The Outsiders - Themes
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The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Lesson Plans by Rebecca Ray
Take a trip back to the 1950s to hitch a ride with Ponyboy Curtis and his brothers. After losing their parents in a tragic automobile accident, the trio are thrown into a life on the streets and caught up in a gang war. Dealing with young adult life is hard enough, but when violence and survival are added to the mix, Ponyboy and his brothers must fight just to get by.
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- REFERENCES TO LITERATURE
- EXAMPLE 1
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- EXAMPLE 3
- LOYALTY AND HONOR
- NOTE: When an author references a well-known work of literature, or history, and expects the reader to know and relate to it, this is called an "allusion".
- In the novel, Ponyboy thinks of himself like Pip from "Great Expectations". They share many commonalities. Growing up as a poor orphan, he relates to Pip's struggles.
- "When you're in a gang, you stick up for the other members...like brothers, it isn't a gang anymore."
- This novel has multiple meanings. Johnny uses the southern gentleman as a comparison to Dally, and Ponyboy uses it to remember Johnny. This alludes to "Gone with the Wind".
- In the death of his best friend, Ponyboy learns a valuable life lesson: nothing lasts. This references Robert Frost's poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay".
- I had to. They were drowning you Pony, They might have killed you. And they had a blade...They were going to beat me up."
- Ponyboy, a member of the Greasers, has a philosophy about sticking together. He doesn't believe he is in a 'gang'; his honor and loyalty to his friends is like that of family.
- When their parents died, Darrel forfeited a college scholarship to work full-time supporting his younger brothers. This commitment shows his unwavering loyalty to his family.
- Johnny's friendship and loyalty seem to go too far when he kills Bob, a Soc, who started to drown Ponyboy after threatening the two Greasers with a knife.
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