OUTSIDERSS.E. HINTON

MARCH 25, 1967COMING OF AGE

3rd periodCamille S.

SETTING

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here were lots of settings in the book, but the one that

most appealed to me was the abandoned church house.

Ponyboy described it as a hard stone floor and gives him

the creeps. The church has a back porch type stairs as

described in the book. Later in the book the church burns

down in a fire.

CHARACTERS

Character Physical Characteristics

Adjectives of Personality

Text Evidence /Explanation of Adjectives

Ponyboy Brownish almost red hair

sensitive When Darry slapped him cause he came home late he started to cry cause nobody in his family had ever slapped him before

Greenish grey eyes

caring He jumped into a burning church to save kids

Hair is long and greasy

poetic Him and Johnny were laying down in the lot when Ponyboy broke out in a poem

Johnny Big black eyes kind Let Ponyboy sleep on his legs even though after a while his legs started to hurt

Tanned face heroic Sent Ponyboy out of the burning church before he got out

Thickly greased hair and shaggy bangs

Funny Told Ponyboy to stay gold

CONFLICT

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he conflict would be the hatred between the socials

(socs) and the greasers. The greasers are the poor

laid back type of people. The socials (socs) are the

rich, rude, party people as described in the book.

SUMMARY OF PLOT

On his was home from the movie where he met a girl named Cherry . He

stayed out to late and when he got home his oldest brother Darry slapped

him. He went down to the lot where a guy named Rob came and shoved

Ponyboy in a water fountain and Ponyboy started to drown. So Johnny

kills him with a switchblade. Johnny and Ponyboy runaway and doesn’t

tell anyone where they are going but Dallas/Dally. The place they are

staying at is a abandoned church out in the country. One day when they

were out the church burns down and children are stuck inside so

Ponyboy, Johnny, and later Dallas go inside to save them. Ponyboy and

Dallas get out with only minor burns and scratches but Johnny has a

broken back and they are all rushed to the hospital. Eventually Johnny

dies and because of this Dallas commits suicide.

THEME

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he difference between the socials (socs) and the greasers

T

ext Evidence 1: “how’d you like that haircut to begin below the chin” chapter

1

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ext Evidence 2: “ things are rough all over “ chapter 2

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ext Evidence 3: “ you cant win, even if you whip us. You will still be where

you were before – at the bottom. And we will still be the lucky ones with all

the breaks” chapter 7

POINT OF VIEW

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he Outsiders is told in 1st person which means

Ponyboy is the one who tells the story. If it were told

in 3rd person a narrator would be telling the story not

Ponyboy. The book would be different because you

wouldn’t get as much details if a narrator was telling

the story.

SYMBOLISM

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he struggle between the Socials (socs) and the

Greasers. The people who have money and the

people who don’t have money.

RECOMMENDATION

I

would recommend this book to the type of people

who like action. It was a really good book and I

would read it again

THANKS FOR WATCHING!

I

hope you enjoyed my

PowerPoint on The

Outsiders