The Outsiders is an American classic that teenagers have been devouring since the 1960s. I thought the book was very well done due to the fact that it sent very strong messages about teen violence, child abuse, and friendship. It is an emotional book about the struggles of a fourteen year old, so I recommend a box of tissues. The conflicts are very universal . The story is made in order for teenagers to relate their personal problems to reality. This is a novel that analyzes the consequences of treating
The name of the book I would be discussing is “ The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton. The theme of the book is related to the title of the book. If you think about it you will discover that the outsiders could be used in multiple ways. Where a group of teens were under the control of another group of boys. The boys were called the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids. The main character in the book was Ponyboy (Michael Curtis). Ponyboy is a character who parents were killed in a car accident which as a result
In the novel The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton uses a wide range of examples to explain the differences between the Soc’s and the Greasers. The audience is shown that there are many disadvantages to being a Greaser, but are also shown the positive aspects. There is a tension between the Socs and Greasers because of the social status. The only thing that makes them different is the place they live and how much money their parents/guardians make. This affects their whole life, but the Greasers have learned
In the book, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy and Soda should be able to live with their older brother, Darry. Ponyboy and Soda’s parents died in a car crash, leaving only Darry to care for them. Ponyboy, Soda, and Darry are all apart of a social group, called greasers. The greasers and another social group, called Socs, always get in gang fights. Darry and his brothers have had many hardships, but they always persevere and find a solution. Ponyboy and Soda should be able to live with Darry
have read for this unit, The Outsiders has many relationships. The majority of the relationships in the novel are friendships and partnerships. The Outsiders takes place in a town where there is a divide between two groups, the Greasers whom are located in the poor East Side and the Socs on the richer West Side. The Greasers and Socs have a rivalry that lasted for many years and gets much worse as the novel progresses. The rivalry is somewhat related to a modern day gang rivalry, but not as violent
accident, took on the role of of the household leader and Soda and Ponyboy’s father figure by getting two jobs (Hinton, 1967, p. 16). The research on birth order theorizes that the first born is a natural born leader ("What Your Birth Order Says About Your Personality"). Darry not only worked, but he also had to make sure his brothers weren’t getting into any mischief. Darry is constantly pushing Ponyboy to do his best in everything he does just like a father. Darry took on the role of the father of
however, in the speculative coming-of-age novel, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton that this may very well be a spurious statement. The curious story opens with one of the main protagonists, Ponyboy Curtis, narrating an introduction to his life as a fourteen-year-old gang member living in 1965 Tulsa, Oklahoma, as he walks home from the movies. An originally pleasant encounter with two Social girls marks the beginning of serious trouble between Ponyboy’s gang, the Greasers, and their polar opposite from the
theories about juvenile and gang delinquency. Some of the theorists mentioned in this chapter include Solomon Kobrin, Albert Cohen, Richard Cloward, Llyod Ohlin, and Walter Benson Miller. As an introduction, the chapter first explains that “criminological theories of the 1950s and early 1960s focused on juvenile delinquency” (Williams and McShane, 2014). Most theorists were interested in discovering the origins of delinquent gangs and why different types of gangs developed (Williams and McShane
regards because of the fact that their wallet is not as full as the person next to them is. When did Americans become so money hungry? Why do Americans have a gravitational pull towards self-preservation and not selflessness? If someone had been a role model to these children who were left behind, maybe the world’s wounds would not be so
The Parable of the Sower Although Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower was written two decades ago, the story therein is poignantly prophetic of today’s important social, cultural, economic, and political issues. Unlike other post-apocalyptic novels, the Parable brings to the forefront real issues that today, pervade the modern American society and many other societies globally. Just like the dystopian world in the novel, modern societies face the growing threat of the rich-poor divide, dwindling