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Summary: "Can it be longer?"
Review: In the final scene of this ground-breaking young adult novel, Ponyboy asked his English teacher, Mr. Syme, if the assigned theme could be longer than the required five pages. "Certainly, Ponyboy," replies Mr. Syme, "as long as you want it." As a teacher, the most thrilling aspect of Sue Hinton's book is her ability to depict that elusive truth--good writing comes from the gut. In other words, from your own experience. Ponyboy tried to write about his brother's horse, Mickey Mouse, but "I couldn't get it right; it always came out sounding corny." That relationship didn't belong to him, but to his brother, Soda. Eventually, he finds the words starting to flow when he writes "about something that was important to me." He remembers the three boys who had died during the past week. He was there. He was involved. He had been wounded by the experience. "And I decided I could tell people...." Ponyboy had found his voice.
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Summary: Heart Warming!
Review: I read this book a couple of weeks ago and immediately knew I had to see the movie. My english teacher gave it to my class as an assignment novel. I didn't think much of it. I just wanted to read it and get it over with. My teacher had told my class that once we picked the book up there was no way we'd be able to put it down. I thought she was bluffing, but after I started reading it I realized she wasn't! This book is heart warming and one of the best books I have ever read! It is definately my favorite book so far! I always said if a book made me cry...even once it was a good book. Well, this book made me cry about 3 times in two days. The main character and narrator, Ponyboy went through life altering moments! He was a greaser and proud of it! See, there were two types of people in town...the greasers, from the east side of town-the poor kids and the socs <<short for socials>> who were from the west side-the rich kids. Greasers and Socs did NOT get along and always ended up in fights- known as rumbles. The rumbles were always safe and never ended in anything drastic. Until one night, when Johnny <<one of the boys in the gang>> stabbed a soc and killed him. After that, they were on the run. Dally told them a good place to hide and so they went there. One day, the church they were hiding in burned down. Little kids were trapped in and Johnny and Ponyboy risked their lives to save them. Ponyboy came out alright, but Johnny wasn't so lucky. He broke his back and was going to be crippled for life, IF he made it. Dallas Winston <<Dally>> never loved anything, but after the BIG rumble that they beat the Socs in, Johnny died and Ponyboy finally realized that Dally did love something...Johnny. Afterward, Dally robbed a liquor store and was shot down by the cops and he instantly died. This story is heart warming, because it's not only about a rivalry or murder or violence, it's also about a boy trying to find a place where he could feel he belonged and wouldn't have to get pushed around. S.E. Hinton wrote this classical novel when she was sixteen and I guess that's why she captured the trials and tribulations of life as a teenager so well. At the end of this book, I don't know if anyone else who read it felt the same, but I felt like I knew the characters... personally. As if they were part of my gang and were all my friends! I recommend this book to anyone. Anyone who likes a story about hard times, friendships, loyalty and triumph...this book is a must-read!
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Summary: GREAT BOOK!!!!
Review: I love this book. I saw the movie a while ago but my english class had to read the book. I knew everything that was goin to happen but i learned a lot from the book more than what i learned from the movie. I'm 13 and i think THE OUTSIDERS is the best novel ever. It's about a boy named Ponyboy, who is also the narrator, who tells the reader all of the problems that go around living on his side of the town. See, he's a greaser (poor) Others on the other side of town are called the west-side rich kids or the socs. This is a great novel that shows a tight bond between a group, the greasers, and how ponyboy accepts himself for what he is.
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Summary: One of the best books out there
Review: This is one of the best books I have ever read, and I recommend this book for everyone.
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Summary: the outsiders
Review: I think that in this book, you can really identify with the main character. He may seem that he is really strong, but really he is a normal boy going through a lot of pain. I think that he is really brave becuase he lost his parents, and then he goes through a lot of trouble because of the death of the boy in the other "gang". I think that most of the time, Ponyboy was trying to hide al his pain, and I thought that was brave too becuase that is really hard. I think that this book has been one of the best books I have ever read becuase it is really real and it is serious. I would recommend this book to strong readers because sometimes it gets a little hard and confusing.
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Summary: Beautiful
Review: The prettiest book I have ever read is The Outsiders. This book is really touching, truly and utterly beautiful. I think it teaches everyone something. Weather its to stay away from alcohal or to value the people you are with when you are with them or both, thats for your judgement. I do know that anyone who reads this will like it because its deep and its real, and I really think it touches something inside of everyone. Its one of the best books I have ever read. The night I read it I cried. Not just because of sad parts, because there were equally wonderful scenes, but because of the time that must have been spent to write the novel in such rightness and fulfillment. My english teacher, who was looking to enrich my reading experience, gave me this to read, and I must admitt I only read it out of boredom late one Tuesday night, but I have to tell you. That was one of the best Tuesday nights I have ever spent in my life.
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Summary: The Outsiders
Review: I thought the Outsiders by S.E. Hinton was a great book. It was a little humorous and it showed realistic problems and how they're solved. But what I enjoyed most about the Outsiders is, it was a story of an everlasting friendship amoung adolesence. The Outsiders focused on two gangs, the Socs and the Greasers. The main character, Ponyboy, is different from the rest and is kind of caught in the middle. Throughout the story their alikes and differences are expressed. I recommend this book for teens. I recommend it for teens because teenagers could relate to the issues these characters face. I really enjoyed this book and I know people who can relate to problems in the book will enjoy it also.
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Summary: The Outsiders
Review: The Outsiders was the best book I have ever read. I don't like read alot and I know I am not the only one but this book was a little different I could not put it down. In the Outsiders Ponyboy comes home late one night and his older brother hits him. Ponyboy runs down to the park were Johnny was slepping.Five socs drive by and attack Ponyboy. They were trying to dround him when Johnny pulls out his switch blade and kills one of the socs. But my favorite part of the book was the rumble. The book was good but the had to much mushy stuff. I think that Ponyboy and Johnny got to soft, they could have been more like Two Bits. Othe then that the book was prety good. I think that every teen that likes fights and action would like this book the Outsiders
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Summary: The Outsiders
Review: The outsiders it's not only a great story and a great text, but also relates with problems of youth today, even though it was written in 1967. The reason why I gave this novel a 5 it's because reflects youth, problems and consecuences explained by a basic form of lenguage. I think S. E. Hinton did a fabulous job by writting this novel!
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Summary: The Outsiders
Review: This is a great book about a boy and his gang.Ponyboy and his two brothers are just trying to survive on the wrong side of town after his parents were killed in a car crash almost a year ago.They are part of a gang called the "greasers" by the rich kids from the other side of the town.In a nightly battle between two greasers, (Ponyboy and his friend Johnny,) and four rich kids (the Socs,)one of the rich kids is killed. Now Johnny is on the run and takes Ponyboy along.What new adventures and tradgedies will they face in the future? I really like this book because it tells how hard life can be to young people today.It also shows how fast peoples lives can change.
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