Kentucky Fried Connor

The outsiders

The novel the outsiders by S.E. Hinton, is an interesting book. The film version is similar in some aspects. The book takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1965, but it is never stated in the book. The story is about a bunch of teenagers in a gang, in a rivalry with another gang. The story is based on the ‘greasers’ and ‘socs’. The main character, ‘Ponyboy’ is a 14 year old boy that is the brother of ‘sodapop’ a 15 year old boy, and brother of, ‘Dallas Winston’ who is there caretaker, because their parents died when they were children. These boys are all greasers along with their friends; Johnny, dally, Darry and two- bit.

The story starts off with ponyboy waiting at the cinema, when a blue mustang full of socs appears. They chase him and end up pinning him down and ganging up on him. He gets cut on the throat in all the movement when they pull a blade to him. The greasers appear out of nowhere and scare the socs off. A bit further into the story, Ponyboy, Sodapop and dally are at the drive in, hitting on cherry and Marcia, two girls that they had just met. Dally is being mean to the girls and walks off. The girls tell ponyboy and sodapop that they are too nice to be greasers. They all walk off together, when the blue mustang appears, soda pulls out a butterfly knife, breaks a bottle and hands it to pony, but he does not know what to do with it. They are about to fight, but cherry does not allow it, she says she hates fights. Soda and Johnny walk to an area known as ‘the wasteland’ and lay on a mattress. Ponyboy falls asleep and has a dream about his parents.

Ponyboy walks home and Dallas is aggravated because they have been out all night. Dallas hits pony and he runs back to the wasteland and him and Johnny run away. They walk to a playground when the blue mustang once again turns up with the socs in it. They pick a fight and are trying to drown ponyboy. Johnny has no choice but to pull out a knife and he stabs a greaser known as Bob. When pony awakes, Johnny is sitting down next to him crying. Pony takes a look at the dead person lying in blood and Johnny tells him that he killed him. Pony goes away for a minute and throws up. The boys run to a pub to meet Darry or Dally (I can’t remember) and they go up to a room. He hands the boys a gun and gives pony a dry shirt, (because he was getting drowned in the fountain) and tells them that there is an old abandoned church on a hill.

 The movie version of the story skip out some parts, like a side story that is sodas pretend pet horse. Soda finds a horse named Mickey Mouse (which is why he is always wearing Mickey Mouse shirts in the movie) but it gets sold and he is devastated.

In general, I believe that the novel version is better because it is original, and it describes the characters better and doesn’t miss bits out. It is more likely to have people engaged in it.

Krystopher Lloyd Opstelten

The Outsiders was written by S.E. Hinton in 1965 first published in 1967 by Viking Press. This novel is about the new age of gangs and the terrible things they do. This book follows the activities of two rival gangs known as the Greasers and the Socs.  Tension arises when two members of the Greasers gang, Ponyboy and Johnny, get jumped by a group of Socs. During this gang fight Ponyboy was being drowned in a fountain by a Soc named Bob.  Johnny used a knife to stab Bob and save Ponyboy but Bob died and the conflict between the gangs increased.

So now let me talk to you about the main differences I uncovered between the book and the movie. The novel certainly lacked the violence that was portrayed in the film and was more concerned with the characters. In the novel I found it quite simplistic in some parts but the character portrayal was quite complex. All around the novel was a good read and easy to follow and at some points I was asking myself questions as I felt involved in the scenes and situations that Hinton described throughout this great novel. Another odd difference was that the descriptions of the characters in the book were not reflected in the appearance of the same characters in the movie. Dally is supposed to be blonde with ice blue eyes but has dark hair in the film. Another thing I picked up on was that Ponyboy and Johnny weren’t swearing in the book but certainly let fly in the film.

In the film it was mostly violence, violence, violence! The cinematic version of the Outsiders emphasised the brawls and scenes when the Socs and Greasers were head to head fighting or arguing with each other. Although it is more simple and less story line involved this one would have clearly been a favourite for those of you who are into action packed thrills! In this the characters such as Ponyboy and Johnny are always getting into trouble with the Socs and having to get out of situations or stand up to them!

Now let me talk about the stylistic features in The Outsiders. One of the main motifs would definitely be the car, do you not agree? The Socs’ mustangs always driving around and coming into shots is a symbol of the Socs power and authority against the Greasers vulnerability. The conflict between rich and poor is shown in this series as it is the rich Socs verses the poor Greasers. In general the novel’s gloomy prognosis is that the battle between the classes is a long-lasting one

In general I found the novel to be more complex and engaging in a way where you have to imagine the brawls whereas the film was just get up and go for me! But in my opinion the book was better, understanding the finer parts of The Outsiders really draws you into it that little step further to complete that goal of a good book!

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The Outsiders

It is common for films to be made about stories and books. Sometimes the film makers change some of the characters or events in the film to make it more popular. The film “The Outsiders” is based on the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton. The movie is better because of the visual aspect of the plot, characters and the stylistic features. The plot is the most important of the plot, characters and stylistic features.

The plot of both the novel and the film show the terrible things that happen when the Greasers and the socials, otherwise known as the socs. The socs live in the west side of the town and are very popular. They come from wealthier backgrounds than the greasers who live the east side of the town. The movie focuses on Johnny and Pony Boy’s adventure and the troubles that Pony boy goes through at home. The movie portrays this better by giving the viewer a visual effect and more of a feeling towards what happens. This is how the Movie portrays the plot better.

The characters are the socs and the greasers. The greasers are from very poor background who struggle to survive every day. They are led by Darry who looks after his two brothers Pony-Boy and Soda-Pop because their parents died a couple of years back. Jonny and Steve are other members in the gang. The socs live on the rich side of town and drive around in fancy cars. There are only a few members of the main gang, bob and cherry who are in the main events of the movie like when they were at the drive in. The movie is better at showing the characters because you get a sense of what they look like and how they interact with each other. This is why the characters are easier to relate to in the movie then the novel.

The stylistic features of the film include visual choices and symbolism/motifs. This makes the film better because it explains visual choices and symbolism better, because the viewer is able to see it. Some examples of this include sunset. This is a symbol for childhood innocence.  The film explains this better because the viewer is more engaging than the film. This makes the viewer more emotional towards the characters. This is how the film uses the stylistic features to make the viewer more engaged in the film.

The film was a spectacular in the way it used its characters, plot and stylistic features to make the people more engaged with the movie. This is how the film makes the viewer’s listen more and become more engaged with the film rather than the novel.

The outsiders review: Aidan Hughes

Stay Gold

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“The Outsiders” was an amazing novel and an alright film about a boy who is fourteen called Ponyboy who is the narrator in the book.Ponyboy is a Greaser, someone who is poorer and likes to wear their hair long with lots of grease. Greasers are terrorised by the Socs or richer people, in turn the greasers tend to form gangs and are violent. Ponyboy is in a gang with his two brothers Darry and Sodapop as well as Dally, Johnny, Two-Bit Mathew and Steve. Johnny is sixteen and is great friends with Ponyboy and was “jumped” by some socs in a blue mustang.  After Ponyboy, Johnny and Two-bit give Bob’s and Randy’s girlfriends, Cherry and Marcia, a ride after a movie Bob and Randy decide to bash Pony and Johnny. As Ponyboy is drowning the only way Johnny can help is by killing Bob with a switch blade. This means the two have to go and find Dally for some help. Dallas tells them to go to an abandoned church in the country to live for a while.  The novel was written by Susan Eloise Hinton who was seventeen when it was first published.

The events in the novel are more sensitive and emotional. You get a better idea of what was happening and the way it was affecting the characters due to Pony’s narration. Some stories and childhood memories that build Ponyboy’s character are removed from the film such as Soda’s horse Mickey Mouse.  

The characters in the novel and the film help to tell the story. In the novel you get a sense that you’ve known the characters for years and understand their point of view. The greases are also more distinctive in the novel and are closer to hoodlums than the film makes them to be. The films characters are close to the original but don’t have the same life to them as the novel did even t0hough most of the lines where the same or similar. They didn’t express the same personality as the novel.  An example of this is Dally in the film he’s the cool guy and is calm most of the time whereas in the novel he’s the scary guy you don’t mess around with an example of this is when Johnny told him to leave Cherry and her friend alone Ponyboy thinks of how Dallas once belted a complete stranger for telling him what to do. 

The novel was much better than film as the narration and the emotions of Ponyboy seems to tell the story much better though the movie did a good job in the way they presented the film. The use of slang makes the novel more realistic and gives you a clear sense of how things would happen and sound. The film is over dramatic and is mournful in different parts examples of this are when Johnny dies, its less emotional compared to when dally is killed. In the novel Dally is shot once and is killed like any criminal in the film however he has an over dramatised break down which ends in him getting shot by four police officers.

The Outsiders was vastly better as a novel than its counterpart film. The novel had more experiences and emotion whereas the film was over dramatises and doesn’t get the sensitivity of Ponyboy which gives the novel its magic. The novel is thrilling and was riveting in the that two people from the same background die in such different ways one a hero and one a criminal.

The Outsiders - Maddii Ganter

“The Outsiders”

‘The Outsiders’ is the journey of a 14 year old boy named Ponyboy. He and his best mate Johnny go on a dangerous and tragic endeavour that he will never forget. This novel is by S.E Hinton, written when she was just 17 years old in the year 1965. The novel wasn’t published though until she was 18. A film adaption was produced in 1983 directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The film gave you a more visual idea of what was occurring throughout the text. Whereas, the novel lets your imagination run wild. Both texts imply Pony’s journey and the ways in which his childhood innocence was corrupted by his experiences in life. Although, the novel was the text that portrayed this more clearly therefore making it my choice as the better text out of the two.

The film version of “The Outsiders” is different from the novel as it retracts parts of the novel to focus on more of the conflicts between the greasers and the Socs as well as Ponyboy and Johnny’s close friendship. These two characters are the key characters to the plot of the text. There were main points written in the novel that were left out of the film. One of these key points would be near the end of the novel where Ponyboy threatens the Socs with a broken bottle. This shows his corrupted childhood innocence although this was not shown in the film making it unclear of the transformation of his childhood innocence. Thus, the novel shows Ponyboy’s journey in more detail through the written word whilst the film focuses more on the visuals of fighting and friendships.

It is vital to understand the characters in any story line. The reader must understand who they are and what role they play in the story. ‘The Outsiders’ film shows them differently compared to the novel. Examples of this would be Sodapop and Two-bit. The film text was as if their appearances and like had been switched around. Sodapop wasn’t seen in the film as much as he was written in the novel. There was no mention of his love for his girlfriend. There was also no mention of his horse which he adored but lost, Mickey Mouse. Two-bit Mathews definitely appeared more in the film than what he appeared as in the novel. In addition to Two-bit’s different characteristics within the film he was the one found with the liking for Mickey Mouse the cartoon. This makes the films message different as the viewers do not get to experience the more sensitive moments other than with Ponyboy and Johnny.

Stylistic features are featured in these texts are things such as perspective and symbolism. Perspective is a very important issue that runs throughout this novel. Being an outsider is a matter of perspective. The brothers' relationships are viewed differently according to each other's perspective. The symbolism found within the novel would be the cars that the Greasers have compared to the Socs. On one hand, it symbolizes how the Greasers have a more direct and well-rounded experience than the Socs with the gritty realities of life. On the other hand, the fact that the Greasers must service and care for the Socs possessions demonstrates that the Socs have the power to dominate the greasers. Greasers cannot afford cars and madras that the Socs have so they turn to more affordable markers of identity. By wearing their hair in a specific style, Greasers separate themselves from other social groups making their hair symbolic to the story line.

In conclusion, I found that the most effective text was the novel. This is because it was more efficient in explaining Ponyboy’s journey, preserving his childhood innocence and his individual personality.

~~Cahil Neal's review~~

The Outsiders

‘The Outsiders’ was published by S.E Hinton in 1967, it is an excellent novel and a great film, I enjoyed reading the novel and watching the film because it was a great novel and about what I like. I think that the novel was better even though I don’t like to read. The novel had more detail and description of the characters and scenes, then the film.  The film cuts out scenes that the novel had. The film was good and a lot of the scenes I read in the novel I pictured differently in my head compared to the film.  The plot of the film is about the two main gangs fighting, The Socs and the Greasers. The Socs get anything they want and the Greasers have to work for a living. The Socs are the rich people who live on the East side of town and the Greasers live on the West side of town. The gangs get into turf wars and the Socs always enter the Greasers turf and start fights with them. 

The plot of the film is that the two main gangs are at war and they get into a lot of fights. The Socs are the socials and they get what they want, when they want. The Greasers are the hoods; they are the people who get jumped by the Socs and have to work to survive.  The guys in the Greasers gang are Johnny, Ponyboy, Darry, Soda-pop, Dallas, Two-bit and Steve. Ponyboy is the fourteen year old narrator writing the story in his life. Johnny has a really bad life; he is the puppy of the group that has been kicked too many times. Darry is the oldest guy of the gang; he is super smart and athletic. Soda-pop is seventeen years old, smart, athletic and a hard worker. Dally is fascinated by Ponyboy. Two-bit is eighteen years old and is the joker of the gang, he never stops talking and always has a smart comment about everything. Steve is Soda’s best friend and he thinks of Ponyboy as a child, Ponyboy is least close to Steve.

The Characters in the novel sound tougher, the novel make it sound like there is more action, but in the film there is hardly any action and it depicted scenes that aren’t in the novel. When Dallas steals from the shop, he is mad because he let Ponyboy get hurt; the clerk in the shop starts shooting at him when he runs out of the shop and hits him, in the novel the clerk never has a gun. The novel is good because it displays scenes that aren’t in the film and the film is good because it shows a little amount of scenes that aren’t in the novel.

Outsiders Review: Andrew Marshall

The Outsiders Novel & Film Review

Outsiders Review

The Outsiders is a riveting story about a gang called ‘Greasers’ that are in a constant war with another gang called ‘Socials’ or ‘Socs’. The novel is the original source of the storyline and layout in which the film version is based. The novel was written by S. E. Hinton and first published in the United Kingdom in 1970. The film was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and was first released on March 25^th 1983.

The Outsiders begins with a young fourteen year old boy named Pony Boy, who is starting to begin a story of his past few months for his school English assignment. Pony Boy acts as a narrator throughout the story but does not become repetitive and does an excellent job of telling the audience of what is happening without giving away the plot.

The film has many flaws when it comes to having the same storyline as the book. Multiple characters, objects and ‘mini’ stories where either hardly mentioned or non-existent in the film. However the film does go into detail in events that are not shown in the novel, this means that the film does not follow the novel exactly.

The film is missing out many characters and does not show some of them as many times as they appear in the novel. For example, Soda Pop is Pony Boy’s brother that is only seen very few times in the film. Soda Pop is one of the main characters in the novel that should of appeared more often in the film.

The novel is incredibly better than the film because it goes into more depth during the story and shows more events that happen to the greasers and the socs. The film compared to the novel is a disappointment and is missing too many small parts of the story, that keeps on adding up to become a large hole in the storyline.

For example, during the novel a miniature story between a horse nicknamed ‘Mickey Mouse’ and Soda Pop are mentioned in heavy detail. The horse was not owned by Soda Pop, but always acted like it, by always giving Soda Pop love but become hostile when other people are around. Soda loved the horse and the horse loved him, so when the horse was sold, Soda Pop was devastated and fell into a deep depression. In the film, none of this story is shown or even mentioned, therefor leaving a gap in the storyline.

The novel is spine chilling and exiting while you read it and makes it difficult to put the book down. It is a must read novel that is a writing masterpiece, anyone interested in experiencing this riveting story should read the novel first, whether they enjoy reading or not.

Mitchell John Armsden Review

‘The Outsiders’ Review

The Novel ‘The Outsiders’ was written by S.E. Hinton while she was still in her teens. Hinton became a household name as the author of ‘The Outsiders’, her first and most popular novel which was set in Oklahoma in the 1960s. She began writing it in 1965. The book was inspired by two rival gangs at her school, Will Rogers High School, the Greasers and the Socs, and her desire to show sympathy toward the Greasers by writing from their point of view. It was published by Viking Press in 1967, during her freshman year at the University of Tulsa; the book has sold more than 14 million copies in print and still sells more than 500,000 a year.

In 1983, a film called ‘The Outsiders’ was also made. It was an American drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, an adaptation of the novel by S. E. Hinton. The film was released in March 1983.

The film was set in the mid-1960’s in Tulsa, Oklahoma and was about the Greasers, who are a gang of tough, low-income teens. They include Ponyboy Curtis and his two older brothers, Soda and Darry, as well as Johnny Cade, Dally Winston, Two-Bit Matthews, and Steve Randle. Their rivalry is with the Socs, a gang of wealthier kids.

Some scenes in the book are completely removed from the film, such as towards the end of the book, the Socs walk up to Ponyboy but he then breaks a bottle and threatens to use it to stab the Socs. This shows the emotional changes that have occurred to Ponyboy from the events that have occurred as the book progresses. In the film, this scene is not included because the film is based on action and suspense rather than a deep storyline like what the novel ‘The Outsiders’ has. This is so the audience of the film is more engaged in the film rather than being bored by the deeper or more emotional scenes. Another difference between the film and the novel is that not much of Soda is seen and hardly any interaction is made between him and the Greasers. Also the entire story of his horse, Mickey Mouse is completed excluded from the film! This means that the audience does not get to experience some of the more sensitive or emotional moments, in fact really the only emotional parts in the film are really when Johnny and Ponyboy are together towards the end.

In the book The Outsiders, the character's personalities are what made the plot move forward. The main characters in the book were Ponyboy Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, Darrel Curtis, Steve Randle, Two-Bit Mathews, Dallas Winston, Johnny Cade, and Cherry Valance. Each of these characters has to do with the cause and effect chains throughout the novel, even if they only show up two or three times in the book. They all helped the plot move forward, and made the story a little more interesting. The movie left out some characters, and made other characters have much more minor roles. The movie didn't mention Sandy, and Sodapop had an extremely smaller role. I believe the book made the characters seem much more important and showed them in much more detail rather than in the movie. The only characters that are shown in detail in the film are Ponyboy and Johnny.

Throughout the novel, Ponyboy narrates the story and shares his thoughts, opinions and feelings about the events that happen. This use of narration draws the reader into the story more and also makes the novel more interesting. This also brings you in closer to Ponyboys personal Journey during the book. S.E. Hinton’s word choice is exactly as a kid my age would speak if I lived in the hood. She has decent sentence fluency and rarely makes any mistakes in spelling or punctuation. The author doesn't use figurative language because that's not how a greaser would talk since they're not very well educated. The word choice is what you would expect of someone who was part of a gang. I prefer the language used in the book rather than visually seeing the scenes acted out in the film. This is because there is much more detail in the book rather than in the film and there is normally much more emotional scenes in the book than in the film also.

In conclusion, the novel chases Ponyboys journey through a range of emotional events in more detail expressed though the written word, where as the film focuses on the visual appeal of things such as fighting to make the film more action filled and interesting. I believe that both the film and the book are great, but the book expresses the story and emotions of Ponyboy and his gang members much better than in the film, making it superior.

Connor Housden: The Outsiders

The Outsiders Review blog

The Outsiders is about a teenage boy named Ponyboy. After his parents died, his brother Darrell takes care of him and Sodapop, his other brother. Besides his brothers, Ponyboy hangs out with the neighbourhood kids, Johnny, Dally, Steve, and two-bit. They all belong to a local poor gang called the Greasers, who have a rival gang called the Soc’s. The cinematic version of “The Outsiders” differs from the novel as it cuts out parts of the novel to focus on the conflict between the Greasers and the Soc’s, as well as the close friendships of Ponyboy and the other Greasers.

Throughout the novel, Ponyboy narrates the story and we are allowed to experience his feelings & perspective on events. His first person narration of the story and effective language draws the reader into the story and more importantly Ponyboy’s journey. In contrast the characters in the film seem to be quite similar to each other. In fact we do not see much of Sodapop, and the entire story of his horse Mickey Mouse is excluded.

There also some other scenes which were excluded in the film; Ponyboy smashing a bottle and Pony handing in his essay. The director of the film decides to focus on the rivalry between the two neighbourhood gangs the Greasers and the Soc’s; he has also decided to concentrate on the close friendships between the six Greasers.  We do not get to experience some of the more sensitive moments other than “Ponyboy’s journey”.

I liked the novel better as it has much more detail about the characters and how they live. The film does not stay true to the book as it leaves out important points such as; the Curtis’s horse Mickey Mouse, towards the end of the novel where Ponyboy decides to smash a glass bottle and threaten to stab the Soc’s with it, and lastly at the very end, in the novel, Ponyboy hands his essay into his english teacher.

Ivy Danvers- Hansen's review

OUTSIDERS

The novel and the film ‘Outsiders’ are both very enjoyable to read and watch. The book was written by S.E. Hinton and published in 1967, and later made into a film in 1983 directed by Francis Ford Coppola after a group of students inspired him. The Outsiders is about a 14 year old boy, Ponyboy who runs away from home with his friend Johny after getting knocked around by his oldest brother, Darry. The movie is also about the fighting between the two groups and friendship with Ponyboy, Johny and the other greasers. There are some differences between the novel and the film, but not many major ones. I would prefer to read the book over watching the movie because you have to imagine what they are feeling, doing, look like and what their facial expressions are.

There are many plot points focused on in the outsiders, they are mainly based around Ponyboy and Johny. Some of them included Ponyboy running away from home, murder, saving some little children from a fire and becoming a hero. One main theme that was left out of the film and not the novel was the court case at the end of the novel. There were some other plots left out of the film like Soda’s pet horse Mickey Mouse, when Ponyboy gets a lift home from the hospital and the whole story of Soda’s girlfriend Sandy. Not showing these things in the movie will change the focus of the story. The main focus of the Outsiders based around Ponyboy, his brothers Soda and Darry, Johny, and the other greasers. Without showing as much of Soda that should have been, in the film doesn’t let us see mush of him, and there isn’t really much point in having him in the movie at all.

The characters in the film are very similar to each other. All of the greasers and Soc’s are alike within each other’s social groups, by the way they talk, act and dress. For example the soc’s wear madras shirts and brownish coloured pants, with short hair, and greasers wear t-shirts, leather jackets and boots with long greasy hair. There were some characters in the film that were different to the novel and vice versa. Sodapop wasn’t seen much in the film and the whole story of his horse and girlfriend was left out completely. Also Dally seemed a lot more violent in the film than what was said in the novel.

There were many stylistic features used throughout the ‘Outsiders’, for example the sunsets that were used in the film. Sunsets were used in the film to symbolise the feelings and emotions of the characters, like when Johny and Dally had died. The use of first person used in the novel helped us understand what was happening and what emotions Ponyboy was feeling throughout the journey, that is one reason why I enjoyed the novel more than the film. When S.E. Hinton used first person to show the emotions and thoughts of the speaker in the novel the reader had to imagine what it looked like instead of watching the movie and going ok well he’s happy and she’s sad.

In conclusion the movie ‘Outsiders’ was enjoyable to watch as well as the book was easy and fun to read. I would rather prefer to read the novel over watching the film because you can’t see emotions, feelings, facial expressions, actions or what they looked like, you have to use our head/ imagination and visualise them.

Julia Gorst's REAL Review

The Outsiders

“The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton is a novel published in 1967 that explores themes on the area between childhood innocence and adulthood, and social classes in the small American town of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The novel, published when Hinton was only eighteen, follows the journey of Ponyboy Curtis, a fourteen year old “Greaser” from the wrong side of town. The story is emotional and, at times, heart-wrenching, speaking to readers of all ages and genders. The film, released in 1983 and directed by Francis Coppola, is also easily accessible. The magnetic story translates well onto screen, and while there are some differences in between the book and movie, for the most part Coppola managed to stay true to the original story, though I find the book more effective at telling the story.

The story of “The Outsiders” follows Ponyboy’s journey into partial adulthood, a process started when his friend, Johnny, stabs Bob, a drunken “Soc” (short for social- the rich kids and sworn enemies of the Greasers) in self defence and consequently kills him. With the help of their friend and fellow gang-member, Dally, they go on the run and hide in an abandoned church for a week, living off baloney and passing the time by playing cards and reading “Gone With The Wind”.  Ponyboy, ever the dreamer of the gang, helps Johnny notice things such as the sunset and in a particularly memorable scene in both book and film, recites Robert Frost’s “Nothing Gold Can Stay”. In one sense, this poem could mean the loss of innocence, a major theme in the book. It also acts as a sort of foreshadowing of character deaths.

Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden’s sand to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

Dally soon comes to check on them and, in a short absence from the sanctuary of the old church, a fire starts from one of their cigarettes and traps children who were playing there. Bravely, Johnny, Ponyboy and Dally rescue the children, but not without Johnny getting critically injured. The three of them return home and are made out to be the heroes (an unusual occurrence for Greasers). There’s a rumble in between the Greasers and Socs over the death of Bob, and the Greasers are offered help by Cherry Valence, Bob’s girlfriend and Ponyboy’s short-time friend. The film does spend more time on the conflict and violence in the story than the book, probably because action is so popular in movies and amongst audiences. The Greasers win the fight, and Ponyboy and Dally go to the hospital to tell Johnny, who sadly passes away with the last words of “Stay gold, Ponyboy”. This scene in heartbreaking, and that feeling is amplified by Dally’s reaction- he’s angry and hurt, because as a hardened hood he’s not used to caring, and he can’t take it. He runs off, robs a shop and provokes the police into shooting him. Ponyboy loses two friends in one night, and the gang is left devastated by the loss. The movie follows the plot closely, a satisfying thing to see when many movies made more recently leave out much of what fans of their original novels consider important.

 A main difference between the novel and film is that, with the exceptions of Johnny and Dally, the viewers of the movie don’t get to see as much into the other members of the gang as they would were they reading the book. The Curtis brothers’ parents had died eight months before the story starts, leaving Sodapop and Ponyboy under the care of Darrel, the eldest brother who had to give up his college dreams. Sodapop dropped out of school to work fulltime, but Ponyboy was a high achiever when it came to school and decided to stay. The three brothers are very different, and Ponyboy and Darrel clash constantly over Ponyboy’s dreamer-like ways. Sodapop acts as Ponyboy’s emotional support, standing up for him when Darrel gets mad. It is hard to translate a lot of information from first-person, literary form to a film, and this is shown when Two-Bit and Steve, other members of their gang, are left undeveloped in the film to viewers who had not previously read the book. A lot of the stories of Dally, Sodapop, Two-Bit and Steve are left out of the story, though nothing particularly important to the plot is omitted.

Where words cannot be used, it is admirable how shot types and artistic techniques in the film can convey emotions and moods, and even add an element that the book could not. This is exemplified by the “Nothing Gold Can Stay” scene, in which cinematic elements add depth and emotion to the poem and what it means to Ponyboy and Johnny.



Ponyboy is the "Nothing Gold Can Stay" scene



Things such as camera angle and music add what would otherwise be left out. Though the music in the film is a tad overdramatic, it does its job and helps set the scene. The novel can even be occasionally lacking in the mood-setting department, perhaps intentionally- it is implied that Ponyboy is the author, and our protagonist is not overly eloquent- or perhaps because of S.E. Hinton’s young age at the time. Some descriptions are beautiful, but the way things are expressed is left up to the imagination most of the time (though the dialogue does speak for itself in many cases.) This may be difficult to process for a less comprehensive or younger reader. For those people, the film is probably more accessible.

Overall, I prefer the novel, simply because I always feel as though I can get more out of books than I can films. Both, however, were beautifully done (all things considered) and I felt as if the emotional journey Ponyboy went through was obvious in both. I would not say that either is better than the other, because with two very different mediums it is not fair to compare them in technical terms, as differences are bound to appear with no fault to the director- it is impossible for them to not. One thing that can be said is that Hinton penned a story that has been touching lives for decades, and will continue to do so because Ponyboy is such a lovable and relatable character, and his journey can give people a new way of thinking and viewing the world. The tragic circumstance of his transition into adulthood is heartbreaking and emotional. It is a story that will linger with you for some time after the last page is turned, and the end credits are over.

Aidan Moore-Gallagher

The Outsiders

The name of the novel and film is called “The Outsiders” and it was written by a 16year-old named S.E. Hinton,  while the film was directed by “Francis Ford Coppola “. The Outsiders is told through the eyes of one of the Greasers named Ponyboy. Who finds out that there is good in the world after going through a tough time with his best mate, Johnny. Both Ponyboy and Johnny find themselves in trouble after meeting a girl named Cherry, one of the Socs girls. When the Socs find out and come to confront them Johnny ends up killing one of them in order to save Ponyboy. The two find themselves to be on the run and go to the country to hide, but before they leave to come back to their hometown they go back to the church where they were hiding in. It ends up catching on fir with a bunch of little children stuck inside the burning church. Johnny and Ponyboy find themselves saving the children but before Johnny can get out of the church he end up getting hit in the back by a peace of timber from the church, leaving him with life threating burns and a broken back. Johnny ends up dying and Dally another Greaser can’t handle the loss of Johnny well and robs a store to only end up being shot in the middle of the streets by police. Both the film and novel are good but I believe that the novel is better because it explains what is happening more clearly with the characters.  Also the film leaves out a lot of things that happen in the novel which are crucial parts to explain the change in PonyBoy, the gang and the three brothers.

The film and novel are different as the film leaves out parts that the book has in it which means they don’t tell the same story in as much detail and leaves out important events. The novel focuses on Ponyboy’s journey through life as a greaser, while the film focuses more on the Greaser’s vs Socs and relationships in the greasers. Thought out the novel we are told what it’s like to be a greaser, and the help of Ponyboy’s narration helps see it through his eyes. The way the author describes the story and the events that take place makes you feel like you’re there, it also makes you feel the emotion in the story, example when Johnny dies, and you can feel the emotion and tension when this event takes place, like when Dally hits the wall after Johnny dies and races out of the hospital only to rob a store and gets gunned down in the street by police. In comparison, the film doesn’t show a lot of the sub plots, such as when Soda and his girl break up it leaves out a big part of the journey in their lives. Therefore the novel tells Ponyboy’s story better than the film does.

The characters in the novel and film are talked about and seen different from each other as they all have different personalities and are seen different from each other, like Ponyboy is to be seen as a nice, innocent boy while Darry is seen to be the more sensible one and cares for all the greasers and is tough and strong.  In the novel they are all talked about more and their stories are told. They all share a part in the journey and are seen different. Some are meaner than others, like Dally is rough, tough, and not afraid of anything and loves to break the law, while some care more, like Johnny who is nice, caring towards all the greasers and seems like someone who wouldn’t hurt anyone, but in the end they treat each other like brothers. In comparism to the film, doesn’t really show all of the greasers and doesn’t tell their story it just focus on the Greasers vs Socs. Example in the novel Soda is a big part of the story while in the film Soda is hardly seen or mentioned. The novel and film have different ways of expressing the characters in them.

In the film and novel the stylistic features are seen different as one is visual and the other written. In the novel Ponyboy’s narration is a stylistic feature which helps affect our feelings in the situation and brings more emotion to it. While the film has sunsets as a stylistic feature to express more feelings in the scene. Sunsets in the film are used to tell that it is the last moment of peace before something bad happens. Both novel and film show the stylistic features differently from each other.

In conclusion the novel was superior as it explained more and expressed the feelings and emotion better.  It also gave more detail into Ponyboy’s journey and experience and what it is like to be a Greaser and Soc. It also lets you feel like you are right there in the middle of the action. The novel was most effective in getting the ideas across.

Zane Linke: The Outsiders

                                                                                                              

                                                           The Outsiders

 In my experience with ‘The Outsiders’ it  made think about if kids these days go through, what they did. Also, because I didn’t even know about the novel and film. It was a very amazing experience. As being the same age as Ponyboy. It was like we connected. 

 In the novel the rumble between the socs and grease wasn’t as exciting as the film because it made it feel real.  ‘The Outsiders’ isn’t just about fights. It also focuses on emotion states as well.  For example hen Poyboy and Cherry meet at the movies ad start liking each other.  Also when Johnny and Danny die at the end of the novel and film. The novel ad film had lots going on.  I believe it made it more exiting. It also made it feel like there was nothing boring in it. I found that as I was reading and watching the ‘The Outsiders” it made a harm feeling in my stomach. Because it made me think about kids there age doing what they did and what they went through.

 As I was reading the novel I came across the greasers and soc style in clothing. The greaser had long greasy hair, jeans, white or black shirts and a jacket. With the socs wear cream long pants, sweaters, with tennis shoes. In the film and novel the greasers where on the east which meant that they rolled the east sides of town and the socs where west side which meant that they rolled the west side of town. During the film and the novel pony boy loves sunsets as well as this girl named cherry. Cherry was a soc because she was rich and ponyboy wasn’t. Pony boy looked past the faked that she was a soc because she said “not all soc are like that”. Bill (cherry’s boyfriend) was the leaders of the socs. He drove the blue mustang that, ponyboy and Johnny where scared of because they remember that car. Also in the novel it seemed like everyone liked the same and in the novel everyone was different in the way they got clothed.

During the outsiders I found that there stylistic features were good and also it made everything more affective because of the language of it and the style of the novel and film. I liked it because it had lots of words that are used today and how they made different word for most of the words. Also with the shots there are so many different shot that make it affective.

Overall I found the outsiders one of the best films and novels I have ever read and watched because I had feel like I had a conation with the characters also I found that I liked the film better than the novel. Because I had more of an conation with everyone.

Jack Brosnan

The Outsiders Review

The Outsiders written by SE Hilton is about two completely different gangs. The Greasers are the lower class of society. They are poor and have a very hard life. The Greasers live on the east side of town. They are called the Greaser’s because of their long and greasy hair. The Socs or “Socials”, are the rich kids. They drive mustangs, wear white pants and are clean looking. The Socs live on the south side of town. The story is based around Ponyboy Curtis and his friend Johnny who are Greasers and the battle against gang rivalry and stereotyping that has classed them as bad boys. They are the first to get into trouble and the Socs  are always classed as good boys, even though the Socs do just as many bad things as the Greasers.  Ponyboy feels as though he is an outsider in society and he doesn’t fit in.

There are some similarities between the plots of the film and the novel but overall the film cuts out a lot of important scenes. The film and novel still have the same characters but the film doesn’t give us much background information on these characters.    The film focuses on the conflict between the Greasers and the Socs as well as the close knit friendship of the Greasers. The film and the novel both talk about the “newspaper hero”. The reason why Ponyboy, Johnny and Dallas Winston where in the newspaper is because they rescued children from a burning church. The headline was “Juvenile Delinquents Turn Heroes”.  The film doesn’t show how close Soda Pop and Pony Boy are in the novel.  The film ends when Dally gets killed it doesn’t show the last part of the novel when Pony boy goes back to school and failing then he writes a English assignment inspired by Johnny.  The film also doesn’t focus on the “sunsets “and the meaning of it and the saying to Johnny from Pony boy to “stay gold”. The novel really focuses on the friendship between the Greasers this is not really seen in the film. Therefore I like the novel better than the film because you get a better insight into the characters and their life

There are differences between the novel and the film is in the novel the Socs are on the west side of town and the Greasers are on the east side of town.   In the film the Socs live on the south side and the Greasers north side.     One of the stylistic elements I like about the novel is that Ponyboy is the narrator throughout the novel you get a detail description of the characters. This helps you understand the characters a lot more.  In the film you get to know very little about the characters.    Pony boy also talks in his own words using slang which helps us understand his perspective on life.    The novel starts with Pony Boy walking home from the movies and getting jumped by the Socs.  This part of the novel shows that the rivalry between the gangs is fierce and you don’t have to be doing anything for a fight to start.  It is completely missed in the film.   In the novel Ponyboy talks about Johnny being bashed by the Socs and the significance of the gold rings on the Socs.  In the film you see Johnny looking terrified when the Socs pull up beside them when they  are walking home from the drive in. You see Johnny’s eyes focus on the rings but you don’t know why unless you have read the novel. The film still focuses on Johnny and Pony boy but the film does not go into a lot of detail about their family life like the novel did.

In my opinion the novel is better as it really focuses on Ponyboy and is struggle with where he fits in society.  I didn’t like the movie as much as it wasn’t told by Pony boy and you missed out on a lot. Reading the novel you felt like you were in Ponyboy’s shoes.    In the novel you really got to know Ponyboy by him telling the story and how he really thought he was an outsider and was different to everyone else but really he is just an ordinary boy.

Jessica Turni's review

The Outsiders

The novel “The Outsiders” written by S. E Hinton in the year 1964 is a story based on two different social groups, the Greasers and the Socs who fight out their differences. The story is told from the perspective of PonyBoy Curtis, who is one of the main characters in “The Outsiders”. The novel goes into more detail of the themes of preserving childhood innocence, individual identities and different social groups. In 1983 a film was made of the novel, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, the film focuses more on the conflict between the social groups. There are some major differences between the novel and the film making the novel in my opinion more compelling and effective.

The film differs from the novel focusing more on the conflict between the Greasers and the Socs, leaving out some of the story line told in the novel. A point from the novel that was excluded was the court case, it explored the brother hood of the gang members, as Johnny tried to rescue Ponyboy and in return for taking the blame of the killing of Bob on himself. Another scene that was excluded was when Ponyboy smashes the glass bottle and threatens the Socs with it, this shows his childhood innocence fading away. Instead the film focuses on the events of Ponyboy and Johnny passing time at the church and the over dramatised shooting of Dallas. The detachment from the characters is compensated by the film with over dramatising of events.

The exploration of the characters and their relationships is a vital part of the novel but is only slightly touched upon in the film. In the novel Sodapop’s sensitivity was revealed in the description of the relationship with his horse, Mickey Mouse. In the film however, the sensitive side wasn’t portrayed to this extreme and the entire story of his horse was excluded. Although the story of Mickey Mouse was excluded the novel and the film described the relationship between the Greasers to the same extent. In the novel it was stated that Dally had an “unfortunate and mean face” whereas in the film his physical appearance was not what it explained to be in the novel, in fact he had a rather innocent face.

Stylistic features were used differently in regards to the perspective of the novel and film, while the sunsets/sunrises were used both in the novel and film. In the novel the story is described out of the perspective of Ponyboy, it gives you an insight on his feelings and thoughts, this is an effective technique as it makes one sympathise with Ponyboy. The reader is lead to understand Ponyboy’s point of view. This makes it a very emotional journey for the reader. On the contrary, the film tells this story from a third person’s perspective, making the viewer automatically more distant from the story. By leaving out parts of the journey and mainly focussing on the conflict between the Greasers and Socs, the viewer misses out on the emotional attachment. Both novel and film use the sunsets/sunrises to portray a time were characters reflect on the day before, when they show emotion and sensitivity, it especially shows the childhood innocence of Ponyboy fade away as he witnesses gang violence. The sunsets/sunrises in the novel and film don’t only represent emotion and sensitivity but also tranquillity and calmness, for example when Ponyboy and Johnny were at the waste ground looking up into the night sky.

In conclusion, the novel engaged readers significantly more, as it allowed readers to let their imagination play the story in their head. The novel builds an attachment to the characters and makes us more sympathetic towards them. Whereas the film excludes this emotional attachment as it omits the sensitivity of the characters, it tries to evoke these feelings by over dramatising the events.

The Outsiders

“The Outsiders” is a novel written by S.E.Hinton in 1965, published in 1966, and later made into a film in 1983, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The novel and film both follow a similar plot featuring the main character, Ponyboy’s, life as a Greaser. The plot describes the rivalry between two groups, the Greasers and the Socs.  Ponyboy meets Cherry, a member of the Soc’s which leads to the accidental killing of a Soc.  The heroic rescue of children from a house fire results in the death of his bestfriend Johnny. Conflict between the two groups finally results in a violent rumble and the shooting of a Greaser, Dally. Through these events Ponyboy comes to the realisation that gang violence and rivalry is pointless. The novel best conveys the story line because more depth is provided. I found the film to be rushed and left out some important scenes that gave significant background information. The novel leaves the reader with a much stronger understanding of the hopelessness of gang violence. It creates a much more emotional response than the film does. A minor theme of the plot is how difficult it is for a child in a dysfunctional family. Again, the novel is able to show this more vividly by making it more descriptive.

The plot of the movie differs from that of the novel as it focuses on the gang rivalry and the strong bond between Ponyboy and Johnny. In the novel, Ponyboy narrates the story and provides a broader perspective of the other characters. In the film, it is more based on Ponyboy and Johnny and doesn’t go into great detail and depth about the rest of the characters. In the novel, S.E.Hinton writes about Mickey Mouse, Sodapop’s horse and about Sodapop’s relationship with his girlfriend, the film doesn’t show this.

Understanding the characters is a very important part in any storyline. However, with “The Outsiders”, the film glosses over many of the character details and the relationships between them. This results in the viewer not knowing and understanding individual characters in the way the novel reader does. Dally’s death is much more emotional in the novel because the reader understands and has a better bond with him and feels more sympathy and devastation.

The use of sunsets as a motif differs in the film and novel. The novel goes into more depth on why sunsets are repeated and explains further how much Ponyboy loves and enjoys them. When the sunsets are used in the film it isn’t obvious and not a lot of attention is taken. At the drive-in movie Cherry and Ponyboy are talking about sunsets and more is said in the novel than film.

The novel elaborates more and gives better knowledge about characters; the film only gives a lot of information on Ponyboy and Johnny. Since there isn’t a lot of information provided on the other characters this means the audience isn’t able to form a bond with them.  Throughout the novel stylistic features and the storyline’s depth had profusion amounts of detail. S.E.Hinton wrote a very realistic and entertaining novel that captures problems in teens lives the film was also well put together but lacked some major extracts.

Bronte May Cummings review

The Outsiders Novel and Film review

‘The Outsiders’ was written by S.E Hinton, when she was only seventeen years of age. It was first published in Britain in the 1970’s. S.E Hinton wrote this novel - not based on her life – but what life was like in some of the suburbs of Tulsa, Oklahoma when she was that age. Then in 1983, directed by Francis Ford Coppola came the blockbuster hit ‘The Outsiders’. Both the film and the novel were brilliant but no one can beat a good book, the book contained so much detail and so much imagination was used while the film did an excellent job capturing most of S.E Hinton’s work. ‘The Outsiders’ was based on the conflict between two groups, the Greasers and the Socs, both from different ends of town. But the story revolves around a young greaser named Ponyboy Curtis. You follow his journey along with tragedies and friendships; it is a brilliant story.

The film successfully used most of the events that were in the novel but some small snippets were still left out. The climax of the film was the Church fire; the film used great detail from the book in this scene. An event that was left out of the film was the romance of Soda Curtis and his girlfriend Sandy. In the film they acknowledge this once when Soda mentioned that he was going to marry Sandy to Ponyboy, but that is the only acknowledgement of this during the film; in the book Soda and Sandy break up. Another scene which was left out of the film was the court case of Bob’s murder, it is not acknowledged in the film at all. But the scenes that were both in the book and movie were the murder of Bob, the film successfully visualised the scene exactly how it was in the book. The main focus of the film was the Church fire leading to Johnny’s death; it was the climax of the film. In the film the plot was more about fighting and the differences between the two groups, while the books plot is more about the friendships of the greasers and the life of Ponyboy Curtis.

In the film, the characters were exactly how I pictured them with their attitudes and looks. The film has successfully captured the descriptions from the novel. The Socs were described exactly how they acted, spoke and dressed. The Greasers look was perfect, they were dirty and looked poor, the film has captured the way that spoke and their attitude and even the way they walked. One of the main characters that were described differently was Dally. He was said to have an ‘unfortunate and mean face’ but Dally had a quite innocent and handsome face; his appearance in the film is much different from the novel. Dally’s attitude was different in the film as well, in the film he was more rude and had not much love in his heart. But in the novel there was more of a sensitive side to him. His feelings were described more in the novel. Pony boy’s feelings weren’t picked up as much in the film either, throughout the whole novel you knew exactly how Ponyboy felt.

The novel and the film both used great techniques to capture moments and symbolism. The novel had the best techniques for getting messages and symbolism across. It put you in the same perspective as Ponyboy; Ponyboy was always explaining how he felt which you couldn’t pick up in the film. Throughout the novel the language difference between the Greasers and the Socs was a huge difference, this symbolises that the greasers were un-educated unlike the Socs. In the film, shot types were a way to show emotion and tension during a scene. The scene in the movie where Ponyboy and Johnny were looking into the sunset, the camera angle showed both Ponyboy and Johnny looking the same way and both of them are being focused on. This symbolised how close the two were and how they still have their childhood innocence. There weren’t a lot of sensitive scenes in the movie unlike the book; the movie contained more violent scenes, where as the book contained a lot of scenes where the characters were bonding and spoke about their personal lives such as Ponyboy and Johnny.

Both the Novel and the film were amazing. The film got as close to the book as it could have, but nothing can beat the details of the book. The book focused more on the bonding of the Greasers and childhood innocence, while the film focuses on the fights and the problems between the Socs and the Greasers. The novel gave you the same feelings as the characters, it was in such great detail and had such realistic emotions, and the book captured great moments of sadness and friendship.

Elise Vanderreyden "The Outsiders" Film and Novel Review

“The Outsiders” Novel and Film Review

“The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton is a very emotionally moving novel. Hinton published the novel in 1967 when she was just 18 years old. The film was also made about the novel in 1983, directed by Francis Coppola. The plot of both the film and novel was based around a young adolescence named Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy was classed as a Greaser, a person that is poor and is regularly involved in fights with the Socs. He lived with his brothers as his parents had died 8 months earlier. Ponyboy was close with his friend, Johnny. After Johnny killed Bob, a soc, they both escaped to the country where they lived in a church for 3 weeks. Johnny broke his back while trying to save children from the church fire. A few weeks later, he died in hospital, leaving all his friends depressed. Dallas, a close friend, then later committed suicide from grief. The novel was focused around some main themes:

·         Preserving childhood innocence

·         Simplicity

The novel was more engaging and descriptive than the film.

The film left out some important points that helped shape the novel. It cut out some main parts where you could slowly see Ponyboy maturing, and focuses on the conflict between the greasers and the socs. In the novel, Ponyboy threatens the socs with a broken bottle, but then later states that he would have never really hurt them. This scene shows, even though Ponyboy has been through so much he still would not have harmed the greasers. Thus, the novel looks at Ponyboy’s emotional journey, while the film follows his friendships and fights.

Though the characters look and act the same way, there are some differences between the novel and film characters.  For example, Ponyboy is still portrayed to be young and innocent in comparison to other greasers. Cherry is still similar to Ponyboy in the fact that she enjoys watching sunsets. The film left out information on characters like Sodapop and Dallas. It didn’t connect with the characters enough or explain why they act the way they do. The emotions from all characters are important to let the audience know how and why everything is happening. For example, when Pony boy narrates his feelings it persuades the readers to feel the same way he does. Thus, the novel is more informative on the characters and their emotions.

The novel and the film both had to use stylistic features to gain the audiences attention. The novel uses:

·         Ponyboy’s perspective on what was happening

·         Motif representing parts of Ponyboy’s life

The film uses:

·         Camera shots and angles

·         Actors emotion

If these skills were not introduced into the the film or novel the audience would become disinterested in the plot.

Overall, the novel was more engaging for reader as it took them on the journey with all of the characters and through their hardships. The film was rough around the edges and was considerably harder to understand what was happening.

The Outsiders Literary Blog: By Georgina Utz

The Outsiders:

Literary Blog:

The general ideas of “The Outsiders”, both the written and cinematic version are, in fact, quite different by ways listed below. S. E. Hinton, author, wrote this novel based on the on her own experiences in the 1960’s, where the rich and poor of American towns fight out their differences in gangs. This is one of the main themes in both the film and the novel.

The cinematic version of “The Outsiders” differs from the novel, as it abolishes details that are relevant to the storyline of the novel, and instead focuses on the conflict between the gangs. Throughout the novel, Ponyboy Curtis narrates the story, which allows us, the readers, to hear his thoughts, feelings and perspective on events that happened throughout the storyline. While he narrates his story, Ponyboy is, unknowingly drawing the attention of the reader into his journey and, more importantly, his personal journey. In contrast, the characters of both film and novel differ greatly. In fact, in the film, we hardly see the characters that play a great role on the novel. For example, Soda’s relationship with his girlfriend and the story of Soda’s horse, Mickey Mouse, are hardly even mentioned in the film. Thus, the novel follows Ponyboy’s journey throughout a range of events that are more detailed than that of the film, as the film mainly focuses on the visual appeal of fighting and friendship.

Another point that was included in the novel but was excluded from the film was the court case at the end of the novel. The court case, in the novel, explored the mixed emotions of the closely knit gang of Greasers. In relation to the film, this is not even mentioned.

Symbolism in both the film and novel are very common. Both show the emotional side of the sunsets, as it associates with “staying golden” as Johnny says in his final letter to Ponyboy. Sunsets make multiple appearances in the novel. Another example of symbolism is the Greasers particular style of hair. This shows that they are committed to their closely knit group, and that they would do anything to protect their pride.

In conclusion, the Outsiders is a riveting and moving novel, more so than the dull and less emotional film. This can be seen by the differences shown, such as: the court case, the story of Mickey Mouse, and Soda himself. There were also a number of similarities, such as: the symbolism of sunsets, the classic Greaser hairstyle and many more. This is a novel that I shall recommend to the emotional readers.

Elliza Abbott The Outsiders!

THE OUTSIDERS

I have chosen the film as the best for conveying ideas. “The Outsiders” is based on the 60’s with the everyday dramas that went with it.  Even though the novel has more details with scenes, I liked the film a lot more. Watching the film feels more realistic then reading the novel with the exciting scenes this story has. This book was published in 1967, when the author (S.E Hinton) was only 16 years of age.

The plot of this film is about a gang of teenagers who lived in the 60’s, and their relationships with each other. The main character is Ponyboy, and how he has to live in a town with non- stop fighting going on with two brothers, which are greasers. Ponyboy gets into a lot of situations that he doesn’t want to be in, such as, big fights, arguments, and coming to near death situations.

Some similar characters in this novel and film are Ponyboy and Sodapop with their kindness; they are very loving to each other, also people and really show that they care for each other. Soda pop is Ponyboys older brother, Soda pop is his carer since their parents passed away. Some examples are when Darry hits and gets angry at Ponyboy for coming home late, And Sodapop stands up for Ponyboy telling Darry it was wrong what he did.

The stylistic features that are shown are the way that they act around eachother and the way they dress. For example; Socs are the rich kids that own designer clothes, get the rich and flash cars, and get the girls. Greasers are the poor youths that have greasy hair, dirty clothes, have cars that do not work, and live in the poorer part of town with the old houses.
Living back then many people would rather prefer to be a Soc then a poor, dirty greaser.

I chose the film for conveying the best ideas as the  film was definitely a lot more effective with the dramas that went on throughout. Each scene that was in the movie felt more than realistic, you gain a bond with the characters and become interested and curious about more dramas to come.  Also watching the film would give more of an understanding to the plot of this story, with the characters and dramas. This film has a very touching story line, which is most likely impossible to not enjoy.