This book is, for me, in its own strange way an embodiment of the American dream. Hinton, you should. One that will make you grateful for what you have and motivated to work to get what you want. In an unbelievably uncliche kind of way. This book is a classic! Loved it! I just watched Gone With the Wind this week for the first time.
Like you, I thought that I had a good idea of what it was about especially after watching Carol Burnett spoofs on it when I was younger , but I really didn't have a clue. There's nothing like experiencing the real thing. I absolutely loved this story. Its a great book for people of all ages. I agree with Camille that you need to rent the movie. Yep, the movie never fails to make my weepy. And I'm so glad you got around to this one.
I love it so. This was my absolute favorite book of 8th grade, and it has remained a favorite every since. I totally had a crush on Soda, even before I knew that Rob Lowe played him in the movie. I'm pretty sure that wasn't the point, but I was 13, so I should probably be excused. I do remember reading a followup though, and I threw it across the room. I read this for the first time as an adult too and was blown away.
I remember it made me cry, but I can't remember why. Those brothers cared about each other and their friends and they would have done almost everything in order to help them! Darry, the oldest of those three brothers, broke my heart as well. I mean their parents were dead and he had to look after his two younger brothers. He got a job and looked after them and this alone makes him a hero in my eyes. Who knows; if Johnny and Dallas would have had such family ties they probably would have never even ended up where they did in the end.
I felt the tension growing inside of me and I knew something had to happen or I would explode. The only three people who truly question their situation are Pony, Johnny and Randy. In one way or the other they are all tired of fighting and try their best to get out of that vicious cycle — some more effective than others. I think this book is such a damn good example for humanity. They have their problems and troubles too and there is always a reason why they leash out at others, why they act in a certain way.
We ought to be able to stick together against everything. Not all of it, but most of it anyway. This book will make you think and feel and it will continue to do so even after you finished reading the last page. View all comments. Read for the third time for my YA class in grad school!
I've read it twice before - once on my own in and once for my undergrad YA lit class in Despite knowing what I was getting going in, the novel still holds up, and I can't wait to examine it more deeply in class! View all 14 comments. I have watched this movie over and over when I was younger and I still have it today and love it just as much.
And the book was so close to the movie it is almost unreal. Maybe it was due to the fact that S. Hinton was on set helping with the movie, I really don't know. I just love that I can read a book and watch a movie and there not be t I have watched this movie over and over when I was younger and I still have it today and love it just as much. I just love that I can read a book and watch a movie and there not be that many things different. Ok, there will be. This is a remarkable story of people from different sides of the tracks.
The greasers the poor boys and some girls and the socs the rich kids This story is told from the greasers side which is awesome because I really don't care about the socs! These boys all looked out for each other in the best ways they could. Even if they were dirt poor, they did what they could for each other. They had fun times getting in rumbles with the socs, most all of them loved to fight. It was like getting set loose in a candy store. Most of the beginning of the story revolves around Ponyboy and Johnny.
They are the best of friends and poor Johnny seems to have it bad no matter which way he turns. His parents treat him bad, he sleeps outside most of the time and he got a very bad beating from the socs. That's what they do, cruise around and find a greaser or two alone and gang up on them. They damn near beat Johnny to death and all of the other friends always rally around him and try to protect him from things. Until one tragic night Ponyboy and Johnny get attacked by a group of socs AGAIN, but this time Johnny stabs and kills the jerk that beat him so bad before.
They were trying to drown Ponyboy. They have to run to Dallas to help get them out of town. Because that's what friends do, they hang out and help each other if they are in trouble. Dallas tells Ponyboy and Johnny to hop on this train and go to a town and stay in an abandoned church until things die down and he would come up there.
He gives them money and a gun. Johnny buys them food and hair dye for Ponyboy which he hates and he also gets "Gone With The Wind" for Ponyboy because he has always wanted to read it. I thought that was so nice of him and he picked a really great book. Ponyboy spent time reading the book to his friend when they weren't playing cards to pass the time.
At one point Dallas shows up and tells them some things and takes them out to eat. The boys decide they are going to turn themselves in but when they get back to the church, it's on fire and there are a couple of people and a bunch of children huddled around it.
When the boys get there they find out some of the kids are inside and Ponyboy and Johnny being the good guys that they are go in after them.
Of course Dallas is yelling for them to get back out! Needless to say they get the kids to safety but Dallas and Ponyboy get a little hurt in the process. Johnny gets messed up bad. It's always Johnny! He always just wanted to be normal for shite's sake! The people thought they were heroes which is truly what they were. He burned one arm pretty badly, though, trying to drag the other kid out the window. Johnny, well I don't know about him.
A piece of timber caught him across the back--he might have a broken back, and he was burned pretty severely. He passed out before he got out the window. They're giving him plasma now. First you and the black-haired kid climbing in that window, and then the tough-looking kid going back to save him. O'Briant and I think you were sent straight from heaven. Or are you just professional heroes or something? Had he gotten a good look at Dallas?
I was too worried and scared to appreciate the fact that he was trying to be funny. Johnny isn't doing so well in the hospital and Dallas and Ponyboy are really afraid for him.
Dallas breaks out of the hospital on the night of the rumble to fight for Johnny. He was so happy after the fight that he grabbed Ponyboy and rushed back to the hospital to tell Johnny they had won.
Even though, they didn't know it at the time, they got to spend the last few minutes with Johnny before he died. It was so sad, I cried a river. I knew what was going to happen but it doesn't matter, I cried the river. Dallas goes nuts of course and runs off. Ponyboy is in a daze when he gets home and tells everyone that Johnny is dead and that Dallas ran off.
They are all sad of course and worried what Dallas is going to do. And then they get the call that Dallas robbed a store and the police are after him so they go to meet up with him. But when they get to him the stupid cops killed him.
And I think he wanted that really because he pulled an unloaded gun on them. Maybe it's just my thoughts but I feel like he called the guys because he did want to live in a way but he was so messed up with Johnny dying after all that poor kid had been through, that he wanted to die himself.
Of course I cried and cried at that as well. So, Ponyboy is trying to cope with two of his friends dying in one night. He doesn't do very well and is sick for quite some time. This book really made me have some feels.
Like I said before I have watched the movie a million times but as an adult, reading the book put more things into perspective. This is the second book that I have read lately that has made me want to change some things in my life. At least some of the things that I can and that is one of the many things I love about reading. View all 27 comments. Shelves: in , disaffected-youth , day-book-challenge , classics , , ya , stay-gold-ponyboy-stay-gold. Stay gold, Ponyboy.
Stay gold. They also spend more time than you might expect ruminating on how the tightness of a t-shirt might enhance the rippling musculature of a steely-eyed fellow gang member this is where Stephanie Meyer got the idea for how to characterize Edward. Even though they're always complimenting each other's hair and doing gymnastics, it' Stay gold, Ponyboy.
Even though they're always complimenting each other's hair and doing gymnastics, it's not gay at all because it takes place in , shortly after James Dean had made crying and homoerotic tension cool. And all you have to do to get it right is repeat the first half of the sentence.
As a narrator, Ponyboy kept reminding me of Holden Caulfied, if Holden was poor and actually managed to do anything interesting with his evenings. But maybe that just has to do with the time period and the fact that they both say stuff like "I was just about bawling my eyes out, to tell you the truth" every few pages, except Ponyboy is doing it because his best friend knifed someone and then died of a broken back and being on fire, and Holden is just sad because his roommate smells bad oh and I guess his brother got cancer and died pffffft.
I do think they would get along if they ever met, and maybe make out a little bit. I love the last few sentences of every chapter, where SE Hinton trots out her corniest stuff.
Chapter 7: "Socs were just guys after all. Things were rough all over, but it was better that way. That way you could tell the other guy was human too. I went on, walking home slowly. So somehow I never read this in middle school, and when I read it now, I just end up giggling at half of the overwrought emotion which happened with Catcher in the Rye too, but there I'm going to assume Salinger was writing on multiple levels, because he was a competent adult, whereas The Outsiders was written by someone Holden's age.
But it's still a pretty awesome book. She basically asked her year-old son to write a book report and quoted excerpts. View all 39 comments. Aug 24, Ahmad Sharabiani rated it really liked it Shelves: classics , academic , literature , fiction , young-adult , 20th-century , united-states. The Outsiders, S. Hinton The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel by S. Hinton, first published in by Viking Press.
Ponyboy Curtis, a teenager member of a loose gang of "greasers", is leaving a movie theater when he is jumped by "Socs", the greasers' rival gang.
Several greasers, including Ponyboy's two older brothers—the paternal Darry and the popular Sodapop—come to his rescue. The next night, Ponyboy and two greaser friends, the hardened Dally and the quiet Johnny, meet Cherry and Marcia, a pair of Soc girls, at a drive-in movie theater. Cherry spurns Dally's rude advances, but Ponyboy ends up speaking civilly with Cherry, emotionally connecting with a Soc for the first time in his life.
View all 12 comments. Finally read this classic. Glad to be in the know! I can see why this has stood the test of time. The story is easy to get into and keeps your attention throughout.
It seems like any person, young or old, rich or poor, popular or outcast could empathize or sympathize the themes. Finally, the key climax points are done very well and hit you right in the feels! Another thought I had while reading is this is another one of the young adult fore fathers.
We now take for granted that every week there wi Finally read this classic. We now take for granted that every week there will be 10 new YA titles to pique our interest.
Back when this came out, the YA gems were few and far between. Reading this should be a right of passage for YA fans everywhere. View all 23 comments. This reread was just as good as the first time around! View all 6 comments. Oct 03, Briynne rated it it was amazing.
I'm a little horrified at myself for not having this book up before now. We had a discussion about it in class today, and I had to write this as soon it was over. I wish there were more stars to give The Outsiders, but five will have to do. I love this book, and have loved it faithfully since I read it in sixth grade - I must have read it a dozen times, and possibly more. I can quote long sections of the book. I was obsessed, and to some degree still am.
It's not a good book by any literary stan I'm a little horrified at myself for not having this book up before now. It's not a good book by any literary standard, really. Hinton uses one of those usually awful formulaic introductions that devotes a paragraph to each main character, explicitly describing their characteristics, history, and appearance.
When I think of it objectively, it's almost as bad as that awful, awful introductory second chapter of the Babysitters Club books that repeats in every installment. I think the point is, though, that I just don't care.
In fact, I adore the writing even though it is obvious. Maybe because I first read it when I was eleven and that sort of writing just seemed clear and to-the-point. At any rate, I don't think it suffers too badly from the style, and if anything it benefits from the authenticity of a teenage author.
I can't even begin to say what it was about this book that caught my interest and imagination so completely.
I liked the otherness of it - I had never experienced anything like these boys dealt with. Not the pervasive fear and violence, not the absentee, non-existent, or abusive parents, and definitely not the fascinating siege-mentality camaraderie that existed in their group. The best part of the book, without any doubt, is the characters she has created. I love them all, with the exception of Steve. They are wonderful and so sympathetic, with their odd names and ill-fated lives. I hope for the ending to change every time I read it.
Ponyboy's voice, which narrates the story, has a beautiful vulnerability and honesty that makes the story believable. He's often confused, hurt, scared, sorry, and just feels like things are wrong; but, he's also brave and kind and takes chances on people.
I think that Hinton's allowing her main character to be a real person, who is more often than not unsure of everything he does, gives the book its credibility with teenagers. Fantastic, must-read, childhood-defining book. Reading Hinton's "That Was Then, This is Now" is worth it just for the few brief cameos a slightly older Ponyboy makes throughout the story.
View all 15 comments. Feb 16, Allie rated it really liked it. This was a great book but I was incredibly disappointed after I found out it wasn't about aliens. Jan 14, Nancy rated it it was amazing Shelves: kids-and-teens , fiction , favorites. I loved The Outsiders when I read it as a teen and again when I read it just a few months ago. Hinton created a believable and engaging cast of characters who struggle with conflict in and out of their gang and learn the meaning of friendship and family.
A very moving and enjoyable story! View all 17 comments. Jul 09, Maureen rated it really liked it. I barely remembered anything about this book from reading it in high school but oh man it was definitely better than I remember. Even though I've never been in any of the situations referenced in the outsiders, the overall themes are meaningful and easy to grasp.
Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. The boy was dubious, so in order to ease his mind I searched the interwebs and was thrilled to find out The Outsiders was available in Kindle format from the library. Thus, I found myself left with The Outsiders on the Kindle and it was seriously begging me to put down the crappy book I was currently reading and take a trip down memory lane. It was just as good as I remembered it.
The Outsiders is the quintessential teenage story about love and loss and family and right and wrong and good and bad. I read it in an evening, sitting outside during a sunset, as one should do if given the opportunity. It proved to be timeless, it still made me teary-eyed after all these years, and I still thought it had one of the best ensemble cast of characters ever put to paper. And then I remembered it was written by a teenager - one of those awful things that lives in my house and makes my hair turn gray.
View all 26 comments. What did I think? This will always be my favorite book and I am see myself reading this another 4 times during this year. Rich or poor everybody goes through some sort of hell.
It teaches you to respect and appreciate where you are brought up and who you are brought up with. Always choose kindness. This book is some what violent, funn What did I think? This book is some what violent, funny yet witty, sad but joyful and most of us important! View all 7 comments. Stay gold As a huge global publisher, Penguin are unlikely to not adopt an online service. For the meantime, however, you can find a digital copy of the book available at readbookonlinefree.
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