The Outsiders: The Book Versus the Movie
"The Outsiders” in both written and film is focused on a teen gang rivalry between social classes. The “Socs” are considered to be the “lucky ones, the rich kids with all the breaks.” On the contrary, the “Greasers” are poor, and judged by their physical appearance The characters are the same, for the story is fixated on the gang containing Ponyboy, Sodapop and Darrel Curtis, as well as Tw0<Bit Matthews. Dallas Winston. Johnny Cade and Steve Randle. Other important characters…...
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Why The Outsiders Should Be Read by Students–Not Banned
Did you know that at Dutchess Day School the eighth graders read a book that is on the banned, censored, and challenged book list? The Outsiders by SE. Hinton has been banned in some schools for gang violence, slang, bad language, smoking underage, and drinking underage. The Outsiders is a fictitious novel about a fourteen-year—old named Ponyboy who has grown up in a gang. Throughout the book, Ponyboy fights. smokes. and talks about his friends drinking underage. I believe that…...
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Ponyboy as a Hero in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Outsiders by S.EtHinton is a great book, and I really enjoyed reading it, This is because I learned how different life can be for other people. In the book we saw how people became heroes and how enemies became friends. I also saw how we don’t have to follow the crowd in making decisions like Ponyboyt While reading this book we learned that no matter how terrible our living conditions are we shouldn’t give up in pursuing our dreams.…...
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The Outsiders’ Conflict: Rich vs Poor
The main conflict that occurs in the novel called “The Outsiders”, is Man vs Man. This novel tells a story about the rivalry between two groups, the rich kids called the Socs and the poor ones called the Greasers Ponyboy, our main character, is a Greaseri This friction that exists is explained in the first chapter of the novel when Ponyboy, was jumped by the Socs. To scare him, the Socs threatened that they will cut his throat, showing this…...
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“Nothing Gold Can Stay” References in “The Outsiders”
People say that no one will ever stay the same, that’s true. Especially when your in his shoes. During the whole book, The author used Pony’s third perspective to narrate throughout the book showing his personality and how he thinks throughout the whole situation of the book. In the novel, “The Outsiders” the narrator, Ponyboy, had a character with what seemed multiple personalities. In the beginning and the end of the book, he changed, from being a little scared to…...
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Unexpected Company: Extraneous Console Within Himself
The concept of being an outsider suggests that an outsider would be isolated and detached from their surroundings. This idea is contradicted in “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris, “Homeschool Insider: The Fighting Pterodactyls” by Ron Carlson, and “Dumpster Diving” by Lars Eighner, where each protagonist is brought closer to themselves or others through the experience of being an outsider. The protagonist in “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris is a 41-year-old exchange student studying in…...
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