Have you ever wondered what it's like to be in a gang? In S.E. Hintons “The Outsiders” tells about 14 year old Ponyboy and his gang. Ponyboy and his gang are greasers- the type of guys who carry knives ,wear blue jeans, have long hair, and get into fights a lot. Socs are the richer group in tow. They are opposites to the greasers in many ways. The Socs and Greasers have a long hatred or each other. When the two groups cross it usually ends in conflict and sometimes the socs beat up greasers for
A theme of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is “stay gold”. This is represented through symbolism and the characters. “Stay gold” means don’t lose your innocence; don’t grow up too fast. This theme is employed symbolically in multiple ways. One of these ways is the sunrise/sunset. At one point, Johnny and Ponyboy are watching the sunrise. “...the mist was touched with gold. There was a silent moment when everything held it’s breath, and then the sun rose.” (Pg. 78) The golden moment Pony describes represents
social class you’re in may be a great thing: ending in a lavish lifestyle, or resulting in a dreadful experience. The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, intensely portrays how being in a certain social class can influence the way the characters are raised, the way others view the characters, and how it can affect the characters life. This coming-of-age novel uncovers how misfortune can unite a social class. It causes the book’s characters, and you, to look at others in a new way. The book’s diction
The Outsiders Theme Anna C. Ms. Miller 9.16.14 The Outsiders by S.E Hinton has many themes, all of which important, but one of the most repeated themes is staying gold and finding it. Ponyboy has to learn to find the gold the world around him to be able to remain optimistic throughout hard situations. He with Darry and Johnny has to find gold in his family to be able to push through struggles with someone to love. Lastly, he has to learn to see the gold in himself. Seeing the gold in the world around
I’ve always found it funny how one day you could be enjoying beading, or finger painting, then the next, you find out Santa isn’t real. All of a sudden you are expected to get good grades, buy your own clothes, keep track of your own shoes. In The Outsider by S.E. Hinton, a fourteen year old boy named Ponyboy learns that getting older and having more responsibilities is difficult no matter what your social class is. When Ponyboy gets caught up in a gang rivalry, he has to run away from Tulsa, Oklahoma
The Outsiders Essay Dakota Peterson Do you think gangs are a bad influence? This is a question to consider while reading this essay. The Outsiders tells a story of a 14 year old boy who’s trying to find what life really is. The book goes through a series of events following Ponyboy. The themes of the book is finding your true identity, family, and loses. Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” signifies the last theme accurately. We as a society could help fix this by giving kids places to
inspired her to write her novel “The Outsiders”, which was published by Viking in 1967. This book gave her a lot of fame and pressure. She became known as “ The Voice of the Youth.” Her pressure and publicity resulted in a three year long writer’s block. Because she was depressed all the time her husband broke this block by making her write two pages a day for her book “That was Then, This is Now” until it was finished. This book was more developed than “The Outsiders” and was published in 1971. She received
novel, The Outsiders. This book tells the story of a 14 year old boy (Ponyboy) who is in a gang and follows him through a tragedy, a escape, and a big fight. The poem by Robert Frost “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” is used in this book as a reminder that nothing good stays forever and to enjoy things while they last. I think that this book is a wake up call that even kids can be dragged down into bad lifestyles because they don’t really have any other choices. I think that as a society we can help by providing
Joshua Hwang Mrs.Chalupsky English 8 CL 28 September 2015 Title The Outsiders by S.E. Hilton was a book like no other and spawned generations of book that who try to recreate . Never before had an author write a book about the life teenagers so realistically, which included drinking, fighting, smoking, etc. In addition, The Outsiders had talked about a topic that not been really written about before, the social divide between the rich and the poor. This topic was exactly teenagers of then and
Egypt over only added to her repertoire of leadership skills. No matter how experienced one is, you can still lose it all, but one can also say that Cleopatra learned from her