Maturity In The Outsiders

Societal adversities carve an individual’s outlook and character, which may continue unaltered until their untimely death. Susan Eloise Hinton, author of the coming of age literary text, The Outsiders, depicts the prevalent teenage social rivalry in the 1960s between the Socials (Socs) and the Greasers. Through a series of consequential incidents, various characters are challenged and undergo a progressive transformation throughout the story, while others remain static and do not respond with a shift in character. Dallas “Dally” Winston resists change despite the numerous opportunities for transformation as Ponyboy Curtis’ most distinctive gang member. Dallas Winston as a static character, remains self-preservative and detached from society, as seen in Ponyboy’s assessment of him at Buck Merril 's party, his conversation with

The award winning novel the Outsiders is a true wake up call to society regarding concepts that have been present in society over the years. The story is looked at in the point of view of the east side, the lower class or in this case the greasers. The novel has received recognition by winning several awards such as: the New York tribune best teenage book list in 1967, the Chicago tribune book world spring book festival honor book also in 1967, the ALA best young adult books in 1975, and then later on won the Massachusetts children book award in 1979. The story takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma where the author was raised. The author was 15 when she started writing the book but wrote most of it when she was 16, however the book was published when she was 18.

In the story The Outsiders written by S.E Hinton, there are two rival groups/ gangs, the greasers and the Socs. A young boy named Ponyboy explained his journey being a greaser and the sacrifices, consequences, and decisions he had to manage with. This story reminds me of William Shakespeare's story Romeo and Juliet of their similarities which are they gangs, fights, and loyalty and differences that are the wealthiness, behaviors, and between the two books. One of the similarities of the two books is the groups/ gangs, because in Romeo and Juliet there are the Montague and Capulets and in The Outsiders there are the greasers and the Socs. They are both enemies and try to sabotage and fight each other when every they have the chance to.

In the book The Outsiders, written by S. E. Hinton, the theme is that people, though they may be very different, they still live in the same world and they are really the same. This can be proven with Ponyboy’s quote within the first half of the book, “We aren’t in the same class. Just don’t forget that some of us watch the sunset too” (page 46). The first half of the quote tells that the two people are in very different social classes, in this case, the Socs and the greasers. The two gangs are always in conflict, however, the second half of the quote emphasized that the two groups of people indeed living under the same sun, watch the same sunset, and practically do the same thing.

In the book The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton, is a book about a life of a Greaser who lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. One of the characters, Dallas Winston is wild because he’s actions are wild, and reckless. He also expresses his wildness by his looks, Dallas’s feelings can make him do wild things. Also others reaction to him. Ponyboy pointed out how Dallas looks like on page ten.

In the novel The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton, the Curtis brothers are different in many ways and their experiences together change their relationships over the course of the novel. The author writes, “Darry is six-foot two, broad-shouldered, and muscular. As you can tell,he is the biggest out of all of us. He has dark brown hair that kicks out in front and a slight cowlick in the back” (Hinton 6). “He was the youngest, next to me, smaller than the rest” (Hinton 11).

The Outsiders Final 5 Paragraph Essay S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders is a novel that follows a group of boys growing up in the 1960s who have to face prejudice and stereotypes on a daily basis. The author uses multiple examples of prejudice in the novel to demonstrate the destructive nature of prejudice on the characters in the story, such as fights between characters, friendships being torn apart, and people feeling ashamed of who they are and which social class they belong in. The first examples of prejudice shown in the novel are fights and hate between the two social classes. As a result of prejudice, many characters got into fights and there was a lot of hate between the two classes.

Ponyboy’s vs the Socs The fiction book the,”The Outsiders,” by S.E. Hilton tells the reader about the ongoing fighting between the west side and the east side in Tulsa Oklahoma in 1965. Hilton writes about a young greaser or east sider and his family fight against the Socs or West siders. In the novel you see ponyboy’s view of the Socs and how it evolves from the beginning of the book to the end.

Our problems are not what define us, it is how we respond to them. Life defining decisions are built up over time leading you to a fork in the road. The path maybe simple but that does not mean that when you get to a fork in the road the decision will be any easier. Although I truly believe that people face more than one fork in the road in their lifetime. It is too unrealistic to say there's only one, because how would someone know they do not live your life.

In S.E. Hinton’s book The Outsiders, there is a colorful palette of characters, from the easy-going and charming Sodapop to the spoiled and arrogant Bob Sheldon, from the intelligent and athletic Darry, to skittish and troubled Johnny. In a couple hundred pages, the author brilliantly captures a full range of human behavior and emotion and illustrates how, though we may share similar values and experiences with some of the members of our clique, we are never truly defined simply by our adherence to any particular group. We can, in fact, find ourselves on opposing ends of the spectrum with some of our closest allies. Ponyboy and Dallas are two vibrant characters, who share many common traits. United by their deep hatred of the Socs, these

The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton, is a book about two social groups. The Socs and the Greasers. The Greasers are more than just a social group, they are a family. Without each other, they would not be the same. Fighting and wrestling, is just a small part of their relationship.

The book 'The Outsiders' written by S.Hinton shows many events that relate to the theme adolescence. The author bases the story on a teenage Greaser who sees the world against him. Adolescence is a part of growing up in which a child develops into an adult. During this time a child may begin to think one is responsible and doing the right thing. This essay analyzes how teenage Greasers and Socials differentiate from each other during this period.