The Outsiders
by S. E. Hinton
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Book Reviews of The Outsiders
Book Review: A Review
Summary: 5 Stars
My story is about The Outsiders. It is a very good book that has knives, guns, and fast cars in it. They are called The Outsiders because they are not really poor, but they are not rich either. They do not have the best cars in the world, but they are theirs. They like them. So, that is all that matters. Every time that there is a fight or a rumble the cops take them to jail, and not the soc's. They carry around knives, well all except for one. He is named Pony Boy. All of them do not like the sunset, but Pony does. He met a girl that liked him and liked sunsets. She had class. Well she was not like what he and the guys were used to. Johnny and Pony were walking the girls home from the movie. They saw the girls boyfriends and their friends. They said to get in the car to the girls and she started saying that he was drunk and she didn't want to. The girls got in the car to not get Johnny and Pony guys in trouble. They drove away. Johnny was still shaking because he saw those heavy rings that were Bob's prized possessions. They saw them later in the park that night. They started to fight and Johnny saw that Pony was getting drowned by Bob. So he stabbed Bob in the back. They ran over to Bucks to get Dally to help them. Buck's house always had a party going on. Buck said that Dally was in the bedroom. So Pony and Johnny thought that they knew what was going on, but Dally got punched in the ribs and broke some of them. Once they got on the train they both went to sleep. They got off of the train and then they saw that there was a farmer walking down the road. Johnny said to Pony to go and ask where the hill was. They had to go to that hill because it had a water spicate around the back of the abandoned church. I believe that they should have just said that it was just self defense instead of running away. I believe that they should not have gone in the burning building to save those children just because they started that fire.
I believe that they should have just stayed in town and wait for the people to find them instead of panic and run away to that old church. They should not have went there because there will not always be an abandoned church to run to. I believe that in heart Pony does not like to be in all of the rumbles. I believe that when Pony thought that Darry did not love him I thought that it would have burned his heart out if he did not better. I believe that Soda likes to be in the gang just so he can have something to do. I believe that Darry would have told Pony if he would have known that he felt that way. I believe that they would quit the gang if they thought that they would die.
Book Review: An Outside Look on The Outsiders
Summary: 5 Stars
The OutsidersWritten By S.E Hinton
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The Outsiders is one of the most exciting books I have ever read.
It is full of danger, which kept me eager to read on to the next
page. The Book is mainly about hierarchy. There is one group called the Socs, and another group called the Greasers. The Greasers were of the lower class, refering to being the less fortunate. The Socs were of the higher class, refering to being very wealthy. Between both classes they shared the same atitude. Which left anger and hate between each class.
The Socs were as tolerant as Hitler was to the Jews, same as to the Greasers. Though the difference between the Greasers and the Socs in this book is that they the Socs would go out looking for trouble to make with the Greasers, and the Greasers were more than terrified to face these Socs. It is common in many movies that I've seen that the Greasers would always dominate over the wealthy crowd, such movies as Cry Baby and Grease. In this case the wealthier class dominated over the Greasers, which made them the Outsiders.
This Novel had seriously changed my overall prospect of what I thought about life back in the 50's. The writer made me confused because the Greasers were terrified of the Socs. I always thought socs were just rich squares, as the Greasers would put in Cry Baby. This situation kept me reading on. Not only that but alot of action and danger kept me reading on. It would take me at least to the fourth chapter to get to the exciting parts, though it only took me to the second page and I was already leaping for the next page eagerly to know what would come next. The book was very interesting because the excitment took place before the rising action, and the climax. Thats one of the reasons why I like this book."Johnny was one of the smaller guys in the gang, we kind of felt sorry for him because he got torn up by the socs, he was even pulled to his head with a gun, and the socs left him on a street, blood all over his body, the socs had given him a haircut"As Pony(one of the Greasers)described."I had started to run though it wasn't untill I was grabbed that I noticed that they were the socs.They had threaten me, that they were going to give me a haircut, I reached for my pocketknife in my boot though it was too late."
If you are one of those people who hate reading till the next chapter to see if something exciting happens, read The Outsiders, it will have you leaping out of your chair in excitment. The Outsiders is action packed, with street fights, conflicts between classes, and even homicide. I liked this book because of the climax.
Book Review: Outsiders Review Jesse T LA 7A
Summary: 5 Stars
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton was written in the 1960's. I enjoyed reading this book because I can relate to the characters in the story. It is about a 14 year-old boy named Ponyboy Curtis who grows-up in a poor, Texas neighborhood. His parents died in a car accident, this left him and his two brothers, Soda-Pop and Darry orphaned. His brothers and his friends, "the Greasers" where now his only family, they were a gang. This gang was made-up of Ponyboy and his brothers and these other characters; Dally, Steve, Two-Bit and Ponyboy's best friend, Johnny. These kids were always together and took care of each other as a family would..
With gangs, there were always rivalries between groups. The "Socs" or socials were rich and didn't like Greasers because they were poor. The Socs were terrible. They drank and smoked too much and when they were drunk they took it out on innocent people. The Greasers could never go out alone because they could get jumped by the Socs. One of the big events in this book is when Johnny, one of the younger Greasers, got jumped and almost killed by nasty group of Socs. Johnny was Ponyboy's best friend and he was almost killed by Bob, the leader of the Socs.
Johnny is one of the most important characters in this book. Johnny's parents were not the greatest. They didn't like him at all. He usually needs to leave his house at night and sleep in a vacant lot. Johnny never leaves his house without a switch-blade because of his run-in with the Socs. One night, Ponyboy and Johnny doze-off in the parking lot of the movie theater. They were supposed to be home by 12:00. Pony knew he would be in trouble with his older brother, Darry for being out too late so, he went home. Ponyboy was now in serious trouble with Darry. Ponyboy and Johnny decided to run away from home. The two boys met up in the park. What they didn't know was that night things were going to change drastically for the two boys.
I recommend this book to every reader that likes a good story. It is a classic book. It was written in the 1960's and still ties in with real life today after all the years, troubled teenagers forming groups and picking fights. When I read it I was amazed by how much this group of friends can do together. Nothing got in their way. Even though there are some sad parts in the story, it just made it more addicting to read. It seemed like I couldn't put the book down after the first couple of pages. The Outsiders was a very enjoyable book and I had a lot of fun reading it. You should too.
Book Review: The Outsiders
Summary: 4 Stars
Ponyboy Curtis lives his life day-to-day one step at a time. He lives in the poor part of the city and cannot afford to spend much time thinking and planning for the future. His brothers were forced to drop out of high school following their parents' deaths. The brothers now have to work to support themselves and Ponyboy. Ponyboy has to be on the lookout for the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up "greasers" like him. One night, Ponyboy and his friend Johnny are jumped by Socs and have to fight to defend themselves. The leader of the group of Socs ends up dead, forcing Ponyboy and Johnny to run away to the country. One problem leads to the next for Ponyboy. He now has to change his physical appearance and loose his most valued possession, his famed hair. The two friends keep a low profile to avoid being found out and turned into the authorities. After returning from a local diner, Ponyboy and Johnny find their place of refuge in flames. To make matters worse, there are children trapped inside the burning building. Ponyboy and Johnny rush inside to save the kids. They succeed in their rescue efforts, but they themselves are burnt and badly injured. The ever-grateful parents of the children take them to the hospital. Ponyboy and Johnny are forgiven for their crime, since it was committed in self-defense, and pronounced heroes.
Ponyboy is my favorite character from the book. He struggles the most and is also the most objective viewer. I can relate to Ponyboy. He wants to be different from the people that surround him, and he tries to use his head to solve problems. I have also tried to use my head when faced with difficult situations. It is not easy to avoid physical force, but there is a greater satisfaction when thinking is used as a solution to a problem.
I like this book very much. It has an excellent plot with great characters. My favorite part of the book is when Ponyboy recalls his first mass. I thought it was funny when he described his friend Two-Bit's actions. This was also Two-Bit's first mass and he didn't know how to react. Two-Bit always tried to get the last laugh or have the last say in things. The way he acted was very funny.
I highly recommend this book to everyone. A person between the ages of 14 and maybe 60 will be able to get the most out of the story. People who like the culture of the 1950's and early 60's will really enjoy the book since it was written recalling that period in U.S. history.
Book Review: Heart Warming!
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book a couple of weeks ago and immediately knew I had to see the movie. My english teacher gave it to my class as an assignment novel. I didn't think much of it. I just wanted to read it and get it over with. My teacher had told my class that once we picked the book up there was no way we'd be able to put it down. I thought she was bluffing, but after I started reading it I realized she wasn't! This book is heart warming and one of the best books I have ever read! It is definately my favorite book so far! I always said if a book made me cry...even once it was a good book. Well, this book made me cry about 3 times in two days. The main character and narrator, Ponyboy went through life altering moments! He was a greaser and proud of it! See, there were two types of people in town...the greasers, from the east side of town-the poor kids and the socs <<short for socials>> who were from the west side-the rich kids. Greasers and Socs did NOT get along and always ended up in fights- known as rumbles. The rumbles were always safe and never ended in anything drastic. Until one night, when Johnny <<one of the boys in the gang>> stabbed a soc and killed him. After that, they were on the run. Dally told them a good place to hide and so they went there. One day, the church they were hiding in burned down. Little kids were trapped in and Johnny and Ponyboy risked their lives to save them. Ponyboy came out alright, but Johnny wasn't so lucky. He broke his back and was going to be crippled for life, IF he made it. Dallas Winston <<Dally>> never loved anything, but after the BIG rumble that they beat the Socs in, Johnny died and Ponyboy finally realized that Dally did love something...Johnny. Afterward, Dally robbed a liquor store and was shot down by the cops and he instantly died. This story is heart warming, because it's not only about a rivalry or murder or violence, it's also about a boy trying to find a place where he could feel he belonged and wouldn't have to get pushed around. S.E. Hinton wrote this classical novel when she was sixteen and I guess that's why she captured the trials and tribulations of life as a teenager so well. At the end of this book, I don't know if anyone else who read it felt the same, but I felt like I knew the characters... personally. As if they were part of my gang and were all my friends! I recommend this book to anyone. Anyone who likes a story about hard times, friendships, loyalty and triumph...this book is a must-read!