thematic essay

Mason Kuiper

Mrs. Roskamp

La, 8C

26, October, 2015

 

THE OUTSIDERS BY S.E. HINTON

The Outsides is a book about greasers in the 50’s. The greasers get bullied and beat up by the Socs a lot. Two of the main characters get trapped in a murder and have to hide out in a church in another town. at the end of the book, two of the greasers get severely hurt and a rumble brakes out and they all fight against the socs. The two greasers that to hurt end up dying. One dies by being severely burnt and the other one got shot.The theme I found in this book is, true friends will always stay by your side.

True friends stay by your side. One way I saw that was when Johnny killed Bob and Ponyboy didn’t go to the police, instead he stayed with him through it all. Because of the killing Johnny and Pony both went and hid out in a church for about 5 days. Pony was being a true friend by staying by Johnny’s side the whole time.

True friends stay by your side. Another time in the book that I say true friendship was when Ponyboy came home from the church and how excited Darry was to see him. Darry never really liked Pony. Pony always liked Darry. Everything changed when Ponyboy came home because Darry and him became closer and had a better friendship.

True friends stay by your side. I also saw the theme in the part of the book when Johnny was in the hospital and how everybody kept coming to see him. All the greaser where really sad about what happened to Johnny especially Pony because he was his best friend.  

In conclusion true friends are hard to find but if you find some that’s good. True friends are the people that don’t leave your side when time go rough. To be a true friend that means you have to stay with your friends no matter what.

I thought the book was good in the beginning. It got a little boring in the middle. Then the end got super boring.