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Book Report: Curtis Essay, Research Paper


Book Report On The


Outsiders


Author: S.E. Hinton Character Analysis: Ponyboy Curtis -


Ponyboy is a fourteen-year-old member of a gang called the


Greasers. His parents died in a car accident, so he lives alone


with his two older brothers, Darry and Soda. He is a good


student and athlete, but most people at school consider him a


vagrant like his Greaser friends. Sodapop Curtis – Soda is


Pony’s handsome, charming older brother. He dropped out of


school to work at a gas station, and does not share his


brothers’ interest in studying and sports. Darrel Curtis – The


oldest of the Curtis boys, Darry is also the acknowledged


leader of the Greasers. Johnny Cade – Johnny is Pony’s


closest friend and the gang’s pet. They are especially


protective of him since he is smaller than the rest, his father


beats him, and he is afraid to walk the streets alone after being


attacked by a group of Socs. Cherry Valance – Cherry is from


the richer part of town and associates mainly with the Socs,


but she befriends Pony and the other Greasers and gives them


information about the Socs. Bob Gardner – Bob is Cherry’s


boyfriend. Johnny murders Bob to stop him from killing


Pony. Dallas Winston – A member of the Greasers, Dally has


spent time in prison. He helps Johnny and Pony by telling


them to go to Jay Mountain to hide out and by giving them


money. Two-Bit Mathews – The Greasers’ oldest member. He


acts like a mentor or mascot to the Greasers. Steve Randle -


Soda’s best friend and another member of the Greasers.


Summary: The Outsiders is a coming-of-age story about a


group of boys engaged in a dangerous feud with the wealthier


residents of their town. The narrator, Ponyboy Curtis, is a


teenager who lives alone with his two brothers. He is


interested in academics and sports, but does not receive the


same respect and treatment granted to the wealthier kids, who


belong to a different gang called the Socs. Pony has long hair,


which he greases; he knows that people consider him a


juvenile delinquent based on his appearance. Pony is not


content with his situation; he worries that his brother does not


want to take care of him and constantly fears attacks by the


Socs. Things get much worse, however, when he and his


friend Johnny go to a park late at night. The Socs attack them


there and dunk Pony’s head in a fountain, long enough to


make him unconscious and almost drown him. When he


wakes up, he realizes that one of the Socs is dead, and that


Johnny killed him. The two boys run away with the help of


their friend Dally, who tells them to go to an abandoned


church on Jay Mountain. They hide out for a week, and then


Dally comes to find them. Johnny wants to go back to turn


himself in, but as they head

back to the church they see that it


has caught fire. A group of schoolchildren is there on a field


trip, and a few of the children remain locked inside the burning


church. Pony and Johnny break the window and rescue the


children as the fire spreads. Pony is able to climb back out,


but Johnny is hit with a piece of falling timber and burned


severely. The boys are written up as heroes in the newspaper,


even though they are still wanted for murder. Johnny is badly


injured and will never walk again, if he lives. Meanwhile the


Greasers are scheduled to fight the Socs. The Greasers win


the fight, and Dally and Pony go to the hospital to tell Johnny


the good news. He dies during their visit. Dally runs off


heatedly, and later calls Pony’s house to say that he has


robbed a store and is being chased by the police. They go to


meet him, but watch him pull a gun on the cops and fall back


and die as they fire at him. Pony moves on with his life, after


being acquitted in the Soc’s murder case. He is never the


same, however, and the memories of past events still haunt


him. Finally, as an assignment for English class, he writes


down the story of what happened. Final Analysis: The


Outsiders is a story of rebellion, youth, and heroism. It


focuses on an endless, senseless conflict between two groups


of young people and the problems that result. Its main


character, Ponyboy, watches his world slowly fall apart as the


battle between the groups rages around him. The use of a


first-person narrator gives the reader a sense of belonging to


the greasers, encouraging sympathy for their struggle.


Ponyboy is a strong, sensitive, intelligent young person who


cares very deeply about his friends and brothers. He often


faces danger, and what he wants most is a sense of security


and stability. Instead, events spiral towards an inevitable


tragedy, and Ponyboy must accept his own powerlessness.


The Greasers are young men who refuse to accept the


subordinate position that society has given them. The Socs


mock the Greasers and the adults in town overlook them:


rather than accept their status and live in peace with the


wealthier citizens of town, the Greasers seek respect and


rebellion. They are proud, strong-willed people who know


they deserve better. The result is a life of constant conflict and


ever-present danger. At the end of The Outsiders, Pony is


transformed from greaser into a writer. He learns to express


his resentment and anger through more creative means, no


longer resorting to violence. He is able to share his story with


an authority figure, his English teacher, who does not belong


to his crowd. The universal message of The Outsiders is that


peace can come through understanding, communication, and a


willingness to move beyond violence to resolve conflicts.

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