S. E. Hilton
S. E. HiltonIntroduction
In this book analysis, about the book �The Outsiders� by S.
E. Hinton I will discuss character and plot development, as
well as the setting, the author�s style and my opinions
about the book. In this part of the analysis I will give
some information about the subjects of the book, and about
the author.
The author wrote the story when she was just 16 years old,
in the 1950s. The book was successful, and it was sold, and
still being sold, in many copies as a young adults novel.
There was a movie made about it, and today there are still
many schools that use this book in junior high and high
schools for English classes. There were plays made about the
book too. The Outsiders is about a gang. They live in a city
in Oklahoma. Ponyboy Curtis, a 14 year old greaser, tells
the story. Other characters include Sodapop and Darry,
Ponyboy's brothers, Johnny, Dallas, and Two-Bit, that were
also gang members and Ponyboy's friends. This story deals
with two forms of social classes: the socs, the rich kids,
and the greasers, the poor kids. The socs go around looking
for trouble and greasers to beat up, and then the greasers
are blamed for it, because they are poor and
cannot affect the authorities. I hope you would enjoy and
learn something about the book from reading this analysis.
Plot Development
The plot development in the book, �The Outsiders� by S.E.
Hinton, was easy to follow. In this part of the book
analysis I will give some more details about the plot
development. There were no hooks or hurdles in the beginning
of the book, the first sentence starts right away with the
plot�without any forewords. This is the beginning of the
first sentence: �When I stepped out into the bright
sunlight from the darkness of the movie house...� (page 9).
As you can see, it goes straight to the point without any
prologues or any kind of introduction. The plot development
in the middle of the story was sensible and easy to
understand. It was clear and simple, and the events have
occurred in a reasonable order. The ending of the story was
a bit expected. I anticipated the death of Johnny because a
broken neck usually means death. The death of Dally was not
as predictable as Johnny�s death because it was said that:
�He was tougher than the rest of us�tougher, colder,
meaner.� (page 19). I did not think that such a tough person
would get himself killed because of a death of a friend,
although it was said a short time before the death of Dally
that: �Johnny was the only thing Dally loved.� (page 160).
The climaxes at the end of the story were the deaths of
Johnny and Dally. Here are quotations about the deaths:
Johnny�s death: �The pillow seemed to sink a little, and
Johnny died.� (page 157). Dally�s death: �He was jerked half
around by the impact...
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