins to be developed through the protection over Ponyboy by Johnny. First, Ponyboy was struggling, trying to free himself when he was drowned, stating, “‘I had to hold my …show more content…
They were drowning you, Pony. They might have killed you’” (Hinton, 57). This is demonstrated clearly because Ponyboy almost dies from getting drowned, so Johnny thinks he has no choice but to protect him, which is shown when Johnny says he “had” to, meaning that he thought it was necessary to save Ponyboy’s life. This shows that Ponyboy got the help he needed and does not have to continue with this class conflict-violence. The face of violence, murder, and drowning is shown when Ponyboy almost loses his life and Johnny kills another to save him, which certainly points out the protection over Ponyboy by Johnny. Through protection, the theme of violence can be developed near the end of the novel when Ponyboy needs the support of Darry. Before the final rumble, Darry didn’t want Ponyboy to attend or fight in it at all. Darry states, ‘“I don’t know if you ought to be in this rumble, Ponyboy.” Darry said slowly” (Hinton 135). But then, Dally finally lets him go and during this rumble, Darry also physically protects Pony, which is stated, “But Darry was keeping an eye out for me; he caught and half lifted him up before knocking him 3 feet with a sledge-hammer blow” (Hinton
Book Report On The Outsiders Character Analysis: Ponyboy Curtis - Ponyboy is a fourteen-year-old member of a gang called the Greasers. His parents died in a car accident, so he lives alone with his two older brothers, Darry and Soda. He is a good student and athlete, but most people at school consider him a vagrant like his Greaser friends. Sodapop Curtis - Soda is Pony's handsome, charming older brother. He dropped out of school to work at a gas station, and does not share his brothers' interest in studying and sports.
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 Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Published 1967 Published by: Puffin Books Genre: fiction The book The Outsiders is the realistic story about this between two very different groups in a town in the United States: the poor Greasers from the east side, and the Socs, whitch is what the greasers call the socials, the richer boys from the other side of the town. Ponyboy Curtis is the narrator of the story, a 14-year-old boy who lives with his two older brothers, Darry and Soda. He is a pretty good athlete and student, but is not treated the same as the richer students at his school. Ponyboy uses to have long hair that he greases back, a symbol of being in the outsider gang. He is unhappy with his situation, because Darry is too protective of him
Showing that Ponyboy was very inexperienced and thought Mickey Mouse Sodas horse was just like Soda and they were brothers.Thirdly, we see how some actions Ponyboy’s gang does help show the need for childhood innocence like when pony says,” Darrel, who we call Darry, works too long and hard to be interested in a story or drawing a picture,” (Hinton 3). Darry is only 20 and he has a job working on roofs he works so hard so he can care for his brothers Soda and Ponyboy he has no time to be a kid himself he is working like a man when he is only a child.While some believe the main theme is brotherly love I argue its preserving childhood innocence. While this is a good point, because Ponyboy’s group definitely sticks up for one another in a brotherly fashion, it lays a strong foundation for preserving childhood innocence. Jonny had never been a coward he was a good man in a rumble, (Hinton 34) this shows how has Johnny loses his innocence, he becomes fearful of the Soc’s and begins to carry a switchblade to keep his gang safe, you might think this shows brotherly love, but it also shows preserving childhood innocence because when Johnny got used to being targeted by the Soc’s he lost his innocence, that’s why he would carry stuff like switch blades to keep him and others safe from the Soc’s. While the Greasers grew up they lost more and more of their innocence to rumbles and hatred of the Soc’s.
The book “the Outsiders” (S.E. Hinton) is based on the story of two gangs the Greasers and the Socs. These two groups of individuals have conflicts. the Greasers are the East side working class people. The Socs are the West side rich kids. they drive around in a blue mustang, they “jump” the greasers and injure them purely because they are lesser than the Socs. The Greasers are a interesting bunch of individuals. the story is based from their perspective. They aren’t rich but they get by, they steal they fight they smoke but they aren’t bad guys.
Dally did something to save one of his gang members too. It was Dally who pulled Johnny out from the burning church. Johnny would have died instantly if Dally did not get Johnny out of the church. When Dally was shot, Ponyboy remembered the things Dally had done for them.
Johnny dies from rescuing kids from the burning church that used to be their hideout. After this happens a group of rich kids jump out of their car and threaten Pony. Ponyboy breaks the end off of his soda bottle, and threatens to cut them up. Pony realizes how aghast Two-Bit - a member of the gang - is at his actions, and Two bit tells him, “Ponyboy, listen, don’t get tough. You’re not like the rest of us and don’t try to be” (Hinton 171). Two-Bit wouldn’t have cared if anyone else had threatened to cut up someone, but when Ponyboy does, Two-Bit is aghast, and tells him off. He tells Pony that he isn’t like the rest of the gang, and hints that he doesn’t want him to be. Even the gang knows how different Ponyboy is from the rest of them, and they almost become like older brothers to Ponyboy in the way that they protect him. They are all reckless and carefree, but they know Pony well enough to know that he’s not like that. He is quieter, and his experiences of his parent’s and various friend’s deaths has not turned him cold yet. The gang knows this, and they want him to stay that way: good and
The Outsiders identified the 60’s, often there would be violence between groups and often involving a group’s social class. For instance, the tensions between the Socs and Greasers is violent, and this will lead to Bob’s death, Johnny’s death, as well as many injuries throughout both gangs. The book The Outsiders is written by S.E. Hinton and is portrayed through the eyes of a high school student in Tulsa, OK where S.E. Hinton grew up. Hinton began writing The Outsiders in 1965 at the age of 17 and the book was finally published in 1967 when she was 19. The difference in perspective upon the society and social class creates issues throughout The Outsiders and they assume the problems will be solved with violence,
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.
They argued and fought a lot, and never had a good brotherly connection. After Ponyboy and Johnny ran away from home and saved the kids from the burning building, Ponyboy and his brothers were reunited at the hospital. Just then was it when Ponyboy realized how much he had missed not only Soda Pop, but Darry too. Ponyboy said "'Darry!' [he] screamed, and the next thing [ he] knew [ he] had him around the waist and was squeezing the daylights out of him."(page 98). After the two expressed and revealed their love for each other, they build a stronger brotherly relationship and grew closer as a
In the book The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy, along with his brothers and friends, has to face the daily struggles of being a greaser among the Socs. This fiction book focused on Ponyboy’s life and the problems he ran into with the Socs. He and his gang of friends had fights with the Socs that happened often, and had to deal with a Soc being killed by one of the Greasers, though it was an act of self defense. The three topics addressed in this intriguing novel are the fight between rich and poor, the power of friendship, and what it means to be a hero.
The Outsiders is a novel by S.E Hinton, that follows a young boy named Ponyboy who grows up in a gang. Johnny, Sodapop and Darry help him find how he fits into the world and without them he would have a hard time finding his own identity. Without having a close group of friends he would have a tough way of life, especially with the Socs. Being in a group that you associate with, that have different values to yourself can lead you to disregard your own ethics and do things you wouldn’t normally do, but at the same time this can assist and reinforce your own values…
Throughout life individuals face many challenges testing their values and personality one situation at a time. In the evocative novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton themes of growing up and innocence are shown. Ponyboy is not your average 14 year old he is part of a gang known to many as the Greasers. He encounters many situations testing his values and beliefs. Having lost both his parents recently he and his brothers stick together like a true family but this relationship is tested when Darry hits Ponyboy. He also experiences the loss several close friends in a very short period of time. Throughout this novel, Ponyboy encounters many life changing experiences that prove he is a dynamic character.
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."
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