He is smart in school, but not so smart on the streets. The only characteristic the book could share with a dystopian novel is that it takes place in a rough neighborhood, but if you actually read the wierdest book the neighborhool actually isnt that bad as ponyboy explicitly states that most of the gang members dont lock thier doors. Johnny and ponyboy go to the park and they both get jumped by the socs. Ponyboy theorizes on the motivations and personalities of his friends and describes. Ponyboy theorizes on the motivations and personalities of his friends and describes events in a slangy, youthful voice. Ponyboy not only has just about the best name weve ever heard of we dare you to start calling yourself kittenlad or rottweilergal, but also has a real flair for the written word ponyboy is fourteen, is our narrator, and has a ton to say about himself and his world. So, for this story, my mind told me okay, so, pony was in the hospital.
Why the outsiders still matters 50 years later rolling stone. At the end of the book he gets confronted by a couple of socs at a gas station. The ten major events in the outsiders by emma lucero on prezi. E hinton three boys ponyboy, johnny and dally are all greasers, and have had runins with the law. He brake the bottom of a coke bottle and stands up to the socs. He also saved the kids from the burning church, along with johnny. The next day at lunch, ponyboy goes to the grocery store with steve and twobit for candy bars and cokes.
This is after ponyboy does his report asked in the. Apr 26, 2017 the outsiders confronted serious stuff poverty, loneliness, violence, insecurity but was so compelling that i didnt even notice it. Pony is the 14yearold younger brother of darry and sodapop curtis. Hes almost immediately attacked by a carload of socials as he passes the vacant lot on the way to his house.
For this activity, write a 34 paragraph summary of the outsiders. He first killed bob, a soc, just for his friend even though he knows he is going to be searched by the cops. The movie is cool, too, because it shows parts that the book never described or mention. See a complete list of the characters in the outsiders and indepth analyses of ponyboy curtis, johnny cade, cherry valance, sodapop curtis, and darry curtis. In this essay i will be writing about their unusual brotherly relationship. Like, dally robbing the grocery store and it also shows that the man at the counter had shot him, and he was already hurt before the police shot him and it also shows ponyboy s dream. E hinton is a thrilling, emotional, and tragic adventure. Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel but did most of the work when she was 16 and a junior in high school. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in werent so different.
The outsiders and literary devices activities summary of the outsiders. Ponyboy is attacked when walking home from the movies by the socs because he is a greaser, and the two gangs are engaged in an ongoing retaliatory turfwar. I had to pick a person to write a letter to from the outsid. How does ponyboy show courage in the book the outsiders. Essay on the outsiders relationship on ponyboy and darry introduction in the book called the outsiders written by s. Darrel, soda, dallas, twobit, steve, and johnny chase them away. The outsider is a classic literary character who, for one reason or another, lives on the outskirts of socalled normal society.
In the beginning of the story, ponyboy thinks that socs have it easy, they have good grades, cool cars, cute girls, everything. The narrator of the book the outsiders was ponyboy curtis. In the novel the outsiders, ponyboy is an intelligent child with a big imagination and enjoys reading. Ponyboy not only has just about the best name weve ever heard of we dare you to start calling yourself kittenlad or rottweilergal, but also has a real flair for the written word. I decided to make a little video about ponyboy from the outsiders. This is a slash between ponyboy and someone elsedramatic musicalso the lot has a foresty area and a lake now in this story. Like, dally robbing the grocery store and it also shows that the man at the counter had shot him, and he was already hurt before the police shot him and it also shows ponyboys dream. Writing his story becomes a way for pony to deal with the generous portions of grief that. The only girls we really meet in the story are cherrie and marcia. Darry stared at him for a second, then cracked a grin. Either before, after, or during the time of the book. Theyre able to offer a unique, unflinching, and sometimes distorted view on the culture they dont inhabit. At 14 years old, the youngest curtis brother and greaser. Rob lowe makes surprise visit to tulsa to see the outsiders house duration.
Ponyboy curtis, the youngest member of the greasers, narrates the novel. Sodapop isnt afraid of him like everyone else and enjoys teasing him. As the story moves along, ponyboy learns that both sides have problems, wealthy or poor. Pony gets upset when darry yells at him he knows its dangerous to walk. In the first chapter, pony tells the reader that i make good grades and have a high iq and everything. Ponyboy curtis is a 14yearold boy whose world has been turned upside down. May 21, 2007 the movie is cool, too, because it shows parts that the book never described or mention. Ponyboy curtis, or pony, is the narrator for the s. In the beginning of the book ponyboy gets jumped by socs.
Hes smart and wants to do something with his life and likes school, which makes him unlike the greasers. There was a vibrant internal life to the book, which. More towards the end of the book as ponyboy and johnny have gotten over the killing of bob. Sep 02, 2015 essay on the outsiders relationship on ponyboy and darry introduction in the book called the outsiders written by s. These are letters written to almost all of the characters. The outsiders book hennepin county library bibliocommons. The outsiders confronted serious stuff poverty, loneliness, violence, insecurity but was so compelling that i didnt even notice it.
From all we know in the book, he was in the hospital for a while. In the book the outsiders what does ponyboy love, give, fear. Johnny and ponyboy are respectful to them but greasers like dally like to push their buttons to get their attention. Hinton tells the story of 14yearold ponyboy curtis and his struggle with right and wrong in a society in which he is. The outsiders essays are academic essays for citation. Ponyboy is fourteen, is our narrator, and has a ton to say about himself and his world. Ponyboy describes the greasers as poor and wild than their rival gang socs socials who were very highclass people, who loved to jump the greasers. What book did ponyboy and johnny read in the movie the outsiders. Over the course of the book, he discovers things he never knew before and embarks on a journey that helps him to discover himself and those around him. The outsiders ponyboy curtis english literature essay. Killing me slowly chapter 3, an outsiders fanfic fanfiction. Ponyboy is intelligent and sensitive and has certain ungreaserlike characteristics. The events of the novel cause him to think about the kind of life he wants to lead and motivate him to work for change. They took blood tests and realized a few cells were cancerous.
The outsiders theme of loyalty work cited hinton, s. E hinton, she writes about an important relationship between a boy called ponyboy and darry. The unofficial leader of the greasers, he becomes an authority. The book details the conflict between two rival gangs divided by their socioeconomic status. Syme, says that although ponyboy is failing, he can raise his grade to a c by writing an outstanding autobiographical theme. Strong, athletic, and intelligent, darry has quit school. Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of the outsiders written by s. S i know in this story this is probably how the characters totally wouldnt act.
His parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months before the. Johnny and ponyboy johnny has courage in the outsiders. It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one i saw from the back steps was the same one. The story of the greasers and the socs is told from the perspective of ponyboy. Ponyboy is an outsider because hes not like anyone else we meet in the book. Ponyboy curtis is certainly the best student of all the characters mentioned in the outsiders.
Terms in this set 25 at the start of the book, ponyboy is just leaving the. In chapter 1, ponyboy mentions that he has to read the novel great expectations by charles. Jun 03, 2014 rob lowe makes surprise visit to tulsa to see the outsiders house duration. Ponyboy curtis, a teenaged member of a loose gang of greasers, is leaving a movie theater when he is jumped by socs, the greasers rival gang. But then during the book they commit heroic acts, and the biggest one was when ponyboy, johnny, and dally saved children and one another that were trapped in a building that was on fire. In the novel, ponyboy has light brown hair and greenishgray eyes. The character of ponyboy curtis in the outsiders from.
Ponyboy is a fourteenyear old greaser who lives with his two older brothers, sodapop and darry on the lowerclass east side of tulsa, oklahoma. He is a 14 year old greaser who is just stepping out into the world. See more ideas about the outsiders, the outsiders ponyboy and the outsiders 1983. Ponyboy runs away with johnny after darry pushes ponyboy. One important lesson taught in the outsiders is do not judge a book by its cover. Jan 16, 2012 i decided to make a little video about ponyboy from the outsiders. Read ponyboy imagine from the story the outsiders by shygirlalli alli with 9,152 reads. Sunsets and sunrises in the outsiders represent the beauty and goodness in the world, particularly after johnny compares the gold in the poem nothing gold can stay to the gold of the sunrises and sunsets ponyboy enjoys.
The outsiders theme of loyalty by patti kirby on prezi. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Writing his story becomes a way for pony to deal with the generous portions. The outsiders paperback deckle edge, april 20, 2006. Hinton tells the story of 14yearold ponyboy curtis and his struggle with. But then during the book they commit heroic acts, and the biggest one was when ponyboy, johnny, and dally saved children and one another that were trapped in. Ponyboy is now caught up in the deep life of a greaser and continues his next few descisions as a greaser would. Though only fourteen years old, he understands the way his social group functions and the role each group member plays. The youngest member of the gang, ponyboy is different from the other members in that he is reflective, likes to read, and enjoys nature.
Ponyboy michael curtis is the narrator and protagonist of the 1967 novel the outsiders, and its 1983 film adaptation. His parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months. Aug 27, 2014 ponyboy is now caught up in the deep life of a greaser and continues his next few descisions as a greaser would. The symbol of sunsets and sunrises in the outsiders from. Character analysis of ponyboy curtis the outsiders. He gives appreciation to the socs after being told that, things are rough all over. The sunset also stands for the common humanity of all people, regardless of the gang to which they belongin their first. Who saved the kids in the outsiders when the church was on. Hinton tells the story of 14yearold ponyboy curtis and his struggle with right and wrong in a society in which he is an outsider. Stay gold stay gold is a reference to the robert frost poem that ponyboy recites to johnny when the two hide out in the windrixville church. But its my story, and if i want them to do this, they do it. Analysis of the american reality, possibility, and dream found in nickel and dimed and the outsiders stay gold, ponyboy.
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