https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg Created together... en-us 2017-03-01 19:42:35 UTC 2025-10-07 13:06:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png msanderson8 https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157667623 Friendship is a theme in this novel because the Greasers stay together because they are friends and family. Also, friendship brings the two gangs together through Cherry and Ponyboy and Randy and Ponyboy. ]]> 2017-03-03 16:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157667623 anoushka_taylor https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157668235 I think stereotypes is a major theme in the book because the Greasers and the Soc's have stereotypes about the way they dress the way they are and the way they treat people. But as Cherry said "Things are rough all over" so they just needed to get by the stereotypes and realize that they are all just human and it doesn't matter what you wear, where you live and who your friends are because everyone is equal. ]]> 2017-03-03 16:44:45 UTC https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157668235 jonathan_kottmeier https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157668417 Equality is a big part of the novel because as Cherry said "its rough all over" and she was right except it is rough in different ways, and that was one of the things that The Socs and Greasers needed to realize was that everyone has problems and that if you just get past all the fighting they would have a lot in common. ]]> 2017-03-03 16:45:18 UTC https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157668417 arthurna1 https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157669681 One of the themes of the novel was the Greasers understanding of being The Outsiders. According to Google's definition; an outsider is somebody who does not belong or someone who is though to have a little chance of success. This was something they were taught and knew growing up never fitting in with the Soc's on the other side of Tulsa. In the end, the Greasers showed that they could be just as good as the Soc's.]]> 2017-03-03 16:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157669681 erinhu1_1 https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157670365 I feel like one of the main themes is family. Since Ponyboy, Soda and Darry kind of have it tough since the lost their parents. In the beginning of the story Pony thinks that Darry doesn't love him and doesn't treat him like Soda. Many things happen the brothers like Darry slapping Pony and then Pony running away. There were many different emotions but at the end the main thing is how family sticks together and no matter what they love each other. That's another reason why Pony doesn't want to leave Darry and to go into a boy's home.

]]> 2017-03-03 16:50:47 UTC https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157670365 isabellebattersby1 https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157670499 I feel like the main theme of The Outsiders is bonding because the Greasers and the Socs bonded with their own group. The Greasers were a very tight group because in the book it states how nothing is quiet and that the gang is always over at Ponyboy's house. The Socs bonded together over Bob's death and when Randy came up to Ponyboy and said he wasn't going to the rumble, it showed how much the Socs cared about Bob's death. And in the end of the book at the hearing it showed how much the Socs and the Greasers bonded because the Socs could of lied saying that Ponyboy killed Bob, but since they had been through 3 deaths in a week they stuck to the truth and stayed honest even when they were arch rivals.
 

]]> 2017-03-03 16:51:10 UTC https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157670499 isabellalawtongiust1 https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157670594 I chose this because at the beginning of the book, everyone was stuck in the stereotypes that society put them in. Towards the end Ponyboy figures out that identity doesn't matter. He also makes friends with Randy and Cherry to break the boundaries. ]]> 2017-03-03 16:51:30 UTC https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157670594 selina_hung https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157670872 I chose courage as the theme because Ponyboy and his gang helped out even though they knew the consequences. Just like when Johnny and Ponyboy rushed into the church to help the little kids. Knowing they might get hurt too. Plus, they chose to throw away their pride and identity which is something hard for people to do. Especially when you don't have anything else left. However, I feel like some of these bravery aren't recognized like Dallas. He fought for what he though was right, but to others, he is just a hood. ]]> 2017-03-03 16:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157670872 simon_burns https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157670890 I think that gallancy is one of the themes in the Outsiders because 3 people died trying to be heroic or brave and it really brings together the characters of both the greasers and the socs. Also, the bravery of some of the characters in both of the gangs were astonishing, Jhonny sacrificing himself to save a kid and Dallas bluffing so he would get shot. ]]> 2017-03-03 16:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157670890 sky_george https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157670916 I think that the main theme of The Outsiders is discrimination because the greasers are all put down by the socs just based on where they live and what they wear. They are mostly discriminated on how they look because they look like hoodlums according to the press and others.]]> 2017-03-03 16:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157670916 ashley_stewart1 https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157670950 I think loyalty is a theme in 'The Outsiders' because throughout the ups and downs of the story Ponyboy and the rest of the greasers showed loyalty by always standing up and protecting each other; no matter the consequence. ]]> 2017-03-03 16:52:25 UTC https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157670950 ethan_farrar1 https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157671142 I feel like death is a theme of the Outsiders. I chose death because as the book starts to wind down to an end, and as the book was just beginning, death was a large theme. Many of the main characters perish through different ways, making a sad end to the book.

]]> 2017-03-03 16:53:01 UTC https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157671142 morganchristopher1_1 https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157671588 I think that consequence is a theme that fits well with the outsiders because everything that happened had a consequence. Smoking a lot in the church started the fire. Johnny killing bob resulted in him and Pony being taken to court. Dally was shot after robbing a grocery store with a gun. The list goes on. All the characters face consequence at different times. When Darry and Pony learned that they were pulling Soda apart. When Bob got stabbed for beating up Johnny and trying to drown Ponyboy. Not to mention all the times people are sent to jail for the things they do.There are even times when we hear about other characters who are less prominent at times have consequences and lose things they care about. Sandy, Cherry, Randy, Curley and loads of others.

]]> 2017-03-03 16:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157671588 jodieshin1 https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157671598 Even though the Greasers were truly nice people, and never meant to harm people with the exception of Dallas, their tough image and greased up hair made them seem like 'bad guys'. Their reputation isn't one that they had any choice in- they were just born this way. Because of this, the Greasers were social outcasts, and this probably made Johnny killing Bob seem worse than it really was. However, when Johnny, Ponyboy and Dallas saved the kids in the burning church, this gave them a new reputation of being heroes. Although the Socs also have a reputation of being rich, emotionless and spoilt since birth, Randy and Cherry show that there's more to Socs, too. It shows that sometimes, reputation is all that truly makes us different from each other. ]]> 2017-03-03 16:54:23 UTC https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157671598 jason_chen1 https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157671958 The greaser's relationships are based on brotherhood. All of the greasers grew up together and they are brothers taking care of each other. Everyone takes care and looks out for younger greasers like Johnny and Ponyboy. All the greaser trust each other more then anyone else. ]]> 2017-03-03 16:55:31 UTC https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157671958 justine_brongers https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157806962 I feel that there are many examples of heroism as a theme in The Outsiders. For example, when Johnny had risked his life for the boys in the church and when Dally died, their deaths move the reader and change the whole story. The things that they did when they were alive are often looked back as heroic.]]> 2017-03-04 22:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/157806962 danielbeaupre1_1 https://padlet.com/msanderson8/own9d2krqndg/wish/158238380 I think that hatred is the main theme of this book. The whole book is based on the hatred between the Greasers and Socs. The book is about what happened from the hatred between the gangs. If there was no hatred between the gangs then Johnny wouldn't have killed Bob and then Dally wouldn't have killed himself.

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