Outsiders Theme Essay, Period Two by Alison Matthews

Outsiders Theme Essay, Period Two by Alison Matthews https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b en-us 2017-10-24 11:05:09 UTC 2026-01-19 13:33:46 UTC hello@padlet.com Topic: AlisonMatthews https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199917922 Theme:
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2) Your topic
3) theme
4) three occasions in the story when your theme is conveyed
5) the corresponding page numbers
6) your thesis statement

]]> 2017-10-24 11:06:29 UTC https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199917981 Sticking Together 2106054 https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199963892 Theme: If you stick together, you can deal with anything that comes your way and you will not feel alone.

Thesis: In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the theme of sticking together is shown through Johnny, Ponyboy, and the greasers being loyal friends.

Example #1: When Ponyboy and Johnny stayed with Cherry after her drunk boyfriend left at the drive-in movie (33).
Example #2: When Ponyboy stayed with Johnny after he killed Bob (54).
Example #3: At the rumble when the gang all fought together (112-123).

]]> 2017-10-24 13:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199963892 Love 2205064 https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199964143 As the most powerful emotion, love drives people to do drastic things.
1) Darry working so Ponyboy can go to school instead of just becoming a Soc. Page 126
2) Dally blowing up after Johnny died. Page 149; 154
3) Cherry still loving Bob. Page 128-129
Thesis: Love drove Dally, Cherry, and Darry from S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders to stay strong and hold on to what they have left.]]> 2017-10-24 13:16:52 UTC https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199964143 Mistaken Identity 2208036 https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199964300 While we may often misperceive others, there are actual dangers in doing so.
-Dally really did care about people--> misperceived and led to his suicide.
misperceived on pg 59, realization on 149 and 152
-Darry was not mean, he was just overprotective--> misperceived and nearly led to the loss of his relationship with Darry.
misperceived on 18 and 42, realization on 98
- Not all the Socs were mean, some were remorseful about the situation and apologized to Ponyboy, like Randy.--> misperceived and led to a lot of violence between the Socs and greasers.
56, 33-->116-118]]> 2017-10-24 13:17:12 UTC https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199964300 Friends & Family 2106042 https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199964309 1) Friends & Family
2) You often realize how much you need and love your friends and family during hard times.
3) Examples
a) Darry and Ponyboy connecting in the hospital, (98/99)
b) Ponybiy realizes how much he needs Johnny while visiting him at the hospital (121)
c) Dally is devastated when Johnny dies because he was living for him (149)
4) In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Pony realizes how much he needs both Darry and Johnny, thankfully before it’s too late; Dally realizes that he needs Johnny, but doesn’t get a chance to tell him just how much.

]]> 2017-10-24 13:17:12 UTC https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199964309 Mistaken Identity 2207215 https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199964475 The way people think of you is not necessarily who you actually are. Dally cared too much, Darry was simply overprotective, and Randy was a normal guy. However, these were far from the impressions that Ponyboy once had.]]> 2017-10-24 13:17:28 UTC https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199964475 Choices 2205046 https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199964503 Although it is hard , in life you should make the best choices you can. If you don't make the best choices you can , you will deal with serious consequences.
1) Greasers and Socs rumble , their choices keep them in battle, reinforcing the stereotype.
page 117
2) Dally's bad choices result in death. page 10
3) Bob, because he has no limits. His bad choices resulted in his death. He kept pushing the boundaries with his parents but they never said no and he never stopped pushing the limits. page 116
In The Outsiders by S.E hinton, the greasers, Dally, and Bob all make poor choices that result in consequences that cannot be reversed. ]]> 2017-10-24 13:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199964503 Expectations 2106161 https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199964838 Expectations others put on you, are not as important as what you expect of yourself.
1a. Ponyboy was expected to not help the kids and the church, because they were greasers, and criminals. (Pages 91 and 92)
1b. Ponyboy and Johnny think they started the fire, and therefore they were responsible for getting the kids out. (Pages 91 and 92)
2a. Two-Bit expected the Socs to be up to no good and to be trying to fight before the rumble. (97)
2b. The Socs really just wanted to talk to Pony, not as Socs and Greasers, but as people.
3a. Jerry Wood is wondering who Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally are. He expects them to be some professional hero.(83)
3b. Then Pony tells them they are just greasers and hoods
Thesis Statement: In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton greasers and Socs are expected to be something they are not by adults, and rival gangs alike.]]> 2017-10-24 13:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199964838 Humanity 2202001758 https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199964885 Theme: Although some people, even your enemies, may seem un-human, you can find the humanity in them by getting to know them better and seeing them from different perspectives.
Thesis: In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy finds that there is humanity in Bob and Darry that he didn't expect, and also realizes how important his humanity is to his friends.
1. "[Pony] didn't hardly think of [Darry] as being human" (18).
"[Darry]'s hard as a rock and about as human" (42).
2. Pony understands Bob from Randy and Cherry's point of view. (162) Pony acknowledges that Randy isn't a Soc, he's just a guy (118)
3. Two-Bit is worried that Pony is losing his gentle human nature when Pony threatened the Socs (171-2)]]> 2017-10-24 13:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199964885 Friendship 2205048 https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199964907 Theme: True Friendship is when friends stick by you even when things are at their worst
Thesis: In S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, the greasers helping Ponyboy, Ponyboy and Johnny going to Dally, and Dally running into the fire to support Ponyboy and Johnny demonstrate that true friends stick by you even when things are at their worst.]]> 2017-10-24 13:18:27 UTC https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199964907 Change 2205050 https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199964933 Change occurs in everyone from your choices, events, experiences, and consequences in your life.

1. Darry had to grow up quickly an become responsible of his younger brothers when his parents died. (3)
2. Johnny became scared of life after the Socs jumped him. (5)
3. Ponyboy used to hate Darry, but he changed to loving him. (84)
Thesis: In S.E. Hinton's novel, The Outsiders, Darry, Johnny and Ponyboy show how experiences can change who you are as a person, the choices you make, and the way you handle and view life.

]]> 2017-10-24 13:18:30 UTC https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199964933 Friendship 2106169 https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199964956 1) Friendship
2) Good friends are like family.

While you may not always have your family by your side, friends are the people you can count on. Whereas family may be fixed and changeless, you have the power to change and choose your friends. When your family isn't there, your friends will always be there to invite you into there own.
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Johnny's family doesn't love him as they should, and the only affection he has ever felt was from his best friends, the greasers. (11-12)
The Curtis' leave their door unlocked at night so that if anyone needs a place to stay, they know they are welcome in their home. (105)
Johnny only wanting to have his friends visit him and not his mother.
(pg 104 on electronic version)
4)Thesis: In S. E. Hinton's novel, The Outsiders, the greasers show how important your friends can be.

]]> 2017-10-24 13:18:32 UTC https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199964956 Friendship 2205016 https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199965213 When you don´t have a good family, or your family is missing, your friends are people you can count on.
1. Johnny´s parents don´t care about him, and the gang is always there to make him feel better. 11-12, 24, 43, 51, 56, 59-62, 87-88, 122-123
2. Darry, Soda and Ponyboy leave their door open for anybody who doesn´t have a place to stay 105.
3. Dally´s parents don´t care about him, but he has the gang so it doesn´t bother him. 88]]> 2017-10-24 13:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199965213 Loyalty 2202001767 https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199965366 Theme: Loyalty among friends sometimes requires difficult decisions.
Thesis: In the Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, Johnny, Pony and Cherry prove how important it is to be loyal to friends.
1.When Cherry spies on the Socs for the greasers. (Page 84)
2. Pony always followed Johnny and stuck up for him. (page 12)
3.Johnny stuck up for Pony by killing Bob because he was being tortured. (Page 56) ]]> 2017-10-24 13:19:15 UTC https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199965366 1.) family/caring 2206120 https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199965420 2.) "family" can be defined as people who care enough about each other to make meaningful or significant sacrifices.
3.) Darry giving up his education to take care of Soda and Ponyboy, Johnny killing bob to save Ponyboy from drowning, and Soda and Darry staying the whole night at the hospital waiting for Ponyboy to wake up.
4.) pg. 175, pg. 58, pg. 160
5.) In S.E. Hinton's novel, The Outsiders. Darry, Johnny, and Soda show how important it is to be caring to family and more. ]]> 2017-10-24 13:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199965420 Growing up AlisonMatthews https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199968054 The circumstances you grow up in greatly influence your ability to keep "golden".
1. Dally : Dally had spent three years on the wild side of New York and had been arrested at the age of ten. He was tougher than the rest of us--- tougher, colder, meaner.
2. Johnny
3. Ponyboy
Thesis: In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the author proves through the characters of Dally, Johnny, Ponyboy the circumstances you grow up in greatly influence your ability to keep "golden". ]]> 2017-10-24 13:24:30 UTC https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199968054 Social Status 2204049 https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199968414 Social status divides us, when inside we are all humans, trying to survive.
The way people look is not what they feel on the inside.
When greasers and socs were talking trash to each other (55)
Cherry telling Pony things are hard all over (35)
Pony talking about how rich socs are (15)]]> 2017-10-24 13:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199968414 1)Family jackvgbvi https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199978140 2)Family is a close bond that you have with others around you and it doesn't always have to be by blood.
3)Dally puts himself a risk and helps johnny get out of the bob situation (131)
4)Johnny is protected by that gang as if he is family (after he got jumped the first time) (43)
5)Johnny didn't want to see his mother when he was hurt in the hospital but he lets the gang in. (123)]]> 2017-10-24 13:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/199978140 Loss https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/200159127 Loss changes you and you have to learn to accept it and move on with your life.
Ponyboy's parents are gone ()
Johnny kills Bob ()
Johnny dies and

]]> 2017-10-24 18:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/200159127 Loss 2204027 https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/200162038 Loss changes you and you have to learn to accept it and move on with your life.
Thesis: In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy, Johnny, Bob and Dally all show examples of experiencing loss and how they handle it differently.
Ponyboy's parents are gone (4)
Johnny kills Bob (56)
Johnny dies and Dally kills himself (138)

]]> 2017-10-24 18:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/200162038 Choices 2106168 https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/200181698 Theme: the choices, good and bad, we make in life have a big impact on us.
Thesis: In The Outsiders by: S.E. Hinton, Johnny, Pony, and Dally make good and bad decisions that affect their life significantly.
1.Johnny chose to kill Bob to save Pony.
2.Pony and Johnny run into the church to save the children.
3. Dally made a choice to pull out an unloaded gun and point it at the police. ]]> 2017-10-24 19:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/200181698 Moving On 2205019 https://padlet.com/AlisonMatthews/qlgrqw82bo0b/wish/200202029 (Joaquin)
Theme: Moving on in life is difficult but necessary.
1. "Damnit, Johnny..." he begged, slamming one fist against the wall, hammering it
to make it obey his will. "Oh, damnit, Johnny, don't die, please don't die..." (127)
2. "Cherry told them what had happened before and after
Johnny and I had been jumped--- I think I saw a couple of tears slide down her cheeks,
but I'm not sure".
(143)
When I stepped
out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things
on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home...
(153)

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