Conflicts In The Outsiders

S.E. Hinton’s the Outsiders takes place in a little town in Oklahoma where the town is divided in two by the Socs and Greasers. This book is mainly about Ponyboy Curtis who is the youngest of the member of the Greasers and always hang around his brother Sodapop and doesn’t believe his oldest brother Darry cares for him.

Superman Returns “’Don’t you ever use your head?’” These are the words of Darrel Curtis, or Darry, from The Outsiders by S.E Hinton that he repeatedly states in the novel to his youngest brother, Ponyboy. The Outsiders is a realistic fiction novel that includes two main groups, the Greasers and the Socs, who were always getting into brutal fights with each other. The main problems in this novel are stereotyping and finding your identity. Darrel Curtis is the unofficial leader of the Greasers.

The Outsiders, a coming-of-age novel, written by S.E. Hinton who was a teenager at the time of writing is firmly based upon groups of teenagers divided amongst their social classes. The novel takes on the rival battles of the Socials and the Greasers.

“The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow.” The Outsiders is a novel by S.E. Hinton about a group of boys who face many challenges and hardships together. The novel is based off adversity and how although it could have negative impacts it could still bring some positivity like finding the real image of actions, overcoming fears, and bringing a family together.

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is a novel about two neighborhoods separated because of classes in society. In these two neighborhoods, teenagers are separated into two different gangs, the lower-class Greasers and the upper-class Socs. Ponyboy, a greaser comes from a hard life. His parents died and he is left being raised by his older brother Darry. After both his brothers failed at accomplishing their dreams in life, Pony is left feeling like he will only be a greaser. Throughout the novel, Ponyboy realizes he has many traits making him have an outstanding future, such as his intelligence instincts and heroic skills.

“The Outsiders” is by far one of my favorite books of all time. I think it’s a great story that tells about how a fourteen-year-old boy overcomes many challenges and learns how to get through each of them individually. “The Outsiders” is a story about a boy named Ponyboy that lives with his two older brothers, and they have a group of friends, called the Greasers. One day Pony gets upset with his older brother, Darry, and goes to a park with his friend Johnny to calm down. At the park, a group of kids, called Socs, come and start drowning Pony. Johnny gets scared and doesn’t know what to do so he kills one of the Socs. Soon after, Pony and Johnny decide to run away so they wouldn’t have to deal with

Johnny is ponyboyś best friend who stays with him and sticks up for him no matter what, this portrays loyalty. We see the true extent of Johnnyś loyalty when the group of socs attack Pony and Johnny in the empty lot, as one the of the the boys is drowning Pony in the well Johnny stabbed Bob (the leader of the socs) to death in order to save Ponyboyś life. Johnny is caring for Pony when he talked to Pony in the empty lot after Darry had hit him, even though at home Johnnyś life is much worse, also Johnny showed his caring when he let Pony sleep on his shoulder after he cried himself to sleep in the abandoned church on Jay mountain. We learn alot from Johnnyś very humble actions, we learn to always stick up for your friends no matter what. Johnny is beaten at home and has a rough life, but he doesnt complain he just is an all around good guy. Johnny is very important in Ponyś life because he sticks with him

The Outsiders is a novel written by Susan Eloise Hinton, also known as S.E Hinton. The setting of the story takes place in the 1960s. The Outsiders is written in first person view, by Ponyboy Curtis. The story revolves around the greasers and Socs. The Socs are the west side rich kids, they wrecked houses and “threw beer blasts for kicks”. While the Greasers were the east side kids, they “drove old souped-up cars, held up gas stations and had gang fights once in a while.” One of the conflicts the characters face is man vs man, which is because the greasers and Socs don’t get along, this is because they feel superior to each other. They both had different ways of lives, they did different things for fun, and they did not understand each other. This conflict was later resolved towards the end of the story when Ponyboy speaks to Randy about no longer fighting after Bob’s death.

After the death of his parents, Darry ineptly takes on the responsibility of raising his brothers, yet Ponyboy Curtis does not understand why he is so hard on him. Soda attempts to convince Ponyboy that Darry loves him, but Ponyboy simply thinks “Darry thought I was just another mouth to feed and somebody to holler at. Darry love me? I thought of those hard, pale eyes. Soda was wrong for once, I thought. Darry doesn’t love anyone or anything, except for maybe Soda. I didn’t hardly think of him as being human. I don’t care, I lied to myself, I don’t care about him either”(18). Ponyboy simply sees Darry as a brother who is unhappy with being forced to raise him when in reality, Darry is attempting to take on a responsibility that he’s not ready for yet, but is trying to do his best with it.

Written by S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders is a fantastic book, exploring all ideas of person vs. person, person vs. self, and person vs. higher power. The main character, Ponyboy faces challenges dealing with lost, family, law, the higher class (known as the soc’s) and his innerself. The book starts with Ponyboy walking out of a movie theater only thinking about a ride home. When he finally gets to his house Darry, his older brother yells at him for walking by himself. Throughout the book Ponyboy has arguments with Darry, whom after their parents passed away becomes ponyboy and his other brother, sodapops gardien. The arguments get so bad that one day Ponyboy decides to run away. Ponyboy meets with his friend Johnny, sense Johnny already had problems

“Gee,’ Johnny said softly, ‘I thought you and Darry and Soda got along real well…’” (Hinton,p.42).Darry is a role model for Ponyboy even though they didn’t get along very well in the beginning. Ponyboy still looks up to Darry because of how he is able to have two jobs to support him and his brothers, and how he is able to keep up with the things that go on in their lives even though he is busy. Even though Ponyboy and Darry don’t get along very well they still love each other and truly care about on

Finally, Darry breaks. Darry hadn’t seen Ponyboy after Johnny killed Bob so, Darry got emotional because he didn’t know what happened to Ponyboy. After all that, a result of this choice was that it shocked Ponyboy and Soda because Darry never cried in front of them before. An impact on Ponyboy was that it made Ponyboy know that Darry actually cares about him.“Suddenly, I realized, horrified, that Darry was crying.”(pg.98). So, Darry crying gave readers an idea of who Darry’s character is. The novel also states that Darry tries to shape Ponyboy into a good person (pg.98). Throughout the book, Darry falls into the misunderstood mind of Ponyboy’s until he gets pulled out when he shows emotions.

The first choice that Pony did really affected darry, his older brother in so many sentimental ways. When Darry was in the hospital waiting to see Ponyboy he felt very devastated that he had no idea what Pony was doing. Later, when he sees Ponyboy he couldn't do anything but to hug him and care for him. He then realized that they need to learn to get along better because they were all they had left. From that day on Darry tried the best he could to try and lead Pony in right direction.

Ponyboy takes everything that Darry says the wrong way, and friends are always trying to make him understand that Darry loves him but he doesn't get it. “ Darry didn't like me . . . Darry hollered at me all the time . . . he didn't give a hang about me . . .” (Pg.98). The conflict resolved in the middle of the book when Ponyboy is waiting in the hospital when Sodapop and Darry come and give him hug where Ponyboy understood why Darry was so hard on him, he cared. That didn't last long, because after Johnny and Dally had died, Ponyboy started low grade which upset Darry and so they fought about it, until one night when Soda gets the mail he had sent to Sandy(His ex girlfriend) not at all opened, Ponyboy and Darry start to fight again and so Soda runs out of the house. When Pony and Darry caught up to him he was crying and telling them that he was the middleman and was in a tug o’ war and is being made to choose one or another, so Soda asked them to stop fighting and start listening to each other. Ponyboy versus himself is even more complex than this conflict between Pony and Darry, Ponyboy is fighting with

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton is a book about Ponyboy and the Greasers. Ponyboy has two brothers Sodapop and Darry. Sodapop is a 16 year old dropout, and Darry is the oldest brother and doesn’t interact with Ponyboy. Ponyboy and his brothers enlist in a gang. The gang is the closest family to Ponyboy and his brother, even though they are not actually family by blood. But the Greasers live in the bad part of the town. The Socs however, are not like family to the Greasers. The Socs are people who are rich and snobby. The Socs always like to jump the Greaser for fun. The author believes that there will be rough steps throughout your life, but you should fight through them and stay strong.