Two-Bit In The Outsiders, By S. E. Hinton

It’s a cold winter week, should they walk together or alone? It’s a very long, and at every turn, a chance to get jumped. It is a cold time in the book The Outsiders. No one knows why S.E. Hinton made it a cold, fall, setting. But it does fit the mood, tense. Like Dally, but not laidback, like Two-Bit, he is usually the opposite of tense.Things like mood, place and time, otherwise known as setting, do affect character development and storyline in The Outsiders.

    Two-Bit is an admirable and rather smart character. He always was to bud in and have his overconfident remarks. He is the “wisecracker of the bunch.” Meaning that he is cocky and over confident, once again. If he weren’t around the gang, he wouldn’t be like this. He also “always

had to get his two bits worth in,” hense the name Two-Bit. He always had too bud in and have his opinion noticed. Since he goes to the casino all the time, that is where he gets that trait. Thanks too living on the East side of town, or the rough part, Two-Bit would often say the words, “If you're looking for a fight,” and this was not only because he lived on the East side, but also because he loved getting in fights. Overall, Two-Bit is a cocky, overconfident, and tough, yet a relatable character.

    Two-Bit isn’t just a pushover pointless character, he has as much to do with the storyline as much as any other greaser.

Ponyboy can “never tell if Two-bit was drunk or not, it’s kind of hard to tell with him.” So often, Two-Bit gets drunk and is irrational and rude. Like in chapter 2, at the movie theaters with Cherry and Marsha. If the girls didn’t like him before, they definitely don’t like him now. Two-Bit is quite the admirable character though, according to Ponyboy. He “looked at Two-Bit admiring.” He is Ponyboy’s “hero”, that means he will do similar things. Like drink, smoke, fight, and flirt. At the movie theater Two-Bit was rude to Johnny, he “grinned because Johnny didn’t usually get sassy like that.” Johnny is coming out of his shell, he is getting too be more social, and if Two-Bit keeps it up johnny will be more social and outgoing. That will help him later on. Without Two-Bit as a role model, Ponyboy and Johnny would vary in personality greatly.

    Setting does affect character development and storyline in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. If the setting in The Outsiders were different than the East side of Oklahoma then the greasers and the socs wouldn’t be their tough, mean, selves.They would be completely different then they are now. The setting really is fatal to all of the characters and the storyline of The

Outsiders.