The Outsiders Throughout the story The Outsiders Ponyboy and Johnny face many challenges and try to make the best out of each circumstance The author shows us how the characters face their obstacles rise above them and change their challenges into a positive learning experience Johnny is Ponyboys best friend and the pet of the Greasers Hes 16 years old and lives with his alcoholic and abusive mother and father Johnny was jumped and beat up by a Soc wearing heavy rings Ever since then Johnny has
The Outsiders Whenever I read S E Hintons The Outsiders I compare how intertwined this novel is with the real world regardless of being written in the 1960s It beautifully represents the reality of what every society in the world today must confront which is gangs Choose any area in the world and you will always find one universal attribute that gangs will possess and that is blind and meaningless conflict The way society looks down upon the lower class results in the formation of gangs and the
The Outsiders This poem has two meanings the first about good things never last forever and the second about youth and innocence Robert Frosts poem relates to the novel the Outsiders in many ways The first meaning is that good things do not last That life may seem perfect when everything is going right but this will not stay forever Everything living is beautiful and every beautiful thing will eventually die Robert Frost is saying good things will never stay forever Many times in a persons life
A Benign Indifference In The Outsider the author gives the readers the opportunity to walk in the shoes of the main character Meursault a seemingly detached and emotionless Frenchman who works as a shipping clerk in Algiers The Outsider is told in the first person and traces the development of Meursaults attitude toward himself and the rest of the world Camus way of creating a contrast between the two faces of Meursault can be seen by the separation of the book into two parts The first part des
The Outsiders The Outsiders written by S E Hinton is the story of Ponyboy Curtis a greaser in the 1960s who lives a fairly ordinary life until one day he and his friend Johnny are jumped by several Socs members of their rival gang and his world is turned upside down This book shows the struggles that young people have to face through the themes of class divisions death of loved ones and loss of innocence S E Hinton is one of the few authors in American history that actually acknowledges the soc