The Outsiders is a novel of conflicts. Throughout the story, the author S.E Hinton shows that problems occur all over the small town of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The title, The Outsiders is very unique. In the story, it is clearly shown that, the greasers are considered the outsiders of the town, Johnny and Ponyboy feel that they fall in between the socs and greasers, and Ponyboy feels outcasted from his oldest brother Darry. Growing up in this town in the 1960’s you belonged to one of the two groups, the socs or the greasers. The socs stood for society, they had money, nice cars, nice homes, and a bright future. The greasers were the poor kids, that lived on the bad side of town, with no future ahead of them. In the story, Randy says to Ponyboy,
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Johnny is the most sensitive greaser he hates fighting and the annual rumble. Johnny told Ponyboy right before he died, “Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold…”(Hinton 126). This quote means that Johnny wants Ponyboy to stay the way he was and realize that fighting was meaningless, which is why he said fighting was useless before he died. Ponyboy feels outcasted from his brother Darry. He feels that Darry thinks of him as a nuisance. If Sodapop, his other brother, was not around Darry would have him thrown into a boys home. Darry is really strict on Ponyboy but it is just tough love. Darry wants the best for Ponyboy he wants Pony to have a future unlike Sodapop and he had as a kid. For example, Ponyboy says to Johnny, “but he can't stand me. I bet he wishes he could stick me in a home somewhere, and he'd do it, too, if Soda'd let him”(Hinton 37). This quote proves that Ponyboy feels like an outsider to his brother Darry. In conclusion, those are the main reason the tile, The Outsiders relates to the novel. It is evidently shown throughout the story, the greasers are considered the outsiders of the town, Johnny and Ponyboy both feel that they fall intervened within the two groups, the greasers and socs, and lastly, Ponyboy feels outcasted from his oldest brother Darry. Things are rough all
Johnny is the most sensitive greaser he hates fighting and the annual rumble. Johnny told Ponyboy right before he died, “Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold…”(Hinton 126). This quote means that Johnny wants Ponyboy to stay the way he was and realize that fighting was meaningless, which is why he said fighting was useless before he died. Ponyboy feels outcasted from his brother Darry. He feels that Darry thinks of him as a nuisance. If Sodapop, his other brother, was not around Darry would have him thrown into a boys home. Darry is really strict on Ponyboy but it is just tough love. Darry wants the best for Ponyboy he wants Pony to have a future unlike Sodapop and he had as a kid. For example, Ponyboy says to Johnny, “but he can't stand me. I bet he wishes he could stick me in a home somewhere, and he'd do it, too, if Soda'd let him”(Hinton 37). This quote proves that Ponyboy feels like an outsider to his brother Darry. In conclusion, those are the main reason the tile, The Outsiders relates to the novel. It is evidently shown throughout the story, the greasers are considered the outsiders of the town, Johnny and Ponyboy both feel that they fall intervened within the two groups, the greasers and socs, and lastly, Ponyboy feels outcasted from his oldest brother Darry. Things are rough all