Essays on The Outsiders Page 2

From a young age everyone is taught to not judge a book by it’s cover. As one gets older, one learns to judge and label others more and more. People judge others by many things including social status, style, and looks. They are rarely judged by their personality. In the modern world you are told…

Last week, James Lull’s “Hegemony” and Stuart Hall’s “Deconstructing the Popular” discussed how dominance is asserted over other cultures. Both actively and passively. As I mentioned in my response last week, Lull tends to favor a more passive model of hegemony. While Hall describes the process as “active marginalization.” This combination of active and passive…

Prompt: Do you think this book will still be relevant to American teenagers in fifty years? Do you think that it is relevant to young people in other cultures? Explain. Response. I believe that this book will be relevant to American teenagers in fifty years, but not as relevant as it is today. It is…

E. Hinton’s The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel for the protagonist and narrator Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy learns many life lessons throughout the novel, but there are three that stand out in particular. In the beginning of the book Ponyboy he learns that everyone has their own set of problems even if they have money. Cherry…

“Powerful novels are valued for expressing views about human experiences”. The novel we have been studying in class is called “Outsiders”, and I will use this book and discuss the above statement. Susan Eloise Hinton is the author of this book, in which she wrote when she was still in high school. The Outsiders show…

The Outsiders’ written by the young, and gifted S.E. Hinton, shows the multiple challenges experienced by all those in society, whether they be rich or economically challenged. It is clearly evident that ‘The Outsiders’ explores the life of the Socs and the Greasers and their place in society. This can be proven by discussing the…

What does a knight in shining armor rescuing a maiden and a group of boys who save a friend have in common? They are heroes and show heroic qualities, A hero is a person who helps someone in times of need and puts that person’s needs before their own Heroes are courageous, caring, selfless, humble,…

“Son-1e bad things are good”. Romeo and Juliet, The Outsiders, and The Scarlet Ibis all have this theme in common. Death is a factor in all of these stories. The sadness written by the authors can be seen as happy too Death is a sad thing no matter what. But it can be happy too….

Choices are made evew clay, by everyone, even/where. With each choice, comes a consequence, some beneficial and others catastrophic. In SE. Hinton’s novel, The Outsiders, a brutal rivalry takes place between the Socs, the rich kids from the west, and the Greasers, the hoods from the east. Johnny, a Greaser and key character throughout the…

Social acceptance could be defined as people trying to fit in with society in order to feel accepted by others. In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the characters are placed into cer- tain social categories depending on their wealth, work ethic, etc. In a society full of diversity, comes people who feel like…