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The Outsiders - book review
Have you ever heard of a book written by a seventeen year old author?
The example is S.E. Hinton who wrote The Outsiders. The book is about two big gangs: the Socs and the Greasers. They are different in many ways and have a lot of conflicts between each other. Those two rival groups have to make hard decisions in life. The Socs are the west side rich kids who treat the Greasers very badly only because they are poor and look different. The Greasers have long hair and are usually dirty.
The genre which best describes The Outsiders is realistic-fiction. The story is based on real life although the characters are fake. The book is fifty years old but the events described in it are still authentic.
Ponyboy tells the whole story. He reveals his feelings and personal experiences. The beginning of the book didn't really hook me in. After four chapters I seriously started to like the book because the flow of events was very unexpected.
The action takes place in a small city in about 1950. Ponyboy - the main character is a Greaser. His parents died in a car accident. That's why he lives only with his two older brothers Darry and Sodapop. Darry loves his youngest brother but doesn't show it. He gets into small fights with Ponyboy very often. Usually it's because he corrects him in everything. Sodapop loves his youngest brother a lot and, unlike Darry, isn't afraid to show it. They are really good buddies. Soda feels weird and sad when his brothers get in conflicts because he always has to play the role of a middleman. Sodapop doesn't want to stand on Ponyboy's or Darry's side because he thinks both are right.
Johnny and Dallas are their best friends. They are the Greasers, too. The most important Socs are: Bob and Cherry Valance. When Ponyboy meets her, he finds out that some of the Socs aren't that bad. Cherry is very pretty. She has red, curly hair and green eyes. After some time, she takes a decision to help the Greasers.
Things are rough all over. Ponyboy and Johnny escape to Jay Mountain because of a murder event. When they come back there is a big rumble between the two gangs. Ponyboy knows that even if the Greasers are going to win, it's not going to change anything. The Socs will still be the better guys and the Greasers will still be the poor and worse guys.
When something horrible happened to Johnny, Ponyboy got very upset. Suddenly his grades in school changed from A's to D's.
I highly recommend this book. The story kept me interested almost from the beginning to the very last page. There where so many unexpected events! It was easy to connect with the character, especially with Ponyboy because he was doing things an ordinary person would do. After a fight with Darry, he escaped. I would probably do the same thing if I was him.
I enjoyed reading the book. It was very realistic. Every character and scene is described meticulously. When Ponyboy portrayed some place you could see the vivid image in your head. The story is interesting and you can see the author's point of view.
The Outsiders - book review
Have you ever heard of a book written by a seventeen year old author?
The example is S.E. Hinton who wrote The Outsiders. The book is about two big gangs: the Socs and the Greasers. They are different in many ways and have a lot of conflicts between each other. Those two rival groups have to make hard decisions in life. The Socs are the west side rich kids who treat the Greasers very badly only because they are poor and look different. The Greasers have long hair and are usually dirty.
The genre which best describes The Outsiders is realistic-fiction. The story is based on real life although the characters are fake. The book is fifty years old but the events described in it are still authentic.
Ponyboy tells the whole story. He reveals his feelings and personal experiences. The beginning of the book didn't really hook me in. After four chapters I seriously started to like the book because the flow of events was very unexpected.
The action takes place in a small city in about 1950. Ponyboy - the main character is a Greaser. His parents died in a car accident. That's why he lives only with his two older brothers Darry and Sodapop. Darry loves his youngest brother but doesn't show it. He gets into small fights with Ponyboy very often. Usually it's because he corrects him in everything. Sodapop loves his youngest brother a lot and, unlike Darry, isn't afraid to show it. They are really good buddies. Soda feels weird and sad when his brothers get in conflicts because he always has to play the role of a middleman. Sodapop doesn't want to stand on Ponyboy's or Darry's side because he thinks both are right.
Johnny and Dallas are their best friends. They are the Greasers, too. The most important Socs are: Bob and Cherry Valance. When Ponyboy meets her, he finds out that some of the Socs aren't that bad. Cherry is very pretty. She has red, curly hair and green eyes. After some time, she takes a decision to help the Greasers.
Things are rough all over. Ponyboy and Johnny escape to Jay Mountain because of a murder event. When they come back there is a big rumble between the two gangs. Ponyboy knows that even if the Greasers are going to win, it's not going to change anything. The Socs will still be the better guys and the Greasers will still be the poor and worse guys.
When something horrible happened to Johnny, Ponyboy got very upset. Suddenly his grades in school changed from A's to D's.
I highly recommend this book. The story kept me interested almost from the beginning to the very last page. There where so many unexpected events! It was easy to connect with the character, especially with Ponyboy because he was doing things an ordinary person would do. After a fight with Darry, he escaped. I would probably do the same thing if I was him.
I enjoyed reading the book. It was very realistic. Every character and scene is described meticulously. When Ponyboy portrayed some place you could see the vivid image in your head. The story is interesting and you can see the author's point of view.
The Outsiders: the book for you.
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Reader reviewed by Lukasz
"There are worse things than being a Greaser," says Ponyboy, when he thinks about his life in the book, The Outsiders. Even though his circumstances were difficult because he and his brothers struggled to put food on the table, Ponyboy learned about compassion and self worth. The Outsiders, a story about gangs and social classes, shows how one does not have to be financially rich to be a valuable person. It does not matter who you are, it is what you are inside.
The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, is a fictional story based on a real life experience by the author. The story of this book is happening in Eastville, on the east coast of the United States of America in the time of the 1950s. The author, S.E. Hinton, who was seventeen when she wrote this book, did an amazing job in describing the reality of gangs. Her characters are so full of details that they seem to be standing right next to you. For example, Ponyboy said that Dally looked like a lynx with his high cheekbones and narrow face. S.E. Hinton uses colorful imagery for people, emotions and settings.
The author's name begins with S.E. because she wanted to disguise that she was a woman, otherwise people would not read her book. In the 1950s, in U.S. society, female writers would rarely be published because women were considered less capable. Moreover, people would doubt that a woman would know so much about gangs which usually contain males.
The Outsiders describes Greasers and Socs, two rival gangs. The narrator of this story is a boy named Ponyboy, who is fourteen years old, and a Greaser. Greasers are the poorer teenagers of the town, who are not spoiled little brats who get whatever they want. The spoiled youth who have madras shirts and drive fancy cars are the Socs. Most of the Socs enjoy getting drunk at parties and then having fights with Greasers.
The main characters of this story are all Greasers. First of all, there is Ponyboy, who narrates the story. He has two older brothers, Soda and Darry. He is a good student, athletic, and observant. Since he narrates the story in first person, you feel as if you are a part of the story. He is compassionate but does not always think before he acts. For example, he rushed into a burning building to save the children.
Ponyboy's older brother, Soda, dropped out of school deliberately and works at a gas station so that his family could enable Ponyboy to attend school. Soda thinks about others before he thinks about himself. For example, he intervenes when his brothers quarrel, and tries to bring up their morale. Soda believes that you always have a place in life for some fun. "Soda tried to take the policeman's gun out of the holster and made everyone grin because he has the ability to cheer anyone up."
Then there is Darry, the oldest of the family and also in charge of it, who works long hours to be able to nourish his brothers. He dropped out of school, even though he was the best football player and received a scholarship, to support his brothers. The parents of all these boys are dead from a car accident. Darry represents courage and unselfishness. "Darry worked two jobs and would come home so sore that he could not lay down."
Johnny is abused by his parents who hit him for nothing anytime, and only finds refuge in his gang. He is very close friends with Dally because Dally believed that Johnny was special. "We were used to seeing Johnny being banged up-his father clobbered him around a lot, and it made us madder than heck." Johnnys personality is very insecure and scared because he has no one who he can confide in.
Dally is a boy who does not like to obey the rules. He is ruthless. According to the narrator of the story, Ponyboy, "He was tougher than the rest of us--tougher, colder, meaner." However, he has a soft spot for Johnny because Johnny has an unhappy childhood and is abused.
I think this book is a must -read. Every student should read The Outsiders because this book shows the reality of gangs and teenagers should learn about it. The reality is that kids are abused and need someone to turn to. Also, children do not always have a happy childhood. The purpose of The Outsiders is to tell people that gangs can be a family in a positive way. This book is also very easy to understand and the vocabulary is not hard for middle school students.
The Outsiders can be inappropriate for little children because of the reality which is very harsh. The topic of gangs is inappropriate for children under ten. The book defines streets fights with details and therefore there is some killing and rough language. Child and alcohol abuse also happens, which sets a miserable tone to this book.
In conclusion, this elaborate story goes deep into the lives of several boys in a gang. If you want to read this book, you have to understand that you might be taken aback by it because of the intense, violent details. But otherwise, this serious, emotional tale will change your point of view about people who you think are mean and losers. The Outsiders will tell you that everyone has a seed to sow.
"There are worse things than being a Greaser," says Ponyboy, when he thinks about his life in the book, The Outsiders. Even though his circumstances were difficult because he and his brothers struggled to put food on the table, Ponyboy learned about compassion and self worth. The Outsiders, a story about gangs and social classes, shows how one does not have to be financially rich to be a valuable person. It does not matter who you are, it is what you are inside.
The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, is a fictional story based on a real life experience by the author. The story of this book is happening in Eastville, on the east coast of the United States of America in the time of the 1950s. The author, S.E. Hinton, who was seventeen when she wrote this book, did an amazing job in describing the reality of gangs. Her characters are so full of details that they seem to be standing right next to you. For example, Ponyboy said that Dally looked like a lynx with his high cheekbones and narrow face. S.E. Hinton uses colorful imagery for people, emotions and settings.
The author's name begins with S.E. because she wanted to disguise that she was a woman, otherwise people would not read her book. In the 1950s, in U.S. society, female writers would rarely be published because women were considered less capable. Moreover, people would doubt that a woman would know so much about gangs which usually contain males.
The Outsiders describes Greasers and Socs, two rival gangs. The narrator of this story is a boy named Ponyboy, who is fourteen years old, and a Greaser. Greasers are the poorer teenagers of the town, who are not spoiled little brats who get whatever they want. The spoiled youth who have madras shirts and drive fancy cars are the Socs. Most of the Socs enjoy getting drunk at parties and then having fights with Greasers.
The main characters of this story are all Greasers. First of all, there is Ponyboy, who narrates the story. He has two older brothers, Soda and Darry. He is a good student, athletic, and observant. Since he narrates the story in first person, you feel as if you are a part of the story. He is compassionate but does not always think before he acts. For example, he rushed into a burning building to save the children.
Ponyboy's older brother, Soda, dropped out of school deliberately and works at a gas station so that his family could enable Ponyboy to attend school. Soda thinks about others before he thinks about himself. For example, he intervenes when his brothers quarrel, and tries to bring up their morale. Soda believes that you always have a place in life for some fun. "Soda tried to take the policeman's gun out of the holster and made everyone grin because he has the ability to cheer anyone up."
Then there is Darry, the oldest of the family and also in charge of it, who works long hours to be able to nourish his brothers. He dropped out of school, even though he was the best football player and received a scholarship, to support his brothers. The parents of all these boys are dead from a car accident. Darry represents courage and unselfishness. "Darry worked two jobs and would come home so sore that he could not lay down."
Johnny is abused by his parents who hit him for nothing anytime, and only finds refuge in his gang. He is very close friends with Dally because Dally believed that Johnny was special. "We were used to seeing Johnny being banged up-his father clobbered him around a lot, and it made us madder than heck." Johnnys personality is very insecure and scared because he has no one who he can confide in.
Dally is a boy who does not like to obey the rules. He is ruthless. According to the narrator of the story, Ponyboy, "He was tougher than the rest of us--tougher, colder, meaner." However, he has a soft spot for Johnny because Johnny has an unhappy childhood and is abused.
I think this book is a must -read. Every student should read The Outsiders because this book shows the reality of gangs and teenagers should learn about it. The reality is that kids are abused and need someone to turn to. Also, children do not always have a happy childhood. The purpose of The Outsiders is to tell people that gangs can be a family in a positive way. This book is also very easy to understand and the vocabulary is not hard for middle school students.
The Outsiders can be inappropriate for little children because of the reality which is very harsh. The topic of gangs is inappropriate for children under ten. The book defines streets fights with details and therefore there is some killing and rough language. Child and alcohol abuse also happens, which sets a miserable tone to this book.
In conclusion, this elaborate story goes deep into the lives of several boys in a gang. If you want to read this book, you have to understand that you might be taken aback by it because of the intense, violent details. But otherwise, this serious, emotional tale will change your point of view about people who you think are mean and losers. The Outsiders will tell you that everyone has a seed to sow.
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The Outsiders Book Review Peter Thebest
The book is fifty years old and it's still famous.
S.E Hinten wrote this book when she was only seventeen years old. The amazing thing about this book is that it is fifty years old and it is still being read in schools, libraries. The book is really famous.
S.E Hinton is actually a woman. S.E Hinton wrote the book under a male name because in the 1950`s books written by men where read much more then the books written by women. The Outsiders book is S.E Hintons first book. She wrote it when she was only seventeen which is an amazing performance for an author this young.
The Outsiders is realistic fiction it is about teenagers from fourteen to eighteen years old. The book is written in first person. The book is narrated by the mane character Ponyboy. In the book Ponyboy talks about his life being a Greaser.
My first opinion when I started reading this book was that this is the book I like. The book hooked me in right when I started reading the book. I was always exited when we read the book in class some times I even skipped ahead because the story is so tense and action packed.
The story takes place in a small city about in the 1950`s. The city has two main gangs that hate each other. The two gangs are called The Socs and The Greasers. The Greasers is a gang of Juvenal delinquents. Darry is the leader of the Greasers he is the strongest one and the only Greaser that has short hair. Darry has two brothers they are called Ponyboy and Sodapop. Pony boy is the youngest gang member he has long greasy hair and fights quit good for his age. Sodapop is usually called Soda he is the most handsome gang member he has greasy hair but is always surrounded by girls hes also a good brother and always sticks up for Ponyboy. Dray soda and Ponyboy live alone because their parents died in a car accident. Darry takes care of the whole family and he goes to work. All of them are in the Greasers gang and they have friends named Dally, Twobit, Johnny Johnny is the most sensitive person I the gang but he turns out to be a murderer. Dally is a strong he is considered really dangerous he lives a life of vandalism just for the fun of it and has a week spot for Johnny. The greasers live a normal life fighting of the socs having rumbles. Every thing would change in just one night. Darry hits Ponyboy. Ponyboy gets upset and runs away from home on the way he gets Johnny. The socs come to beat them up but Johnny does something that he would be regretting his hole life. Ponyboy and Johnny ran a way and hid in an old church that dally told them about. Meanwhile darry and soda are worrying about them. They go to have lunch and come back to the church and find out that it is on fire and that some kids are inside. Ponyboy and Johnny decide to go save the children from a burning church but it would come with consequences Johnny ends up with a broken back and the police catch them but they are charged of self defence. Ponyboy and Johnny turn famous. People want to put Ponyboy and Soda in an orpinage but the jury lets them stay together.
The book is really action packed and is really good but it has some really hard words to understand. I would recommend it to teenagers and middle scholars. I think the book is more for boys then for girls because the book is about gang which fights allot and people die. In this book the author wants you to know that everyone has problems even the rich and poor and you can find out that through fighting isnt the way to solve problems.
The Outsiders Book Review Peter Thebest
The book is fifty years old and it's still famous.
S.E Hinten wrote this book when she was only seventeen years old. The amazing thing about this book is that it is fifty years old and it is still being read in schools, libraries. The book is really famous.
S.E Hinton is actually a woman. S.E Hinton wrote the book under a male name because in the 1950`s books written by men where read much more then the books written by women. The Outsiders book is S.E Hintons first book. She wrote it when she was only seventeen which is an amazing performance for an author this young.
The Outsiders is realistic fiction it is about teenagers from fourteen to eighteen years old. The book is written in first person. The book is narrated by the mane character Ponyboy. In the book Ponyboy talks about his life being a Greaser.
My first opinion when I started reading this book was that this is the book I like. The book hooked me in right when I started reading the book. I was always exited when we read the book in class some times I even skipped ahead because the story is so tense and action packed.
The story takes place in a small city about in the 1950`s. The city has two main gangs that hate each other. The two gangs are called The Socs and The Greasers. The Greasers is a gang of Juvenal delinquents. Darry is the leader of the Greasers he is the strongest one and the only Greaser that has short hair. Darry has two brothers they are called Ponyboy and Sodapop. Pony boy is the youngest gang member he has long greasy hair and fights quit good for his age. Sodapop is usually called Soda he is the most handsome gang member he has greasy hair but is always surrounded by girls hes also a good brother and always sticks up for Ponyboy. Dray soda and Ponyboy live alone because their parents died in a car accident. Darry takes care of the whole family and he goes to work. All of them are in the Greasers gang and they have friends named Dally, Twobit, Johnny Johnny is the most sensitive person I the gang but he turns out to be a murderer. Dally is a strong he is considered really dangerous he lives a life of vandalism just for the fun of it and has a week spot for Johnny. The greasers live a normal life fighting of the socs having rumbles. Every thing would change in just one night. Darry hits Ponyboy. Ponyboy gets upset and runs away from home on the way he gets Johnny. The socs come to beat them up but Johnny does something that he would be regretting his hole life. Ponyboy and Johnny ran a way and hid in an old church that dally told them about. Meanwhile darry and soda are worrying about them. They go to have lunch and come back to the church and find out that it is on fire and that some kids are inside. Ponyboy and Johnny decide to go save the children from a burning church but it would come with consequences Johnny ends up with a broken back and the police catch them but they are charged of self defence. Ponyboy and Johnny turn famous. People want to put Ponyboy and Soda in an orpinage but the jury lets them stay together.
The book is really action packed and is really good but it has some really hard words to understand. I would recommend it to teenagers and middle scholars. I think the book is more for boys then for girls because the book is about gang which fights allot and people die. In this book the author wants you to know that everyone has problems even the rich and poor and you can find out that through fighting isnt the way to solve problems.
The Best Book I have ever read!
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Reader reviewed by Bartek Gosowski
Once in a while there just is a book that understands you, a book that you can connect to, something that is going to live forever, similarly this book is that type of a book. S.E Hinton did an amazing job writing The Outsiders. When I first started reading this book I felt that I will not be able to connect because have your parents and you are not a Greaser or Soc but then when you think about this book deeper you will see that you can connect because you feel like an outsider occasionally. For example when a person goes to a birthday party and he feels like he would not be missed and the boy got invited to the party just because the boys mom that invited him made him or you are new at a school.
It is a realistic fiction book because the things could of happened but really did not. This book takes place in the 1950's which was present time for S.E. Hinton when she wrote the book at the age of only seventeen. It happens in a city on the Eastern coast of the U.S.A and has some really interesting characters. The first character and the narrator of the book is named Ponyboy. He is a small 14 year old that loved his parents and had a good live until they died. Now his two brothers a sixteen going on seventeen year old Soda and the big and stocky build 21 year old Darry.
Darry is the more responsible brother of the two and probably because he is oldest but because of that he yells at Ponyboy a lot. For example he tells him to use his brains because he knows that Ponyboy is smart enough to get out of this place and of being a greaser. Darry tries to get Ponyboy to try because he had lost his chance of getting out because he could of had a football scholarship and finish collage but he chose not to because he was really lazy. Soda is the opposite of Darry even thought they are best friends and brothers. Soda always has a smile on his face and is almost always happy. Soda also is the opposite of Darry because Soda is a total dropout and it seemed formidable to finish school. Those three brothers have a lot of friends like Two-bit as they call him because he always adds his two bits to sentences. He is also kind of stocky and always brings his switch blade every where he goes. Another friend of there is Johnny who is a very quiet guy who is really helpful in everything. He is really quiet because he got really badly beat up by the Soc's ones. The best friend of Johnny is Dallas who helps who helps Johnny and Ponyboy a lot during the way and he is big and fits the stereotypes of a Greaser.
The first important thing that happened in the outsiders was when Ponyboy got jumped by the Soc's and would of gotten beat up pretty badly if Soda and Darry would of had came in and stopped them. The next really important thing that happened in the story was that when Bob a and his gang of Soc's attacked Johnny and Ponyboy and they nearly drowned Ponyboy so Johnny took out his switchblade that he was carrying with him every time since he got jumped really badly and nearly killed and stabbed Bob with great anger. He had killed Bob so now they had to hide. So they went to Dally and he game them money and other valuables and told them a good place to hide. Later when they stayed there for some days Dally came to tell them that it is safe for them to go back but they see a church on fire with kids in them and they try to safe and read on the rest for yourself.
Therefore I loved this book and and who knows it may of have been the best book I ever read, I will advocate this book to every person or kid above the age of 10. The perfect age for reading this book is about the age that we read it in our class because that is the age at which kids can understand this book really well and at the same time learn some life lessons like for instance that you should always have somebody you should trust. Also this book just flows when you read it and that is probably because I was so interested in what is going to happen next and also because it is written in such a way that it sounds like your friend wrote it. This is an astounding book and I can say nothing bad about it, especially when you think that it was written by a 17 year old in the 50's.
Once in a while there just is a book that understands you, a book that you can connect to, something that is going to live forever, similarly this book is that type of a book. S.E Hinton did an amazing job writing The Outsiders. When I first started reading this book I felt that I will not be able to connect because have your parents and you are not a Greaser or Soc but then when you think about this book deeper you will see that you can connect because you feel like an outsider occasionally. For example when a person goes to a birthday party and he feels like he would not be missed and the boy got invited to the party just because the boys mom that invited him made him or you are new at a school.
It is a realistic fiction book because the things could of happened but really did not. This book takes place in the 1950's which was present time for S.E. Hinton when she wrote the book at the age of only seventeen. It happens in a city on the Eastern coast of the U.S.A and has some really interesting characters. The first character and the narrator of the book is named Ponyboy. He is a small 14 year old that loved his parents and had a good live until they died. Now his two brothers a sixteen going on seventeen year old Soda and the big and stocky build 21 year old Darry.
Darry is the more responsible brother of the two and probably because he is oldest but because of that he yells at Ponyboy a lot. For example he tells him to use his brains because he knows that Ponyboy is smart enough to get out of this place and of being a greaser. Darry tries to get Ponyboy to try because he had lost his chance of getting out because he could of had a football scholarship and finish collage but he chose not to because he was really lazy. Soda is the opposite of Darry even thought they are best friends and brothers. Soda always has a smile on his face and is almost always happy. Soda also is the opposite of Darry because Soda is a total dropout and it seemed formidable to finish school. Those three brothers have a lot of friends like Two-bit as they call him because he always adds his two bits to sentences. He is also kind of stocky and always brings his switch blade every where he goes. Another friend of there is Johnny who is a very quiet guy who is really helpful in everything. He is really quiet because he got really badly beat up by the Soc's ones. The best friend of Johnny is Dallas who helps who helps Johnny and Ponyboy a lot during the way and he is big and fits the stereotypes of a Greaser.
The first important thing that happened in the outsiders was when Ponyboy got jumped by the Soc's and would of gotten beat up pretty badly if Soda and Darry would of had came in and stopped them. The next really important thing that happened in the story was that when Bob a and his gang of Soc's attacked Johnny and Ponyboy and they nearly drowned Ponyboy so Johnny took out his switchblade that he was carrying with him every time since he got jumped really badly and nearly killed and stabbed Bob with great anger. He had killed Bob so now they had to hide. So they went to Dally and he game them money and other valuables and told them a good place to hide. Later when they stayed there for some days Dally came to tell them that it is safe for them to go back but they see a church on fire with kids in them and they try to safe and read on the rest for yourself.
Therefore I loved this book and and who knows it may of have been the best book I ever read, I will advocate this book to every person or kid above the age of 10. The perfect age for reading this book is about the age that we read it in our class because that is the age at which kids can understand this book really well and at the same time learn some life lessons like for instance that you should always have somebody you should trust. Also this book just flows when you read it and that is probably because I was so interested in what is going to happen next and also because it is written in such a way that it sounds like your friend wrote it. This is an astounding book and I can say nothing bad about it, especially when you think that it was written by a 17 year old in the 50's.
The Outsiders: A Book For You!
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Reader reviewed by Frida
"When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I only had two things in my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home," is the way Ponyboy starts his story about friendship and death, in S. E. Hintons world famous book, The Outsiders.
Even though this is a very interesting way to start the book, I didn't think I would like it at first. Well, I never knew how wrong I would be. The Outsiders turned out to be both an interesting and exciting realistic fiction novel. It is set in the 1950's in a town called Windrixville by the East Coast. The story is about the fight between two gangs, the only real difference between them is money. The greasers, the poor kids on the East Side with the greasy hair and the leather jackets, and the Socs short for socials. The Socs live on the West side of town and drive fancy cars and jump greasers, just for fun. The book is about how hard and miserable life can be, but also how to make it better, how to find the good things in the bad things. Together the characters help each other to get through life.
The narrator and main character of the book is a 14 year old guy called Ponyboy. He lives with his two older brothers, Darry and Sodapop, since their parents died in a car accident a few years earlier. Darry, the oldest of the three brothers, is the one who decides everything in the house. He is very serious, and acts much older than his 21 years. He usually bosses Ponyboy around, acting like a father. He very often screams and argues with him, partly because he believes that Ponyboy has the intelligence to move on and actually succeed in life. Ponyboy doesnt seem to understand how much Darry has sacrificed to give Pony a chance to go to school. When he was younger, Darry received a football scholarship for college, but instead of accepting it, he started working to help support the family.
Soda on the other hand never gets angry with Ponyboy. Sodapop is handsome, described as a guy with movie-star looks and full of understanding and trust, he can make anyone laugh. When Darry is too harsh on Ponyboy, Soda acts like a mediator and draws the attention from him. Soda can do anything without getting in trouble with Darry, because everyone loves him. Sodapop is the middle man in the family, he is 16 going 17 and he has dropped out of high school to work at a gas station. He could never sit still for so long to enjoy school anyway. All the three brothers are members of the greaser gang.
This family has gone through a lot of things; the death of their parents, death of friends, fights, murder, and they have to behave to make sure that Soda and Ponyboy wont be sent off to a boys home. The boys have to work hard long hours to get food on the table, and even though they have these conflicts, they manage to get a long pretty well.
However, one day Darry gets very mad and worried when Ponyboy looses track of time and comes home a few hours late, so angry that he hits him. Ponyboy is very upset about this, because nobody in his family has ever hit him before, so he decides to run away. Darry apologizes and tries to stop him, but Ponyboy has already made up his mind. While they are on the run, Ponyboy and his friend Johnny Cade get involved in a murder and they must leave town.
Johnny Cade is Ponyboys best friend. He is a 16 year-old boy, although he looks 14, and he is Two-Bit's little "pet". Johnny has a bad family that abuses him, so he stays with his gang. They are the only people whom he can trust. Johnny is very sensitive and "digs sunsets," which is unique for being a greaser. He shows a lot of courage in the book, including saving children from a fire. Johnny is in fact the reason why this book was written, which you will understand better once youve read the book.
To me, this is a book that you have to keep on reading, and not stop all the time. The author made the characters so realistic that you wanted to know what would happen next, and I got very annoyed when I had to stop all the time in class. Each character has many unique characteristics, which makes you feel sympathy and understanding for them. With all the details in the book, the author has made me hate or love all of them. She made a precise description of all the characters, and she even got me thinking like a greaser, and many times I found myself laughing out loud at things they did or said in the book. S.E. Hinton brings you into her world with Gang fights and murder, so after I finished the book I felt like I had been there, and I had known all the characters my whole life.
I really recommend this book to people from age 11 and up. The reading was quite easy, but it might be hard to understand the plot if you are too young. Some of the vocabulary is slang and old words, which may be a little hard to understand too, but I think that was an extra detail that made the book even more real. So, even though this may not have been a book I would have picked out myself, I really enjoyed reading it and I recommend that others read it too.
"When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I only had two things in my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home," is the way Ponyboy starts his story about friendship and death, in S. E. Hintons world famous book, The Outsiders.
Even though this is a very interesting way to start the book, I didn't think I would like it at first. Well, I never knew how wrong I would be. The Outsiders turned out to be both an interesting and exciting realistic fiction novel. It is set in the 1950's in a town called Windrixville by the East Coast. The story is about the fight between two gangs, the only real difference between them is money. The greasers, the poor kids on the East Side with the greasy hair and the leather jackets, and the Socs short for socials. The Socs live on the West side of town and drive fancy cars and jump greasers, just for fun. The book is about how hard and miserable life can be, but also how to make it better, how to find the good things in the bad things. Together the characters help each other to get through life.
The narrator and main character of the book is a 14 year old guy called Ponyboy. He lives with his two older brothers, Darry and Sodapop, since their parents died in a car accident a few years earlier. Darry, the oldest of the three brothers, is the one who decides everything in the house. He is very serious, and acts much older than his 21 years. He usually bosses Ponyboy around, acting like a father. He very often screams and argues with him, partly because he believes that Ponyboy has the intelligence to move on and actually succeed in life. Ponyboy doesnt seem to understand how much Darry has sacrificed to give Pony a chance to go to school. When he was younger, Darry received a football scholarship for college, but instead of accepting it, he started working to help support the family.
Soda on the other hand never gets angry with Ponyboy. Sodapop is handsome, described as a guy with movie-star looks and full of understanding and trust, he can make anyone laugh. When Darry is too harsh on Ponyboy, Soda acts like a mediator and draws the attention from him. Soda can do anything without getting in trouble with Darry, because everyone loves him. Sodapop is the middle man in the family, he is 16 going 17 and he has dropped out of high school to work at a gas station. He could never sit still for so long to enjoy school anyway. All the three brothers are members of the greaser gang.
This family has gone through a lot of things; the death of their parents, death of friends, fights, murder, and they have to behave to make sure that Soda and Ponyboy wont be sent off to a boys home. The boys have to work hard long hours to get food on the table, and even though they have these conflicts, they manage to get a long pretty well.
However, one day Darry gets very mad and worried when Ponyboy looses track of time and comes home a few hours late, so angry that he hits him. Ponyboy is very upset about this, because nobody in his family has ever hit him before, so he decides to run away. Darry apologizes and tries to stop him, but Ponyboy has already made up his mind. While they are on the run, Ponyboy and his friend Johnny Cade get involved in a murder and they must leave town.
Johnny Cade is Ponyboys best friend. He is a 16 year-old boy, although he looks 14, and he is Two-Bit's little "pet". Johnny has a bad family that abuses him, so he stays with his gang. They are the only people whom he can trust. Johnny is very sensitive and "digs sunsets," which is unique for being a greaser. He shows a lot of courage in the book, including saving children from a fire. Johnny is in fact the reason why this book was written, which you will understand better once youve read the book.
To me, this is a book that you have to keep on reading, and not stop all the time. The author made the characters so realistic that you wanted to know what would happen next, and I got very annoyed when I had to stop all the time in class. Each character has many unique characteristics, which makes you feel sympathy and understanding for them. With all the details in the book, the author has made me hate or love all of them. She made a precise description of all the characters, and she even got me thinking like a greaser, and many times I found myself laughing out loud at things they did or said in the book. S.E. Hinton brings you into her world with Gang fights and murder, so after I finished the book I felt like I had been there, and I had known all the characters my whole life.
I really recommend this book to people from age 11 and up. The reading was quite easy, but it might be hard to understand the plot if you are too young. Some of the vocabulary is slang and old words, which may be a little hard to understand too, but I think that was an extra detail that made the book even more real. So, even though this may not have been a book I would have picked out myself, I really enjoyed reading it and I recommend that others read it too.
The Eyes Of a Lower Class Gang Member,Filled with Alot of great emotions, and Actions:The Outsiders
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Reader reviewed by Victoria
The Outsiders Book Review
When you live in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the 1960s, you are forced to stop having feelings, regardless of whether you are a Greaser or a Soc. Thats what Ponyboy Curtis, also known as just Ponyboy, experienced in The Outsiders, a realistic fiction book that was written by S. E. Hinton at the age of 17. Even though it is fiction, this book has a lot of true events. It has characters, that you grab your attention and whom you will love the moment you start reading about each of them. The character from which you see the books point of view is Ponyboy, which also happens to be the main character. At first I thought this book was confusing, because there were so many new characters introduced at once, and I had difficulties remembering who was who. I knew though from the very first page that this story would hook me in and take me through a time machine, and I would feel as if I were in the 1960s living the characters daring lives. And so it did.
As I mentioned before this book takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the early 1960s. The book includes a lot of amusing characters like; Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade, Daryl Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, Dallas Winston and lots of others. Ponyboy is the main protagonist, and he sees the world differently than the rest of the Greasers. The Greasers include Ponyboy, Sodapop, Steve Randle, Two-Bit, Darry (Daryl), Johnny, and Dallas Winston, also known as Dally. A lot of the Greasers resemble each other, they are tough, non-chalant, troubled teenagers, but in many special ways they are different. Johnny is the gangs pet; Dally is the toughest of them all and has been through everything. Steve has a special gift, that is he can fix a car in a matter of seconds. Darry is the gangs, over-worker and works 24/7 to support his brothers Sodapop and Ponyboy. Ponyboy is the sensitive one and the one that makes people realize the beauty in life, for example sunsets. The groups charmer is Sodapop, with his good looks and charm. Last but not least good olTwo-Bit is the crowds joker, and makes everyone laugh, even though its a sad occasion.
The Outsiders consists of two rival gangs; the Greasers and the Socs. These two gangs are separated by their social status. The Greasers are a lower class gang, which wear faded, ripped jeans, a t-shirt and a big amount of grease in their hair. They have many problems, including their family life, but mostly they have conflicts with the Socs. On the other hand, the Socs are a high class gang, with madras shirts and blue mustangs. Some Socs are; Bob Sheldon, Cherry Valance, Marcia, and Randy. Socs try to jump the Greasers whenever possible. And when I say jump, I mean that they beat them to the ground, and sometimes even pull out a blade. But in the process of reading the book, you find out that Cherry and Marcia are two sweet girls which would never dare to hurt anyone, and they are not like other gruesome Socs.
The first thing that happens in The Outsiders is that Ponyboy one day is walking from the movies, when a blue mustang pulls up on the side of him, and instantly he knows its the Socs wanting some action. They beat him up, but stop when they see Soda, and Two-bit running towards them. In this book, you will also read about other problems and happenings such as murder, running away from home, getting killed, rumbles and gang violence happening between the rival gangs.
I would recommend this book to other readers because you can really relate to the Greasers and Socs problems. Also, this book makes you feel as if you were a by-stander at every scene. You will feel the emotions the characters have throughout the book, simply adore the characters, and you will wish they were your friends. However, you may come across some challenging vocabulary, were you may want to take out a dictionary. This on the other hand will expand your vocabulary tremendously. At some parts of the book, it was very difficult to really understand what was happening. This is where you go back to the place you got confused, and simply read the text again, but this time slowly. Overall, this book will surprise you, make you cry and will take you to the scandalous lives of the Socs and Greasers all in one book.
You should read this book because it has a lot of true feelings, remarkable characters and superior style of writing which really gets you glued to this book whenever you start reading. Every event that takes place in the book makes you wonder what will happen next, it feels as if you are in the characters place, experiencing their every action. Even though, as I explained earlier, it has difficult word choice. The word choice is a bit challenging because it was written for another time period. The Outsiders is a very realistic book that I would without a doubt recommend to any eager reader over the age of 11.
The Outsiders Book Review
When you live in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the 1960s, you are forced to stop having feelings, regardless of whether you are a Greaser or a Soc. Thats what Ponyboy Curtis, also known as just Ponyboy, experienced in The Outsiders, a realistic fiction book that was written by S. E. Hinton at the age of 17. Even though it is fiction, this book has a lot of true events. It has characters, that you grab your attention and whom you will love the moment you start reading about each of them. The character from which you see the books point of view is Ponyboy, which also happens to be the main character. At first I thought this book was confusing, because there were so many new characters introduced at once, and I had difficulties remembering who was who. I knew though from the very first page that this story would hook me in and take me through a time machine, and I would feel as if I were in the 1960s living the characters daring lives. And so it did.
As I mentioned before this book takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the early 1960s. The book includes a lot of amusing characters like; Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade, Daryl Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, Dallas Winston and lots of others. Ponyboy is the main protagonist, and he sees the world differently than the rest of the Greasers. The Greasers include Ponyboy, Sodapop, Steve Randle, Two-Bit, Darry (Daryl), Johnny, and Dallas Winston, also known as Dally. A lot of the Greasers resemble each other, they are tough, non-chalant, troubled teenagers, but in many special ways they are different. Johnny is the gangs pet; Dally is the toughest of them all and has been through everything. Steve has a special gift, that is he can fix a car in a matter of seconds. Darry is the gangs, over-worker and works 24/7 to support his brothers Sodapop and Ponyboy. Ponyboy is the sensitive one and the one that makes people realize the beauty in life, for example sunsets. The groups charmer is Sodapop, with his good looks and charm. Last but not least good olTwo-Bit is the crowds joker, and makes everyone laugh, even though its a sad occasion.
The Outsiders consists of two rival gangs; the Greasers and the Socs. These two gangs are separated by their social status. The Greasers are a lower class gang, which wear faded, ripped jeans, a t-shirt and a big amount of grease in their hair. They have many problems, including their family life, but mostly they have conflicts with the Socs. On the other hand, the Socs are a high class gang, with madras shirts and blue mustangs. Some Socs are; Bob Sheldon, Cherry Valance, Marcia, and Randy. Socs try to jump the Greasers whenever possible. And when I say jump, I mean that they beat them to the ground, and sometimes even pull out a blade. But in the process of reading the book, you find out that Cherry and Marcia are two sweet girls which would never dare to hurt anyone, and they are not like other gruesome Socs.
The first thing that happens in The Outsiders is that Ponyboy one day is walking from the movies, when a blue mustang pulls up on the side of him, and instantly he knows its the Socs wanting some action. They beat him up, but stop when they see Soda, and Two-bit running towards them. In this book, you will also read about other problems and happenings such as murder, running away from home, getting killed, rumbles and gang violence happening between the rival gangs.
I would recommend this book to other readers because you can really relate to the Greasers and Socs problems. Also, this book makes you feel as if you were a by-stander at every scene. You will feel the emotions the characters have throughout the book, simply adore the characters, and you will wish they were your friends. However, you may come across some challenging vocabulary, were you may want to take out a dictionary. This on the other hand will expand your vocabulary tremendously. At some parts of the book, it was very difficult to really understand what was happening. This is where you go back to the place you got confused, and simply read the text again, but this time slowly. Overall, this book will surprise you, make you cry and will take you to the scandalous lives of the Socs and Greasers all in one book.
You should read this book because it has a lot of true feelings, remarkable characters and superior style of writing which really gets you glued to this book whenever you start reading. Every event that takes place in the book makes you wonder what will happen next, it feels as if you are in the characters place, experiencing their every action. Even though, as I explained earlier, it has difficult word choice. The word choice is a bit challenging because it was written for another time period. The Outsiders is a very realistic book that I would without a doubt recommend to any eager reader over the age of 11.
The Outsider Rocks
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Reader reviewed by Gonzo
The Outsiders Book Review
Gonzo
Who do you want to be a Greaser or a Soc? Are you confused? I'll explain what is going on in here. The Outsiders is a book about two main gangs, the Greasers and the Socs. They hate each other and are always fighting because they think they are different but infact they are almost the same inside. The Socs are the rich kids with big houses and good cars. They like to jump the Greasers, jumping means attacking with knives and fists suddenly for no reason.The Greasers are the poor kids, the are called Greasers because they have long hair and use a lot of hair grease.
I think that this book is realistic fiction because it is happening in the world, all these gangs and gang fights. This is really hooking book ,because I thought I was going to hate the book from the name but I love it!
The Outsiders was written by S.E. Hinton. She was seventeen when she wrote this book, it was written in the 1950's. It is about 60 years old and still really famous, because it has to do with real life. S.E Hinton stands for Susan Eloise Hinton but her editor thought that a book written by a woman wouldn't be published so they hid Susan, along with her writing history she got used to the name.
This book is a first person narration. The narrator is a boy named Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy is fourteen years old and has two brothers, Sodapop and Darry, but he has no parents, because they died in a car accident. His brother Sodapop loves Ponyboy a lot and shows he loves him, and his brother also loves Ponyboy, but doesn't really show it.
The main characters of this book are Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darry, Johnny, Dallas and Cherry. Ponyboy has long brown hair and greenish gray eyes, he likes reading books and goes to the movies when he is alone. Sodapop has dark brown eyes, long gold hair, he is handsome, he understands everyone. Darry is very stocky, his eyes are blue greenish ice,he is hard and firm and is always correcting Ponyboy, loves to show off his big muscles. Johnny has big black eyes and long black hair, but he is a sensitive boy, who is scared of life and emotional. Dallas has an elfish face, high cheek bones,animal teeth, pointed ears like a lynx, and long blond hair, but loves to break the law, carries an unloaded gun with him to get things his way. Cherry is pretty and has red hair, her real name is Sherri but because of her hair her friends call her Cherry,so far she is the only Soc.
The setting happens in a lot of places but the main place is a town called Windrixville which is divided in two parts, west side is the Soc side and east side is the Greaser side.There is a parking lot in the middle where most of the action happens. Another big setting is Ponyboy's house. This is all happening around the 1950's
The plot is a bit weird but I liked it. The Outsiders starts out by Ponyboy coming out of the movies and then being jumped by a group of Socs. Next on another day Ponyboy, Johnny, Dallas went to the movies and found these two Soc girls, Cherry and Marcia, they walk home to get a car to drive them. On the way Cherry starts telling her feelings about life, and being a Soc to Pony. After that Pony and Johnny escape to Jay Mountain because of a murder event. When they come back there is a big gang rumble/fight. Something very bad happens to Johnny, so Ponyboy gets real sad and starts going from A's to C's and D's his teacher lets him higher raise his grade if he writes a theme, essay, about anything he wants.
You should read this book. There is a lot of irony in it like the sudden escape. You can connect this book to your life and connect to how Ponyboy or Johnny felt. This is a very believable book because as I told there are gangs and gang fight and crime. This is a very interesting book. But the slang used in the book is confusing like do you know what it means to get boozed up, it means to get drunk. Do you know who the heat are, they are the police, and they carry heaters, guns. Do you know what a weed is, it is a cigarette.
It think that after read this book and understanding the way S.E. Hinton writes you will want to read more of her books, because she is a perfect writer! This book is a bout the past the present and the future. You can connect your whole life to it for sure. READ THIS BOOK!!!!!
The Outsiders Book Review
Gonzo
Who do you want to be a Greaser or a Soc? Are you confused? I'll explain what is going on in here. The Outsiders is a book about two main gangs, the Greasers and the Socs. They hate each other and are always fighting because they think they are different but infact they are almost the same inside. The Socs are the rich kids with big houses and good cars. They like to jump the Greasers, jumping means attacking with knives and fists suddenly for no reason.The Greasers are the poor kids, the are called Greasers because they have long hair and use a lot of hair grease.
I think that this book is realistic fiction because it is happening in the world, all these gangs and gang fights. This is really hooking book ,because I thought I was going to hate the book from the name but I love it!
The Outsiders was written by S.E. Hinton. She was seventeen when she wrote this book, it was written in the 1950's. It is about 60 years old and still really famous, because it has to do with real life. S.E Hinton stands for Susan Eloise Hinton but her editor thought that a book written by a woman wouldn't be published so they hid Susan, along with her writing history she got used to the name.
This book is a first person narration. The narrator is a boy named Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy is fourteen years old and has two brothers, Sodapop and Darry, but he has no parents, because they died in a car accident. His brother Sodapop loves Ponyboy a lot and shows he loves him, and his brother also loves Ponyboy, but doesn't really show it.
The main characters of this book are Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darry, Johnny, Dallas and Cherry. Ponyboy has long brown hair and greenish gray eyes, he likes reading books and goes to the movies when he is alone. Sodapop has dark brown eyes, long gold hair, he is handsome, he understands everyone. Darry is very stocky, his eyes are blue greenish ice,he is hard and firm and is always correcting Ponyboy, loves to show off his big muscles. Johnny has big black eyes and long black hair, but he is a sensitive boy, who is scared of life and emotional. Dallas has an elfish face, high cheek bones,animal teeth, pointed ears like a lynx, and long blond hair, but loves to break the law, carries an unloaded gun with him to get things his way. Cherry is pretty and has red hair, her real name is Sherri but because of her hair her friends call her Cherry,so far she is the only Soc.
The setting happens in a lot of places but the main place is a town called Windrixville which is divided in two parts, west side is the Soc side and east side is the Greaser side.There is a parking lot in the middle where most of the action happens. Another big setting is Ponyboy's house. This is all happening around the 1950's
The plot is a bit weird but I liked it. The Outsiders starts out by Ponyboy coming out of the movies and then being jumped by a group of Socs. Next on another day Ponyboy, Johnny, Dallas went to the movies and found these two Soc girls, Cherry and Marcia, they walk home to get a car to drive them. On the way Cherry starts telling her feelings about life, and being a Soc to Pony. After that Pony and Johnny escape to Jay Mountain because of a murder event. When they come back there is a big gang rumble/fight. Something very bad happens to Johnny, so Ponyboy gets real sad and starts going from A's to C's and D's his teacher lets him higher raise his grade if he writes a theme, essay, about anything he wants.
You should read this book. There is a lot of irony in it like the sudden escape. You can connect this book to your life and connect to how Ponyboy or Johnny felt. This is a very believable book because as I told there are gangs and gang fight and crime. This is a very interesting book. But the slang used in the book is confusing like do you know what it means to get boozed up, it means to get drunk. Do you know who the heat are, they are the police, and they carry heaters, guns. Do you know what a weed is, it is a cigarette.
It think that after read this book and understanding the way S.E. Hinton writes you will want to read more of her books, because she is a perfect writer! This book is a bout the past the present and the future. You can connect your whole life to it for sure. READ THIS BOOK!!!!!
Awsome reading!!!!
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5.0
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Reader reviewed by Victoria
The Outsiders Book Review
"You should always have faith in yourself." Most of the time, in order to live in this world, you must think about who you are and then just have some faith in what you do. My quote is, I think, one of the main themes in The Outsiders: a book that talks a lot about hard choices and life. The Outsiders is realistic fiction because the story could have happened. The author, S.E. Hinton made up the greasers and the Socs, rival gangs, furthermore, the characters.
The main character of this book is Ponyboy; a fourteen year old greaser who is the narrator of the story. He has long, light brown hair, and greenish-grey eyes. Ponyboy loves to read, watch movies and sunsets. He's got two brothers, Sodapop and Darry. Darry is the oldest brother. He has dark brown eyes, hair that kicks out in front and a slight cowlick in the back. His favourite sport is football. Since the three brothers lost their parents, Darry has a lot more responsibility and worries. Sodapop is very handsome, with dark-gold hair and dark brown eyes, and is also very slim. Soda never drinks alcohol: he doesn't need to, he is always crazy. Most importantly, he understands everyone.
Johnny is Ponyboy's best friend, the smallest of the group with big black eyes in a dark-tanned face. His hair is jet-black and heavily greased. Johnny has a nervous, suspicious look in his eyes, and he is the gang's pet. Unfortunately, Johnny's parents treat him very badly. Dally Winston, another gang member, has an elfish face, with high cheekbones and a pointed chin. Dally has very small, sharp animal teeth, ears like a lynx, hair that is almost white (Blond) and he doesn't like haircuts. Dally drinks and smoke a lot: hes even been arrested at the age of ten. Although he isn't that muscular, he looks very tough and everyone fears him.
Members of the Socs gang include Cherry, Bob, and Randy. Cherry goes to the same school as Ponyboy and she is a cheerleader. Her hair is long and red. Cherry looks about 16 or 17. She is Bob's girlfriend. Bob is a black haired boy with dark eyes, maybe brown. He's got a huge problem with drinking; he gets kind of crazy once he starts.
The setting of The Outsiders is everywhere: at the movies, at Ponyboy's house, the hospital, at the church, gas station, etc. The time is probably in the 60's and the setting is somewhere in a poor city on the east coast of the United States. The greasers and the Socs are enemies. There are many plots, like fighting, escapes and murder that keep you really interested in the book the whole way through. When I began reading The Outsiders, it got me interested right away because it started with the tension between the gangs and it just becomes bigger and bigger. I didn't think I'd like this book, but I guess I was judging it by its cover, which you should never do. I would recommend this book to kids who might have been abused because they would know that they are not alone. I would also recommend this book to kids who like fighting and action books, but perhaps not to 5Th graders, just because the vocabulary could be a little challenging for them. I am not saying, however, that they couldn't read this book, just to be aware that the vocabulary is hard.
Although The Outsiders has a huge amount of confusion, it kept me really interested. Every time I put the book down, I reflected about what I read and thought, What if I was Ponyboy? Would I make different choices than Ponyboy did? What if....? What I mean to say is that this book keeps you thinking of everything: reality, violence, lying, etc. I think whoever reads The Outsiders will really like it, and after beginning it will want to read more and more. I know I did.
The Outsiders Book Review
"You should always have faith in yourself." Most of the time, in order to live in this world, you must think about who you are and then just have some faith in what you do. My quote is, I think, one of the main themes in The Outsiders: a book that talks a lot about hard choices and life. The Outsiders is realistic fiction because the story could have happened. The author, S.E. Hinton made up the greasers and the Socs, rival gangs, furthermore, the characters.
The main character of this book is Ponyboy; a fourteen year old greaser who is the narrator of the story. He has long, light brown hair, and greenish-grey eyes. Ponyboy loves to read, watch movies and sunsets. He's got two brothers, Sodapop and Darry. Darry is the oldest brother. He has dark brown eyes, hair that kicks out in front and a slight cowlick in the back. His favourite sport is football. Since the three brothers lost their parents, Darry has a lot more responsibility and worries. Sodapop is very handsome, with dark-gold hair and dark brown eyes, and is also very slim. Soda never drinks alcohol: he doesn't need to, he is always crazy. Most importantly, he understands everyone.
Johnny is Ponyboy's best friend, the smallest of the group with big black eyes in a dark-tanned face. His hair is jet-black and heavily greased. Johnny has a nervous, suspicious look in his eyes, and he is the gang's pet. Unfortunately, Johnny's parents treat him very badly. Dally Winston, another gang member, has an elfish face, with high cheekbones and a pointed chin. Dally has very small, sharp animal teeth, ears like a lynx, hair that is almost white (Blond) and he doesn't like haircuts. Dally drinks and smoke a lot: hes even been arrested at the age of ten. Although he isn't that muscular, he looks very tough and everyone fears him.
Members of the Socs gang include Cherry, Bob, and Randy. Cherry goes to the same school as Ponyboy and she is a cheerleader. Her hair is long and red. Cherry looks about 16 or 17. She is Bob's girlfriend. Bob is a black haired boy with dark eyes, maybe brown. He's got a huge problem with drinking; he gets kind of crazy once he starts.
The setting of The Outsiders is everywhere: at the movies, at Ponyboy's house, the hospital, at the church, gas station, etc. The time is probably in the 60's and the setting is somewhere in a poor city on the east coast of the United States. The greasers and the Socs are enemies. There are many plots, like fighting, escapes and murder that keep you really interested in the book the whole way through. When I began reading The Outsiders, it got me interested right away because it started with the tension between the gangs and it just becomes bigger and bigger. I didn't think I'd like this book, but I guess I was judging it by its cover, which you should never do. I would recommend this book to kids who might have been abused because they would know that they are not alone. I would also recommend this book to kids who like fighting and action books, but perhaps not to 5Th graders, just because the vocabulary could be a little challenging for them. I am not saying, however, that they couldn't read this book, just to be aware that the vocabulary is hard.
Although The Outsiders has a huge amount of confusion, it kept me really interested. Every time I put the book down, I reflected about what I read and thought, What if I was Ponyboy? Would I make different choices than Ponyboy did? What if....? What I mean to say is that this book keeps you thinking of everything: reality, violence, lying, etc. I think whoever reads The Outsiders will really like it, and after beginning it will want to read more and more. I know I did.
An Excellent Book for a Class Reading
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Reader reviewed by Jerrica
Yet another great book for a class reading. My class was assigned this book in the 7th grade. This book teaches valuable lessons and has a great story line.
Yet another great book for a class reading. My class was assigned this book in the 7th grade. This book teaches valuable lessons and has a great story line.
You. Must. Read. This. Book.
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Reader reviewed by Alyssa
'The Outsiders' by S.E. Hinton describes the conflict between two social classes, the greasers and the Socs. The narrator, fourteen-year-old Ponyboy Curtis, lives in a world where you've got to be tough; you've got to stand up for yourself and your gang. Throughout the book, Ponyboy learns many important lessons about life and growing up.
What I enjoyed most about this book is that I could closely relate to Ponyboy-- we are close to the same age. Despite this similarity, I could clearly see that we viewed the world through completely different eyes. It was also enjoyable to see what was the same and different in comparison of myself and other characters.
Additionally, S.E. Hinton makes 'The Outsiders' such a great book by actually swaying the reader to sort of befriend the characters. I could really feel the hardships that each character had to go through; I felt their pain and happiness.
The characters are wonderful, too. Sodapop and Darrel (the other Curtis brothers), Two-Bit, Dallas, Johnny, and many more characters contribute to the novel's fascinating plot and story.
Overall, 'The Outsiders' by S.E. Hinton is the best book out there. Trust me. Once you open the front cover, it won't close until you finish the book. I definitely recommend 'The Outsiders' to anyone in search of a book about friendship, belonging, and loyalty.
'The Outsiders' by S.E. Hinton describes the conflict between two social classes, the greasers and the Socs. The narrator, fourteen-year-old Ponyboy Curtis, lives in a world where you've got to be tough; you've got to stand up for yourself and your gang. Throughout the book, Ponyboy learns many important lessons about life and growing up.
What I enjoyed most about this book is that I could closely relate to Ponyboy-- we are close to the same age. Despite this similarity, I could clearly see that we viewed the world through completely different eyes. It was also enjoyable to see what was the same and different in comparison of myself and other characters.
Additionally, S.E. Hinton makes 'The Outsiders' such a great book by actually swaying the reader to sort of befriend the characters. I could really feel the hardships that each character had to go through; I felt their pain and happiness.
The characters are wonderful, too. Sodapop and Darrel (the other Curtis brothers), Two-Bit, Dallas, Johnny, and many more characters contribute to the novel's fascinating plot and story.
Overall, 'The Outsiders' by S.E. Hinton is the best book out there. Trust me. Once you open the front cover, it won't close until you finish the book. I definitely recommend 'The Outsiders' to anyone in search of a book about friendship, belonging, and loyalty.
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