Essays on The Outsiders

Can there ever be a balance between conformity and individuality? Can a society ever be perfect in which all minorities get along? In a society, where greasers and socs live that is not possible. Ponyboy, the youngest of the Curtis brothers, has a hard time…

The characteristics of an outsider can be limitless. Both Alan Bennett and Muriel Spark explore the concept of the outsider in The History Boys and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Throughout the play and novel, different characters, like Hector, Miss Jean Brodie, Posner, Mary,…

The Outsiders is a young adult fiction that plays the role of many adolescent characters and shows what teenagers from a different day an age were like. With the book being published in the year 1967 and the major differences and changes within society itself,…

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, a novel which tells the story of the conflict between two rival gangs, Greasers and Socs, captures the voice of ponyboy and his friends to talk about stereotype threats. In Ponyboy’s role as the narrator and main character in the…

Hero. This word is mentioned a lot, but what makes a person a hero? Is being a hero only saving the world from villains trying to enslave the humans, or can it be a small act of kindness? Could it be both? Yes, a hero…

Outsider review into Stephen King’s new book. Yep all 500 pages every single word, and oh boy he really wrote a lot. I liked it didn’t love it but liked it. This book definitely doesn’t deserve a movie but it’s a decent read. My thoughts:…

Gangs, the Street, and Labelling Theory in The Outsiders Youth crime is a hot topic in society; when young people are involved in any type of crime, news outlets are quick to report it (Minaker & Hogeveen 5). Even entertainment outlets use the phenomenon of…

From looking at the two gangs, the Greasers and the Socs, in the book The Outsiders, it is safe to say that the Greasers were the true disgrace and menace to society. The Greasers were able to show this from their looks, their behavior, and…

Last week, James Lull’s “Hegemony” and Stuart Hall’s “Deconstructing the Popular” discussed how dominance is asserted over other cultures, both actively and passively. As I mentioned in my response last week, Lull tends to favor a more passive model of hegemony, while Hall describes the…