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. This book talks about what gangs have to go through and the choices they’re forced to make. I chose the theme “The past is a place to learn from, not live in'' and I have three conflicts to show that correlate with it. This theme means to learn from the past but let it go, and to live in the present. These conflicts include Ponyboy and Johnny …show more content…
After Johnny died, Ponyboy denied it all, becoming delusional to the fact he was dead and blaming himself for the killing of Bob. Dally then couldn’t take the death of Johnny and basically killed himself by luring the police in to come and shoot him. This connects to the theme because Ponyboy is focusing on Johnny and on the past instead of paying attention to the present and believing that Johnny is dead. Both my quotes are of Ponyboy denying Johnny’s death. “Johnny was dead. But he wasn’t… He isn’t dead, I said to myself. He isn’t dead.” (Page 150) This is him denying the fact that Johnny died. The next quote is about the same thing. “”Johnny is not dead.” My voice was shaking. “Johnny is not dead.”” As you can see, Ponyoby continuously tells himself that Johnny is not dead, denying it instead of letting it go and moving on. This is a very big example of focusing on the past instead of the
And this time my dreaming worked. I convinced myself that he wasn't dead”, (chapter 9) this shows that ponyboy is in denial within the death of johnny, and some other characters like dally slams his body and hits the wall against the wall of the room, and while Ponyboy watches Dally’s reaction, he is just in silence and shock. Johnny's death was so surprising that even Randy ( who is a Soc) decided to visit ponyboy which was a nice detail for ponyboy because he was so concerned about his mental and physical health, and he also admitted that it was their fault that they fought in the park. “His buddy Randy Adderson, who had helped lump us, also said it was their fault and that we'd only fought back in self-defense”, (chapter
And I knew Johnny was the only thing Dally loved. And now Johnny was gone”(S.E Hinton, pg 152). Ponyboy realized that had heart and that he loved Johnny. When he found out that he loved Johnny he realized everything that Dally has done for him. Dally has many actions that made him looked like a thug, he also did many things that proved that he loved others.
Rivalry leads to regrets. When several members of the greasers get injured. In the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton. The Outsiders is a book about Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles with Society. Ponyboy is a greaser.
S.E. Hinton’s young adult realistic fiction novel The Outsiders is about a gang of boys called the greasers whose relationship is thicker than blood. The greasers are seen as dirty and have a bad reputation while their enemies the soc a higher-class gang have a good reputation. As the story progresses problems begin to appear as the gang makes some bad decisions. Their world is taken upside down though when a member of the gang named Johnny kills a soc. The issue of pain and Trauma that comes throughout the book as everyone struggles is shown in the story The Outsider by S.E. Hinton.
The Outsiders is a book made in 1967 based on a young boy named Ponyboy, his story includes his two brothers Sodapop and Darrell along with his other friends. Ponyboy is a part of a gang known as the “Greasers”, the main group consists of Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darrell, Johnny, Steve, Two-bit, Dally, and Tim. However, this gang has a specific enemy, a gang called the “Socs”. The main members of the Socs are Cherry, Martia, Bob, Randy, and Paul. Both gangs are opposite from each other, but maybe they aren’t so different as people think they are?
He related Ponyboy’s life to the poem they talked about that night at the church. He reminded him how life was better before. Like, having his parents and having his brothers in school. But, then he mentioned to Ponyboy that hard times like himself dying are going to happen. Johnny told Ponyboy to go watch a sunset, like how he used to.
Hinton shows Ponyboy’s denial from Johnny doing anything wrong, and how Pony also denies Johnnys death at all. This shows most when Randy has an encounter with Pony short after Johnnys death. As Randy restates Johnny was the one with the knife, Pony says “I had the knife. I killed Bob” (Hinton 165). By attempting to pretend that Johnny is still alive and Johnny never killed anyone, it causes him to live in hatred of the people he blames (the Socs) and himself rather than to believe the truth.
Hinton. “‘Stay gold Ponyboy. Stay gold…’ the pillow seemed to sink a little, and Johnny died. You read about people looking peacefully asleep when they’re dead, but they don't. Johnny just looked dead” (Hinton 148).
They had a big fight, where the greasers won. Ponyboy still mourns for his friend, and Dally gets himself killed by the cops because he misses Johnny. The theme of the book is to teach us not to judge other groups without getting to know them.
I had known it all the time, even while I was sick and pretending he wasn’t. It was Johnny, not me, who had killed Bob-I knew that too. I had just thought that maybe if I played like Johnny wasn’t dead it wouldn’t hurt so much” (177). Ponyboy was aware of the death of Johnny, the murder of Bob, and his denial of the two. The only thing he wasn't
He said to the children in a very brave voice, “Shut up! We’re goin’ to get you out!” (page 92) and Ponyboy thought, “Johnny [isn’t] behaving like his old self” (page 92). Johnny usually doesn’t talk so brave and rude like that, but in this case he was so determined to save those kids; to save another
That shows that Johnny wanted Ponyboy to stay the way he is, liking sunsets just like an example, but also because he’s soft and hates hurting people. He wants Dally to look at sunsets, and to appreciate things for once, and that might make him become gold again. Dally, also, who committed suicide after hearing that Johnny died didn’t stay
Hes telling Pony to pretty much appreciate the nice things in life while he can, poor Johnny couldnt because of the life he was being forced to live so now hes trying to help Pony experience the things he couldnt. He wants to help Ponyboy not end up like Dally, Dally is too angry to appreciate anything he has which inevitably led to his death so he doesnt want Pony to not be grateful of all the good things he
When Ponyboy and Johnny are preparing to jump a freight train, Ponyboy thinks to himself, “Then for the first time, really, I realized what we were in for. Johnny had killed someone. Quiet, soft-spoken little Johnny, who wouldn't hurt a living thing on purpose, had taken a human life. We were really running away, with the police after us for murder and a loaded gun by our side. I wished we'd asked Dally for a pack of cigarettes....”
Consequently with all that was going on at that moment, Johnny defended himself and Ponyboy who is one of the Greasers. Furthermore, Ponyboy responds saying, “‘You really killed him, huh, Johnny? ‘Yeah.’ His voice quivered slightly. ‘I had to.