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Summary: The Outsiders Book Review
Review: After reading the book, The Outsiders I have noticed a few little things that make this particular story interesting. Although, it is hard for me to relate to this book mainly bacause I have yet to experience some of the things in the book. For example, being in a gang, gettting involved in gang fights, and having your parents die in a car accident.
Ponyboy Curtis is the main character and also the narrator of the story. Ponyoby belongs to a group of low-class kids in Oklahoma who call themselves the Greasers, because they all have greasy long hair. Their rivals are the Socs, which is short for socials. The Socs and the Greasers are always picking fights with each other's group and there is never any peace.
Some of the other main characters in the story include Sodapop who is a charming high-school dropout, Darry who is Ponyboys oldest brother and who has taken care of him since his parents died in a car accident. The rest of the crew is Johnny, and Dally who has a long criminal record, Steve who is Sodapop's best friend and last but not least there is Two-Bit, the oldest and funniest group member.
My favorite part of the book was when Ponyoby realizes that he has to make up with Dally and change his lifestyle. The worst part of the book to me was when Johnny dies. Johnny was a real close friend to Ponyboy and would never did a thing to hurt anyone. I cannot really relate to anyone in this book but if I had to I think it would be Johnny, because I see myself as a pretty good friend.
After reading the book, The Outsiders, I have realized how good of a book it was. I would recommend this book to any one who is a teenager and who also likes the story line of a book like "West Side Story" because these two books are similar in many ways. In the book The Outsiders, my favorite character was Ponyboy. Ponyboy Curtis was my favorite character because you could watch him develop over the entire book from a fighter, to a kid who has seen too many people who he loved die during his young life. His many experiences have made him realize that life is too short and enjoy it while you can.
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Summary: DH Miller Place
Review: The Outsiders
The book I have read was called The Outsiders by: S.E. Hinton. This is one of those books that once you start reading it you can't put it down. Just because it is fiction doesn't mean it couldn't happen!!!
This book was about three Curtis brothers Darry (age -20),
Sodapop (age- 16 going on 17), and Pony boy (age-14). There parents were killed in a car accident. The three boys can only stay together if they behave. There are two groups the Socials aka. Socs (wealthy kids) and the Greasers (poor people or not as rich as the Socs.). The Curtis boys are the Greasers. When Soda was 12 going on 13 his hobby was horseback riding and he loved a horse named Mickey Mouse and this horse would not let anyone ride and was very mean to everyone except Sodapop. Soda used to go to the stable everyday just to ride him and he could spend hours there because he cut school so he could work to help pay the bills. Darry also works many hours to pay for food and pay the bills. But still finds the time to go to school and play football and work out to keep his nice build.
Johnny is the child of alcoholic, abusive parents. Since his parents do not pay much attention to him, Johnny sees the greasers as his true family. In particular Dallas is the most protective of him. Johnny was once beaten up really bad by the Socs. and is now terrified of them. One day Johnny, Two-Bit Mathews (real name is Keith; he is a wisecracking greaser who regularly shoplifts. He prizes his sleek black-handled switchblade.), Dallas, and Ponyboy went to a movie. They had met two girls Sherry Valance (but her friends called her Cherry b/c of her red hair, she is a Soc and Bob Sheldon's girlfriend) and Marcia (Randy's girlfriend, and also a Soc.). They were there only because their Boyfriends were drunk and they didn't like to see them like that. Johnny, Two-Bit, and Ponyboy went over to go sit down and they started talking. Ponyboy and Cherry found out they have a lot in common. Dallas drove Johnny, Ponyboy, Two-Bit, Marcia, and Cherry home in his T-Bird. When they were driving they noticed the blue car drive by and Marcia and Cherry noticed it was the Socs. car, they started to get very nervous. Then when Dallas had stopped the car the Socs. had come back around and Randy and Bob had come over to the car because they thought they had seen their girlfriend in the car. Randy had asked why they were hanging out with the Greasers and Marcia said "because you were drinking and I don't like to see you like that." Then Marcia and Cherry got out of the car and told the greasers that she would see them later. Johnny and Ponyboy had laid down to look at the sunset and they feel asleep. When Johnny had woken up he saw that Ponyboy was still sleeping he had woken him up and told him to go home. When Ponyboy had gotten home he had realized that he was extremely late. Darry was waiting there ready to yell at Ponyboy. When he opened the door Darry let him have it....Sodapop tried to stop them but it wasn't going to work. Darry got so mad that he hit Ponyboy! Ponyboy had never been hit and he got so upset that he turned around and ran back to where he and Johnny were laying. Darry felt bad and tried to get him come back, but Ponyboy just kept running. He got back to Johnny and Johnny had asked what was wrong and Ponyboy had explained the whole thing to him. Ponyboy thought that if they went for a walk around the park he could go home. This is where disaster strikes them.....You will have to read the rest and find out what happened!
This book is very interesting and I can relate to some parts. Just remember your friends will fight and defend you if they're real friends. This book has affected me by letting me see what it is to have a really bad life. I advise you that you should ask your parents to set a guideline and lay down the rules because when you get too much freedom things can go wrong! *****Have Fun!*****
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Summary: The Outsiders
Review: S.E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders is one of the best books I have ever read. This is one of Hinton's many novels. It is fictional story about a boy named Ponyboy, his brothers, and his fellow buddies. Ponyboy is 14 years old and is trying to make it in the life he has to live. Ponyboy and his fellow greasers (friends) have run-ins with the socs (rich kids from the west side). There are many chains of events that lead up to three boys dead and Ponyboy confused.
S.E. Hinton is a magnificent writer, and she was only 16 when she wrote this story. All the words flow together so perfectly. Hinton is a smart, funny, and serious writer. She shows the rough tuff sides to a gang, and also the sensitive side.
Hinton didn't really go into the description to the town as much as the characters. I like that about her. With her writing she makes you feel like you are pulled into the story. The characters seem so real. All the characters have a rough side, and some have a softer side too. Ponyboy, Johnny Ponyboy's best friend, Soda his brother, and well everyone except for Dally who was first jailed when he was 10. This book goes into their feelings just not their thoughts.
I would recomend this book to anyone from 8th grade through high school students. This book touches anyone from ages 14-20, and I think anyone will have a great time reading this book. If I had to recomend a book to someone I would tell them to read The Outsiders. This book is the best one I've read and probably will read by far. I laughed, got watery eyes, and could not put this book down. Once you start reading you won't be able to put it down either, so what are you waiting for.
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Summary: The best book ever
Review: I have decided: this is the best book ever. I have never read such a heart warming story in all my life. I cried so hard, and laughed, every emotion imaginable was shown on my face while reading this book. My father recommended this book to me, and i was reluctant at first, but i read it and i never put it down.
This story is about Ponyboy Curtis, a greaser, who can rely only on his buddies for support. The socs are always there to bring a knife to their necks, and will. He and his buddy, Johnny cake, are sleeping in the park, when a bunch of socs come to get them. And just for self defense, Johnny kills one of them. Then they are on the run.
I am not going to tell anymore, that would take away the fun of reading it. So, please, if you want to read a book that you will never forget, read the Outsiders, you won't regret it.
There is also a movie based on the book, which i love, and you will too, just read the book first.
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Summary: The Outsiders
Review: The Outsiders is about a boy named Ponyboy curtis and his brothers Darry and Sodapop. Their parents died form a car crash, a couple of years ago, so Darry the oldest brother and Sodapop the Middle child take care of eachother. This is a very good book, and it teaches you alot about life and family.Ponyboy is a greaser, and he's always been proud of it, even willing to rumble against a gang of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers--until one terrible night when his friend Johnny kills a soc, they find themselves running from the cops and disguiseing themselves.
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Summary: The Outsiders
Review: The Outsiders, a fiction story by S.E. Hinton, is a novel with feuding rivalry between two gangs in a town throughout the story. "The Greasers", the tough guys from the east side of town who always need to watch their backs, and the "Socs", short for "socials", the preppy rich boys from the west side of town. The narrator and main character of the novel is a 14-year-old who lives with his two older brothers, Soda and Darry. His name is Ponyboy. Ponyboy lives under strict rule of his brothers, and is always paranoid of getting jumped by a soc. There are seven other greasers who are considered brothers of Ponyboy. They all watch out for each other throughout the story and through the feuding with the Socs.
I recommend this book to anyone who likes adventures and friendship. S.E. Hinton made this book very easy to read and comprehend by using simple vocabulary to describe intense situations. My favorite part of the book is when Ponyboy is jumped by the Socs in the beginning because it is an exciting scene and makes it really easy for you to get into the book early.
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Summary: The Outsiders
Review: ... The book that I will be reviewing is The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. This book was outstanding in more ways than one. First off S.E. Hinton was only 16, yes I said 16 when she wrote this book. That amazing fact is the reason that I chose this book and boy am I glad I did. Once I started this book it was amazing how hooked I was on it. Every free minute I had I put in to reading this book.
The book starts off talking about two gangs, the Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers are poor kids who wear leather and slick their hair back with gel. The Socs are the exact opposite. They are rich kids who drive really nice, expensive cars and where nice clothing. They have many fights but one fight it went to the extreme. "I KILLED THAT BOY" is the remark of a greaser named Johnny. Although he was acting in self defense, him and Pony boy Curtis (the main character) run away to another toewn and they stay in a cabin until things calm down. This event is the set up of many events to come. Such as a rumble is set up. A rumble is a gang fight. All these events keep you asking why Greasers and Socs are so different and why can't they get along. After all they are both humans and nothing makes one superior to the other.
All in all I think that any teenager who reads this book will like it, probably love it. I know that now I will read more of S.E. Hinton's books because if she wrote this when she was 16 then I cant imagine how good of a writer that she is now. I'm glad that is chose this book!
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Summary: It's ok
Review: IM NOT GOING TO SAY I LOVE THE STORY IT'S KINDA LAME PONYBOY WAS REALLY OBNOXIOUS HE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT ANYONE BUT HIMSELF THE STORY IS NOT SO BAD I JUST DIDN'T LIKE THE MAIN CHARACTER HE DOESN'T APPRECIATE WHAT HIS OLDER BROTHER IS DOING FOR HIM HE WANT'S HIM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNIES HE DIDN'T HAVE BUT PONYBOY JUST DOESN'T GET IT.
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Summary: The Outsiders
Review: The Outsiders The Viking press, i80pp.,$6.99
S.E. Hinton ISBN 0-14-038572
Have you ever experienced being in a gang? Knife fights, rumbles, beer blasts. If you want to, this is book you need to read. One book of the many written by S.E. Hinton, this one is the best and most exciting. Ponyboy is a fifteen year old kid that grows up in a gang with his two brothers, (Darry and Sodapop). His dad left them and the mother past away. They go through some rough times, fights, the Cops, and anything you can imagine. Ponyboy is walking home and gets jumped by three Socs and they beat him up pretty good. They almost slit his throat. Being the youngest brother and one of the youngest gang members is a hard thing to do. But Ponyboy seems to put up with it pretty well. Ponyboy, and his good friend jonny, decided to sleep in the alley and had a smoke in the park. A blue mustang pulled up. It was the Socs. What happens next.......read the book to find out.
I loved the book. Once you start reading it is hard to stop. It is so exciting and it has so many cliffhangers. If I had to rate this book, I would give it a 5. This book is great and I think you should read it. Alex Encarnacion
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Summary: Horrible
Review: Was S.E. Hinton kidding herself. This book is a joke. It is so stupid. I would not recommend it to anyone. The characters are mandated to seem so cool. They think their cool because they murder and steal and smoke. It is a real American Joke!
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