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My Review Of The Outsiders
The Outsiders is a book written by a teenager about teenagers. The story is told through the eyes of a 14 year old boy named Ponyboy Curtis who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks with his two brothers Darrell and Sodapop.
The story takes place over a two week period that would forever change and shape his life. The novel is set in the 1960's in Oklahoma during a time when the two major socioeconomic classes for Ponyboy's peers were the wealthy Soc's and the Greasers.
This book is my favorite coming of age book and I read it several times while growing up. It deals with the changes and emotions one goes through during adolescence. Personal identity, heroism, peer pressure, innocence, family and belonging are all key issues that the characters of the Outsiders experience in this novel.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders
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According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world: greasers and socs. A soc (short for "social") has money, can get away with just about anything, and has an attitude longer than a limousine. A greaser, on the other hand, always lives on the outside and needs to watch his back. 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. The murder gets under Ponyboy's skin, causing his bifurcated world to crumble and teaching him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a greaser. This classic, written by S. E. Hinton when she was 16 years old, is as profound today as it was when it was first published in 1967.
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""Nothing Gold Can Stay" The famous line from a Robert Frost poem quoted in The Outsiders."
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Summer says:
The book moved me. I thought about a few things they did.I will carry that book for the rest of my life. 'iloved the book and movie they were both great.
Posted June 13, 2008
kristina says:
so good !
in the movie sodapop is a babe
Posted June 10, 2008
e says:
the book is so good&the movie makes you think..IT IS GREAT
Posted June 07, 2008
Luna says:
on a skale from 1-1000 i would have t give it a 1000!!!!!!!!!!
yhu people would be stupid not to love it!!!!!!!
Posted June 03, 2008
Tyler says:
it is a really great story! You should be a crazy not to love this book.
Posted June 02, 2008
christina strongh says:
i think it was kinda stupid
Posted May 05, 2008
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The best line ever:
"Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold." Johnny
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In 1983, Francis Ford Coppola's film of S.E. Hinton's novel struck a powerful chord with audiences, capturing the intense feelings of being caught between childhood and adulthood, and not belonging anywhere. Decades later, Coppola has revisited the film and reintegrated 22 minutes of character-enriching footage, including a new beginning and ending more true to the book. A rousing new rock-n-roll soundtrack featuring six songs from Elvis Presley and other music greats make this new version of The Outsiders one of movie history's great rediscoveries.
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The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel by Susan Eloise Hinton, first published in 1967 by Viking Press. Hinton was 15 when she began writing the novel, and 16 when it was published. The book follows two rival groups, the Greasers and the Socs (pronounced by the author "so-shes", short for Socials), who are divided by their socioeconomic status.
A film version was produced in 1983, and a short-lived television series appeared in 1989, picking up the story where the movie left off.
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- TeenArcher TeenArcher Feb 22, 2009 @ 6:09 pm
- ya the movie was like a total night sence movie in the review i gav it a 7.
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- daily daily Jan 27, 2009 @ 4:43 pm
- yes yes thay are lol have a good day [in reply to sam]
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- kewl kewl kewl kewl Jan 26, 2009 @ 8:31 am
- keeewwwwlllll
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- jordan renegar jordan renegar Dec 28, 2008 @ 2:21 pm
- this is definitely the best book i have ever read, i picked it up and didnt want to put it down, i loved it, great book
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- sam sam Dec 9, 2008 @ 6:35 pm
- i love this book dally and soda r hotttttttttttttttttttt
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- niki niki Dec 3, 2008 @ 9:17 am
- i think this book is the best book ever writtin.. me and my sister loved it and shortley after we read it we saw the movie and it was good to..this book is the only book i can read over and over and it is as good as the first time i read it........
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- REDNECKCHICK17 REDNECKCHICK17 Nov 19, 2008 @ 8:18 am
- THE OUTSIDERS WAS A GOOD BOOK BUT THE MOVIE SUCKED JUST A LITTLE BUT
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- KELLY KELLY Nov 19, 2008 @ 8:13 am
- OUTSIDERS ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THE BOK AND MOVIE
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- justherre4gude justherre4gude Nov 17, 2008 @ 7:14 pm
- dam you really dont know what your missing!![in reply to outsiders suck]
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- outsiders suck outsiders suck Oct 8, 2008 @ 8:31 pm
- this is a horrible book and movie.
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