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Summary: I Could Really Relate
Review: I had to read this book in my eighth grade English class and I really didn't enjoy it at first. I was bored and decided to read ahead. I soon found myself drawn into the book. All of the characters are so extensive and real. I was amazed that S.E. Hilton was able to write this book at the age of 16. By the end of the book, I had to fight back tears. The casual language and potent imagery portrayed by Hilton made me feel like I was there with the Greasers. I felt a special tenderness for the family relationship that existed between Pony, Soda, and Darry. I am the oldest and I know if anything happened to my parents, I would feel that same need that Darry felt to protect and provide for my two younger sisters.
The Outsiders is an excellent book and S.E. Hilton is able to relate to many different people on so many levels.
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Summary: The socks are back for revenge.
Review: The Outsiders was an intense book. It was an intense book because there was fighting. In the book I had pity for Pony Boy. I had pity for him because he had two good friends that where like brothers to him. There were two parts of the city, one for rich and one for the poor. Rich people always were the people that got what they wanted. The poor people got treated like dirt. So to get even they would fight. At the end they had a intense rumble.The rumble is a no rule fight. The rich people drove mustangs and the poor people walked. They called poor people greasers and rich people socks. To see who wins this rumble and to see what happens next, read this book.
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Summary: The Outsiders
Review: The book was more realaistic than other's books and how some people can relate to it. It more realistic because it's The Greaser's against The Socs, and in real life it's kids vs. kids or kid vs. adult or even adult vs adult.
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Summary: Review for the Outsiders
Review: Ponyboy is a kid who is called a "greaser". A greaser is a poor, rough, and street-living person. They usually get picked on by socs (short for "socials") which are rich and spoiled. One day, Ponyboy's friend kills a greaaser and the police are after them. There is only a little chance they would run away succesfully. Can they actually escape?Read the book to find out!
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Summary: my thoughts
Review: Hi there,
I am 43 years old, I read "The Outsiders" when I was 15...
and I've read it at least 20 times over the years....I have the origional book I received in highschool and it looks it's age...
the pages are yellowed, some torn and the cover only particially there...two years ago my daughter gave me a new edition of the book...and I will cheerish both forever....
There is alot of feeling jumping of the pages...it felt so real...it is alot like stories we hear on the news daily....great reading...thank-you pattiesuek
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Summary: The Outsiders
Review: What I thought of this book was really in the the average above. It had some ups and downs, but I really like the book. The book is about family problems and differences between the Socs and Greasers. Ponyboy, main character, has to face many difficult challenges with family and friends. Most of all he has to try to resolve their differences with the Greasers and the Socs. Read on to find the adventure of Ponyboy and his buddies...This is a really great book!
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Summary: Outside
Review: I think that the book was excellent S.E Hinton shows a lot of voice and character. The book descirbes about a boy Ponyboy Curtis on how he is a "Greaser"
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Summary: The only book
Review: I would reccomend this book to anyone of any age. This is the only book I have ever read that has made me cry. This is saying a lot because I love to read and have read sevral books that fall into the "sad" catagory such as Gone With the Wind and A Walk to Remember. I didn't cry at all during these (although I will admit they are sad), but I cried SO hard during The Outsiders. It's a book about finding yourself, your friends, and how life really is.
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Summary: great book
Review: this is a great book. an even better movie. VERY CUTE GUYS IN THE MOVIE! rent it. now!
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Summary: A Struggle Between Social Classes
Review: Author Bio: S.E. Hinton was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was influenced to write novels like The Outsiders because she wasn't satisfied with the literature that was available for young adults. It was her first novel and it gave her a lot of publicity and fame. It was published in 1967. S.E. Hinton is a very private person and feels uncomfortable talking about her personal life. she's married and has one son. Her favorite hobby is horse-back-riding. Annotation: Ponyboy and his friend Johnny are walking the streets late one night. Some rich gangsters, known as the Socs, decide to pick a fight with Ponyboy and Johnny. Johnny kills one of the gangsters. Ponyboy and his friend Johnny run away with the cops after them. They stash themselves in an abandoned church in another city. With little money and few supplies will the two kids survive? Evaluation: In a small town there are those people known as the "Greasers" who are poor and live on the east side. Ponyboy, his two older brothers and their friends are considered "Greasers." They always get into fights with the rich kids that live on the west side and are known as the "Socs." The real life situations really hit home when Darry, Ponyboy's oldest brother, slaps his him across the face over an argument. Ponyboy ends up running away with his best friend Johnny into the woods. They run into some "Socs" and get into a brawl. Johnny ends up killing one of the "Socs." The two kids had to escape, so they make a run for it out of town. They hide in an abandoned church just outside of town. They stay there for a little and eventually decide to return home. In the process they observe several kids accidentally burn down the church. Ponyboy and Johnny rescue the kids, but in the process Johnny breaks his back and is taken to the hospital. After a major rumble between the "Socs" and "Greasers," Ponyboy races to the hospital in time to see his best friend die. With this death the tension between the two social classes begins to diminish. Ponyboy remains home to stay with his brothers Darry and Sodapop. It is really touching to see how two older brothers look after a younger brother, but can they keep their differences aside?
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