The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton This story is about a young boy of 14 named Ponyboy. He is part of a hood group called Greasers on the east side of town, a group of lower-class teenagers who wear their hair long and greasy, wear jeans and ripped-up T-shirts, and are at odds with the rich-kid bullies known as the "Socs". This group of hoods are born into rich families from the west side of town, are of a high "social" class, drive around in Mustangs and Corvairs, and mostly wear checkered jackets
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton takes place in a small town in the southwestern part of the United States and it's about two groups of kids called the Socs (socials) who are the rich kids and the Greasers, who are the poor kids. The Socs live on the west side and the Greasers live on the east side of town. The difference between these two groups is the Greasers have long greasy hair and they steal things. The Socs have more money than the Greasers, they drive nicer cars
S.E. Hinton’s real name is Susan Eloise Hinton. It was suggested that she use her initials, S.E., because during her time, it was almost impossible for a woman to write such outstanding books. Her books were about hardships during the 1960’s and 1970’s. “Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the things you want to see.” Hinton’s writing was greatly
The main characters are Ponyboy Michael Curtis Johnny Cade, Steve Randle, Dallas Winston, Darrel "Darry" Shaynne Curtis, Jr., Keith "Two-Bit" Mathews, and Sodapop Patrick Curtis, a gang of Greasers in Tulsa. Ponyboy whose two older brothers are Darry and Sodapop narrates the story. The three boys are orphaned after a car accident kills their parents and Darry is left to provide for them. The Greasers, who tend to be less prosperous, obtain their nickname from the grease they use to slick back their
That was Then, This is Now by S.E. Hinton Book Report 1. Title: That was Then…This is Now 2. Author: S.E. Hinton 3. Number of pages: 158 4. Setting: That was Then…This is Now, had multiple settings but it was mainly placed in either Charlie the bartenders Bar, or in Bryon’s house in Tusla, Oklahoma. In Charlie’s Bar, there is a set of pool tables, lounge chairs and booths, and a long bar. It’s centered near an alley and has a big neon “Charlie’s Bar” outside of the building. Bryon
are bound to be problems within the society. The people who are right in the middle and belong to no social class they are the one who live life in the best manner because they don’t have to deal with any problems. In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton the theme of the gap between the rich and poor is revealed the two different social classes the Socs who are rich and the greasers who are poor. The Outsider is told in first person by Ponyboy, who is a Greaser. In the novel there are two social
The novel “The Outsiders,” by S.E. Hinton can be defined as an emotional, heart breaking, and lesson teaching story. Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade were the youngest in their gang of Greasers. They were all wild boys, who liked looking “tuff” and being known as criminals. Ponyboy and Johnny were not as intimidating as the other greasers, Two-Bit Mathews, Dallas Winston, Darrel Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, and Steve Randle. One night, Ponyboy and Johnny were both out on the street. Out of nowhere
“Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies” (Aristotle). How can this happen when two characters are so different? How can they be similar? Dallas Winston and Johnny Cade from S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders have a connection deemed unlikely because of their extensive differences. While each being divergent from one another, their similarities come into play as to why they care so much for one another. Their differences stretch amongst a wide variety, but along with those differences
two people that have so many similarities be so different in their daily lives? Johnny Cade and Dallas (Dally) Winston are a perfect example that this is possible in writing. These two characters star in The Outsiders, a compelling story by S. E. Hinton. Johnny and Dally are perfect foils of each other, by being so different, yet they are almost completely alike. Dally and Johnny are similar in two key ways. For instance, neither Dally nor Johnny value their own lives at one point or another during
The main character in That Was Then, This Is Now is Bryon, A sixteen- year-old greaser. The writer starts off describing him with dark hair and eyes that girls love. “I'm a big guy, dark hair and eyes--the kind who looks like a Saint Bernard puppy, which I don't mind as most chicks cannot resist a Saint Bernard puppy” (pg 13). His casual attitude about hustling and fighting shows how immature Bryon is especially when he is around his best friend Mark.. “Mark and me went down to the bar/pool hall
Imagine a life where danger lurks in every corner, and there is no hope for a shooting star to appear. This is how Dally and Johnny,two characters from S.E Hinton’s, The Outsiders, live everyday. One welcomes this trouble while the other cowers away. Dally Winston and Johnny Cade are two characters who although very different, have very similar characteristics. Johnny and Dallas are two very similar characters. For example, they both have neglectful parents. Dally was jailed at the age of ten and
community, and the world at large is an ongoing battle that most humans face to one degree or another. On a larger scale, bloody battles are fought between countries, governments, and races in an effort to co-exist on the planet. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and A Squatter's Tale by Ike Oguine are stories that tell of this battle to fit in, and both have characters that personify these four definitions of the word, "outsider." These tales have dramatic themes and stylistics that in some ways are
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
famous young adult novels ever written. That is exactly what Susan Eloise Hinton did. S.E. Hinton was born on July 22, 1948. As a sophomore in high school, Hinton wrote The Outsiders and had it published before she graduated. S.E. Hinton grew up among two feuding groups (the greasers and the soc’s) that sparked the idea for her most famous novel, The Outsiders, which she wrote in high school after her friend was jumped. S.E. Hinton has always enjoyed reading and writing but was never happy with the young
killed him. And they had a blade…” (S.E. Hinton 57). Johnny knew that a member of his gang could have been killed and did what he had to, not thinking of the consequences or what would happen after. They wound up running off to an abandoned church on Jay Mountain on instruction from Dally Winston. They had grabbed a week’s worth of canned food and hid in the church. “By the fifth day I was so tired of baloney I nearly got sick every time I looked at it” (S.E. Hinton 78). Johnny and Pony were awaiting
S.E. Hinton has a unique style different from others. Writing The Outsiders, she uses a range of techniques for very specific purposes. S.E. Hinton style of writing shows suspense to readers. Using many techniques to create her style, Hinton creates many extremities in the story. Her writing style shows how teenagers interact with one another back in the 1980s, and the character’s identity, which is one big theme in The Outsiders. Hinton’s use of this theme characterizes how people act, think, and
The book ‘The Outsiders’ by S.E. Hinton, is a novel about Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles between right and wrong where there is Socs and Greasers and which he believes that he is an outsider. In ‘The Outsiders’ the author portrays the theme through characters, actions, and symbols. ‘Crossing over the gap between the rich and poor’ is the message that is being put through to the readers. In this book there are certain characters that help support this idea of the theme. Cherry Valance, a Soc, or
S.E. Hinton’s, The Outsiders realist fiction novel takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma a place with Soc’s and Greasers. Ponyboy a 14 year old boy, lives with his brothers, Sodapop and Darry. Ponyboy remembers his mom and dad, who died in an auto wreck, which is a painful memory for them. One lesson the story suggest is that just because we grow older we don’t have to lose our childhood innocence. While some readers may believe this means the central theme of S.E. Hinton’s story is brotherly love I argue
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
Innocence S.E Hinton’s realistic fiction novel, The Outsiders, takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1950’s. It’s hard for Ponyboy, the main character, to reserve his childhood innocence because he is in a gang, called the Greasers, and the Socs and the Greasers are always fighting. One lesson The Outsiders suggests is preserving childhood innocence. While some believe the strongest theme of The Outsiders is loyalty, I argue the strongest theme is preserving childhood innocence, as supported by S.E Hinton’s