The+Outsiders's+Guildline

The Outsiders Online Report

Theme:Discrimination

Thematic STATEMENT: Discrimination helps people see how the world works

Title: The Outsiders Author: S.E Hinton

Setting: in the east and west side of the hood

Point of view: 1rst person

Main Characters and a BRIEF description of each:

Greasers main characters


 * Ponyboy "Pony" Michael Curtis**: The novel's fourteen-year-old narrator, and the youngest of the greasers. Ponyboy's athletic prowess, literary interests and academic accomplishments set him apart from the rest of his gang (except his oldest brother). At the start of the novel Ponyboy's parents have been dead for eight months, and he lives with his brothers Darry (Darrel) and Sodapop (Soda).


 * Johnny "Johnnycake" Cade**: Johnny is the "pet" of the gang and is described as a "little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers." He is a vulnerable 16-year-old in a group defined by toughness and a sense of invincibility. Several months prior to the beginning of the book, he was beaten severely by several Socs including Bob, whose heavy rings scarred Johnny's face.


 * Sodapop (Soda) Patrick Curtis**: Sodapop is the middle brother of the Curtis family, and will be 17 a few weeks after the events in the novel. Soda dropped out of high school after the death of his parents, and works full-time as a mechanic at a DX gas station.


 * Darrel "Darry" Shaynne Curtis, Jr.**: Darry Curtis is 20, the oldest of the three Curtis brothers. Highly intelligent and a top-class athlete, Darry gave up a athletic scholarship to act as guardian for his brothers after the tragic deaths of their parents in a car crash.

Socs main characters


 * Sherri "Cherry" Valance** is Bob's 16-year-old girlfriend. She is a cheerleader who attends Ponyboy's school. Cherry's real name is Sherri, but people call her Cherry because of her red hair. Ponyboy and Cherry have a great deal in common, and Ponyboy feels comfortable talking to her.


 * Randy Adderson** is Marcia's boyfriend and Bob's best friend. Randy is a handsome Soc who eventually sees the futility of fighting. Along with Cherry, Randy humanizes the greasers by showing that some of them have redeeming qualities.

Central conflict and how was it related to the theme: When two poor greasers, Johnny, and Ponyboy are assaulted by a vicious gang, the socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events. It is related to the theme because its a on-going fight between them.

If This was a newly selected author would you red another story by him/her?Explain: maybe if he was another book about discrimination

Yes this was my favourite compared to night because Maniac Magee is my favourite book so far.