"The Outsiders" by S.E Hinton, the theme, human nature

The Outsiders, an enthralling tale by S.E. Hinton, is an excellent story about the hardships and

triumphs experienced by the Greasers and the Socs, two rival gangs. This novel suggests the stories'

content because the Greasers are a gang of social outcasts and misfits. This novel's theme is very specific;

people, no matter what their social background, strive for the same goals and experience the same

disappointments. This novel shows this theme throughout a detailed story line.

The fictional novel is set in a moderate-size city, possibly near Texas, in the late 1960's.

Ponyboy, the main character, lives with his brothers as a greaser. One day Ponyboy and Johnny,

Ponyboy's best friend, get jumped by a group of Socs. The Socs start to drown Ponyboy in a fountain.

Johnny, realizing they might kill Ponyboy, kills Bob, one of the Socs with his switchblade. Johnny and

Ponyboy run to a fellow Greaser, Dally, who is always in trouble with the law.

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Dally helps them by giving

them some money, a gun, and a place to hide. They hide in a church outside of town for a week until

Dally says it's okay to come out. They go out to eat and when they get back to the church they find it

burning. When they see that there are kids inside and the fire could have been started by their cigarettes,

they run inside to save the kids. Johnny and Dally are hurt in the fire and taken to the hospital. They are

hailed as heroes in the local paper. Dally breaks out of the hospital to fight in a rumble against the Socs.

While the Greasers beat the Socs, Johnny dies in the hospital. When Dally finds out he goes out and robs

a grocery store. When the...