Essays on The Outsiders

Now, it is known that Dally was a criminal, a true Greaser. He was arrested at the age of ten, and mugged small children for fun. He didn’t care about anyone or anything, except for Johnny. Dally risked jail time to help them, providing a gun, money, and a plan. Johnny and Pony escape to…

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…

“The Outsiders” is a novel written by S.E. Hinton. Hinton wrote this story for many reasons and has won many awards for it. This novel has affected the readers greatly. It is told from the view of a young boy named Ponyboy Curtis. It follows the troubles of him and his best friend Johnny Cade….

“The Outsiders” was written by S. E. Hinton while she was only 17. She was influenced by her friends to write this book after her boyfriend was badly beaten up by a gang. This book is set in the 1960s America outside Oklahoma. This book explores the situations of two rival gangs, the lives of…

‘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…

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…

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…

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…

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….

Having a couple of days out of the year to dress up, gather amongst friends, and enjoy the life of fantasy does not seem so bad. Cosplay, to this day, is still considered crazy by those who have not even experienced it. That leads me to believe that outsiders should not define a subculture because…