Essays on The Outsiders

The Ousiders Essay – Sodapop Curtis In S. E Hinton’s novel, The Outsiders, there are many themes represented in the book, but one of the main themes is social ostracism, or the conflict between the economic classes. There are two rival gangs within The Outsiders:  the Socs and the Greasers. The Socs represent the upper…

Now, it is acknowledged that Dally was a criminal, a genuine Greaser. He was apprehended when he was ten years old, and he mugged small children for amusement. He had no regard for anyone or anything, except for Johnny. Dally took the risk of going to jail in order to assist them, offering a gun,…

The Outsiders Alienation The Outsiders is a story that has motley of alienation. Alienation isn’t being taken by aliens. Alienation is uniqueness and someone that is different from another person or group of people. But through the whole story of the Outsiders there is alienation. One symbol of alienation in this story is money between…

‘Hard times bring out the best and worst in human nature’ The Outsiders – Text response essay In the novel ‘The Outsiders’ by S. E Hinton, we see how hard times bring out the best and worst in human nature. Human nature is basically what people are like deep down. As the characters change and…

S.E. Hinton’s coming-of-age book “The Outsiders” addresses socioeconomic class, loyalty, and identity issues. The conflict between two gangs, the Greasers and the Socs, centers on Oklahoma in the 1960s. Johnny Cade is one of the book’s most memorable characters because of his nuanced personality and profound influence on the story. This article explores Johnny’s complex…

Contemptuously: Without respect; in a disdainful matter Important quotations: “He was in critical condition. His back had been broken when that piece of timber fell on him. He was in severe shock and suffering from third-degree burns. They were doing everything they could to ease the pain, although since his back was broken he couldn’t…

Exposition is a description or an explanation of a idea or theory. The main characters are Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry. The setting in the book is in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1950. The major conflict in the book is that is the clash between the poor Greasers and the rich Socs and Ponyboy struggles mature. Ponyboy…

The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is about, a gang going through a lot of drama and trauma only to lose the one person who could hold their gang together, Johnny. In The Outsiders, two members of the Greasers gang, Johnny and Ponyboy, get into a fight with some members of the Socs, their rival gang….

Will the Socs or Greaser ever once become semi-neutral to each other or fight each other anymore, So about Randy and Pony which are the people who think that violence will not fix anything cause you are just going to make it carry on with fighting, also the Greasers and Socs were not happy with…

The main character of The Outsiders is Ponyboy Curtis. He is 14 years old who lives with his two brothers, Sodapop Curtis and Darry Curtis. His parents sadly died before this book was written, and so he lives with his oldest brother, Darry and Sodapop. Ponyboy has greenish-gray eyes and light brown hair. This could…