Essays on The Outsiders Page 2

Social classes are defined as a status hierarchy in which individuals and groups are classified on the basis of esteem, prestige, wealth, income, education, occupation, and social network. Social class, measured by socioeconomic status, affects all aspects of one’s life. Having a high socioeconomic status can bring a multitude of opportunities that people of lower…

Tattoos on the Heart, by Gregory Boyle, is a novel that tells the author’s experiences with attempting to better lives of gang members. Throughout the story, readers can see two important facts of the book: Father Boyle is trying to teach gang members how to change themselves to pursue a better future, and that these…

The very interesting novel comparing two classes of people. In my essay, I will be convincing the jury that Johnny did not commit murder. Bob and his friends came looking for a fight for no reason. He acted in self-defense, protecting Ponyboy of death, and himself of getting extremely hurt. It was late, and cold…

In the book The Outsiders by SE, Hinton, there are different social groups of which kids are a part. Each person in the two different social groups has his or her own style that makes them unique from one another. Sherri Valance (known as Cherry by her friends), a member of the highest social group…

In this essay, I argue that the novel, The Outsiders, is about the importance of friendship and family. A key theme throughout the novel is loyalty – with your friends and family, I will explore these themes in this essay. According to Wikipedia, loyalty is a devotion and faithfulness to a nation, cause, philosophy, country,…

The Outsiders is a very intriguing novel, it is a class conflict between the socs and the greasers and it also has a load of loyalty to each other, and In “The Outsiders”, S. E. Hinton develops the themes of class conflict and loyalty through his use of character, imagery, and narration. Now there are…

The Outsiders is a novel written by S.E. Hinton published in 1967. She based this novel on a 14-year-old boy who has to overcome challenges with his gang. There are many hurdles they have to pass, each one which helped them to be better themselves. Each one of the greasers are worthy of being a…

Ponyboy Curtis, a fourteen-year-old narrator, and orphan lives with his older brothers Sodapop and Darry, after their parents, passed away in a tragic automobile accident. Since their passing, Sodapop and Ponyboy are allowed to stay under Darry’s guardianship as long as they behave themselves. They are all members of a lower-class group called Greasers, meaning…