Conflict In S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders

In the Outsiders, S.E Hinton, it presents the idea that perspectives changes what other people think of you by being yourself and not caring what other people think of you.you should stop worrying about what other people's perspective of you and start being yourselves so people don’t get the wrong image of you. In Chapter 2 when PonyBoy talked to Cherry (who is a socs).Cherry tells PonyBoy that,”it’s not just the money. Part of it, but not all. You greasers have a different set of values.you’re emotional we’re sophisticated.

This essay is based on the book, The Outsiders by S.E Hinton. The main characters are Johnny and Ponyboy. They are outsiders because they are greasers (which are put off to the side) and they are from the East side. Each Outsiders band together, however, they each have a different way of getting around.

Johnny killed Bob to save ponyboy from drowning. Second, Ponyboy defended Dally when Cherry said: “What's a nice, smart kid like you running around with trash like that for?” (pg.23). Third, Ponyboy said, “When you're in a gang, you stick up for the other members. If you don't stick for them, stick together, make like brothers, it isn't a gang anymore.”

Although all those things happened the big claim is when the church was burning, Johnny went to the fire to save the kid. Ponyboy came running into the church after him. Although he didn't get hurt as badly as Johnny because Dally's jacket saved him it was very Vicious. “Suddenly, in the red glow and the haze, I remembered wondering what it was like in a burning ember, and I thought: Now I know, it's a red hell.” page… .

In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton the main character Ponyboy makes many important decisions, some poor while others smart. A prime example of this is when he chose to attend the rumble, even though he was stressed out and not in the right state of mind. The only reason that he even felt compelled to do it was because he felt like it was a way to get back at the socs, and honor his friend and fellow greaser, Johnny. He even said “ RIght then the most important thing in my life was helping us whip the socs” (Hinton 134). As all choices do it had a consequence, but this one was far worse than he could have imagined.

The Outsiders was about the greasers and the Socs. The Socs always jump the greasers, one day Johnny fights back, he ends up killing Bob. Johnny and Ponyboy run away to a church and hide until Dally comes and gets them. They then see the church was burning, Ponyboy and Johnny run into it to save the kids inside. Johnny and Dally get injured, Ponyboy is okay.

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is a fictional young adult book with many conflicts covering themes such as: don’t judge a book by its cover, leave the past behind, you never know what someone’s going through, and more. It stars a group/gang called the Greasers, the main character and narrator being Ponyboy. This gang is a group of teenage boys/young adults who are on the poor side of this area. The members of the Greasers are Ponyboy, Johnny, Sodapop, Dally, Darry, Two-Bit, and Steve. There’re also the Socs which are the “rich and spoiled” kids in the book.

Look through the past and then realize how life is now. Timelessly people have always been divided by there social class. A huge bitter rivalry between teen classification will always be timeless. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton was about a young boy who lives in a world of tough guys, runaways, and outlaws. He experiences the real world in different ways.

The book, The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton is about brother hood and friendship. Is also about two gangs called the Greasers and the Soc's constantly arguing and fighting. Constantly fighting about their gangs placement in their cities, girls, and where they can and can't go. In the first chapter, fighting comes up right away. Ponyboy was walking home from the movies when about 5 Soc's drove up to him and jumped him.

Their actions show that Ponyboy and Johnny are heroes because they ran right into the fire to save the kids with no regard that they could get hurt. One reason that Dally is a hero is because he saved Johnny from the fire while the church was collapsing. Heroism can also be seen from Dally when he gets money, a gun, and a place to stay for Johnny and Ponyboy.

Many people have used violence to solve problems that they have at some point in their life, but as you look back at what you accomplished, you realized that violence doesn’t help you in a good way. Ponyboy learned that the hard way. In The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton presents the idea that using violence against your rival(s) isn’t the solution, it is the problem. One scene that reveals the idea that violence isn’t the answer and that it can only hurt others, was in Chapter 3 when ponyboy talks about what happened to Johnny. He said, “Johnny was lying face down on the ground.

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 novel, “The Outsiders” that was written by S.E Hinton, one of the characters within the book that has changed a lot was Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy Curtis’ change was a slow process, but a lot happened to him throughout the novel. He goes through many events at the start, middle and at the end of the novel too. At the start of the novel, Ponyboy was just an innocent and smart kid who lived with the gang known as, “The Greasers”, but by the end of the novel, Ponyboy is a different person compared to how he was in the beginning. The events that took place in the middle of the novel has some key events that make him change his personality and opinion on life, and that the reader learns that his personality and opinion changes because of the dramatic events he goes through like how Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston’s death.

After that, Ponyboy finds himself in a situation that he personally can’t back out of. It’s the fire at the church. Ponyboy, starts running in to help save the children, but when he turns around, he sees Johnny. “Hey Ponyboy,” Johnny says. Johnny was following Ponyboy into the fire to help save the kids.

Everyone will lose someone in their life, that's what happened to Ponyboy and his brothers. They lost what is most valuable to people, parents. When Ponyboy’s Older brother Darry steps in as the parental figure he can be very protective. Part of being proactive mean being rough, caring and being different than the other greasers to set a good example for pony and soda. The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton, is an empowering novel full of courage and epicness, with a pinch of sorrow and sadness.