Sental

Language arts Period 3

December 1, 2016

In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, we see how important loyalty is to the characters in this novel. The narrator, Ponyboy is in a gang with his brothers and friends. Ponyboy says that “When you're a gang, you stick up for the members. If you don't stick up for them, stick together, make like brothers, it isn't a gang any more” (Hinton 24). Ponyboy and the gang are loyal to each other and stick up for one another, no matter what kind of trouble they are in or what they’ve done. They do this because they can't live without each other and they only have each other.

Mrs. Sental

Language Arts 3

December 5, 2016 

                Loyalty in “The Outsiders”

    In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton the readers tend to think the Greasers are nothing but slobs, and poor people that just want to beat the Socs. But in reality they are all loyal and respectful to each other. For example, Ponyboy and Johnny were in the lot when the Soc’s pulled up and started to walk towards them. David started to drown Ponyboy in the water fountain and Johnny was watching the incident happen, and had to think fast before Ponyboy lost his breath. So he took out one of his switchblades and stabbed bob to his death. All the other Soc’s ran away afraid of what was to come next, Ponyboy was okay but Johnny was terrified. At that moment Johnny knew he did something terribly wrong, but Johnny killed him so that his friend could stay alive. Even though their could have been another way to settle the problem, Johnny didn’t want Ponyboy to die. This was because Ponyboy is a Greaser and friend, he needed help and he got help from Johnny. This shows that Johnny is loyal to his gang, and he will kill someone to help the other survive. 

Mrs. Sental 

Language Arts 3

December 4, 2016 

In the novel The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton Learned that when judging people on their looks and social class you will mainly wrong. Pony just has a natural hatred for the Socs and assumes they are stuck up. Cherry tries to assure them that they have another side when stating “We’re sophisticated… cool to the point of not feeling anything. Nothing is real with us.” (Hinton 33) Cherry is trying to tell Pony that she is not the typical-focused on wealth, Greaser hater- that she looks to be. She also says that she has a different mindset and perspective on the world then your average Soc. In a way she is like the Pony of the Socs- an outcast.

 

Mrs. Sental

Language Arts 1

December 5, 2016

Violence in The Outsiders

“Violence is never the answer” is a theme in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. In The Outsiders, the Greasers always get beat up by the Socs, “Greasers can’t walk alone too much or they’ll get jumped” (Hinton 2). Greasers should be able to walk alone without getting “jumped” or beat up by the Socs. Violence is very unsafe and against the law. Violence can result in death or serious injuries. Violence is also crime, it is called asalt. All in all, as we see in The Outsiders, Johnny lost his life due to unnecessary violence.