Essays Tagged: "Darry"

Films By: Kevin burdick : How novels are turned into films and the difficulties of making a film from a novel.

cts that make up a story. One important situation in the novel that the film director over looks is Darry's job.Darry's strong build allows him to successfully work as a roof builder. Unfortunately, h ... in reasons his dreams were not fulfilled. In the film they fail to emphasize that important detail. Darry has to work on roofs because he has to support himself and his two younger brothers Sodapop an ...

(8 pages) 49 1 4.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

This essay is a book report of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.

s. Ponyboy is a 'greaser' and after his parents die, he lives with his two older brothers- Soda and Darry. He is part of a small group, or 'gang' that stick up for each other in times of need and help ... s the youngest and the others only feel obligated to take him in because his brothers were Soda and Darry. I like Ponyboy a lot because he is a person that does not try to hide himself behind a mask. ...

(3 pages) 70 1 4.2 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Outsiders - summary

, saving Ponyboy. Ponyboy's rescuers include Sodapop, a charming, handsome high-school dropout, and Darry, Ponyboy's oldest brother (Darry assumed responsibility for his brothers when their parents we ... to prevent a fight between the Socs and the greasers.Ponyboy is late getting home, and his brother Darry is furious with him. Sick of Darry's constant scrutiny and criticism, Ponyboy yells at Darry. ...

(4 pages) 43 0 4.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"The Outsiders" By Susan Eloise Hinton.

Ponyboy and his brothers, Sodapop and Darry, belong to a group of poor teenage boys called greasers. Many of them have led hard lives and ... yboy is shy and quiet. He gets good grades in school and likes to draw and read. His oldest brother Darry takes care of the family, since their parents died in a car crash. He is very serious and is v ... ame boy who beat Johnny up. Later that night, Ponyboy comes in late and gets into such a fight with Darry that he runs to the park with Johnny to get away from the house. Bob and his friends find Pony ...

(3 pages) 35 0 3.7 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Outsiders": Compare Contrast Movie to Book

t was good or bad it was a neutral change for me.During the hospital scene where Ponyboy meets with Darry and Sodapop, in the novel it was a very emotional moment, complete with tears, but in the movi ...

(2 pages) 20 0 0.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

"The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton

sts for kicks. There are seven characters that are important to the story and they are the Greasers Darry, Soda-pop, Pony-boy, Dally, Two-bit, Steve and last but not least Johnny Cake.My favourite cha ... there. He once got beaten up by a bunch of Socs and was lying on the wasteground when Pony, Dally, Darry, Two-bit and Soda found him, he was beaten up really badly and had ring marks all over him. No ...

(3 pages) 23 0 1.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton

a quest that leads to self discovery; as he learns from his loyal brother Sodapop to not fight with Darry, from examining his life not to use violence, and from his friend Johnny to "Stay gold". In Ja ... elf-discovery it developed, by using a free verse poem to discover the world through Books.Although Darry and Ponyboy will probably still have misunderstandings, they are able to stop fighting with th ...

(4 pages) 30 0 5.0 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"The Outsiders" by S. E. Hinton

faced in everyday life.The main characters in this book which I will be writing about are: Johnny, Darry and Dally.The purpose of this essay is to show how past circumstances affect the actions of so ... to show how past circumstances affect the actions of someone. I am going to evaluate the actions of Darry, Johnny and Dally in four incidents where they react differently to what anyone else would hav ...

(16 pages) 27 1 1.0 Dec/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Outsiders

in New York. You soon find out that Pony Boy, along with his brothers Soda and Darrel (who's called Darry) are orphans. Their parents were killed in a car accident a few years back. You also find out ... a gang. It consists of Dallas, who looks death in the face and laughs, Tubit, a wisecrack comedian, Darry and Soda, who are his brothers, and Jonny, who is considered the gang's "pet" because he ...

(3 pages) 2370 0 0.0 Jun/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Outsiders

one l. And speaking of "Merril", it gets some interesting pronunciations here: In "Winner Take All" Darry pronounces it to rhyme with "squirrel". In "Breaking the Maiden", Ponyboy pronounces it more l ... s, of course, also a good actor although he doesn't get as much to do.A Class By Themselves Tim and Darry barely know each other in the novel - Tim addresses Darry as "Curtis... the big one." With Tim ...

(4 pages) 8 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Outsiders

p-out working at a gas station. He is the understanding person of the group. Pony's oldest brother, Darry, is twenty years old. He is the strict, father-figure of the group. The conflict of The ... mind-Paul Newman and a ride home. He gets jumped by the Socs, the west-side rich kids. His brother, Darry, scares them away. They meet the rest of the gang and go to the drive-in theater where they me ...

(2 pages) 11 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Outsiders

g to continue with his life after his parents' untimely death with the support of his two brothers, Darry and Soda, and his gang of Greasers from the wrong side of town. Life is hard for Darry, Soda a ... is gang of Greasers from the wrong side of town. Life is hard for Darry, Soda and Ponyboy. Although Darry and Soda are only a few years older than Ponyboy, Darry is forced to get a job and provide for ...

(3 pages) 1046 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Outsiders

tory. Another point of authority that Ponyboy has trouble dealing with is his older brother, Darry. Their parents are dead, so Darry has to raise Ponyboy and his older brother, Soda. After Pony ... e dead, so Darry has to raise Ponyboy and his older brother, Soda. After Ponyboy and Johnny return, Darry tries to keep Ponyboy from going out as much as he used to. While Darry is just trying to prot ...

(2 pages) 11 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Outsiders

ing bloody murder. And I never could remember what it was that had scared me. It scared Sodapop and Darry almost as bad as it scared me; for night after night, for weeks on end, I would dream this dre ... e. Yet another time it show is where it says, "Sodapop looked down at me with mock superiority, but Darry went on"¦" (p. 135). The part of this sentence that shows that it is a told by on ...

(11 pages) 3190 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Outsiders

beaten up by a group of Socs, but soon the Greasers come and save him. The group had his brothers, Darry and Sodapop, Dally, Johnny, and Two-bit. The next night Pony and Johnny went to a movie, they ... andy and Bob, and the s go with them so they won't cause a fight. That night Ponyboy got home late. Darry get really mad at him and slaps him across the face, Ponyboy runs to Johnny and wants to run a ...

(1 pages) 906 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Darrel Curtis         I’m doing my report on Darry because I

Darrel Curtis I'm doing my report on Darry because I think that the hard work he's done to keep Pony-boy and Sodapop together and the gan ... ve up all the things he loves to support his brothers and keep them out of too much trouble. Darry is a handsome man; he has his father's looks and his mother's feelings. He's six-feet-two, bro ... ks that the only one he loves is Sodapop and that he thinks he's annoying. Everyone tells Pony that Darry loves him just as much and the only thing that's keeping him from being a Soc is Pony and his ...

(2 pages) 2 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American