Book Review 3

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Dear Potential readers,



The Outsiders is an outstanding that really tells the meaning of family in one book. The Outsiders is about two different gangs. The names of these gangs are the Socials and the Greasers. These gangs have a thriving hatred for each other for many different reasons. The Greasers are made of the kids of the east, the poor side of town. The Socials or The Socs for short are made up of the kids of the west side, the rich side of town.



This story is mainly about two kids in the Greasers, named Johnny and Ponyboy Curtis. They are the youngest and the smallest members in the Greasers. To tell you the truth, they didn't want to be in a gang. The reason why they were in one was because Johnny was being abused at home. Ponyboy lost both of his parents in a car accident a few years back. The only blood family he has is his brothers, Soda Curtis and Darrell Curtis, Darry for short. Ponyboy and Johnny do not just look at the members of the gang as friends, but as a family. They believe that family should always stick together no matter what was happening around them. Every member of the Greasers followed this, and saw each other as equals.





The story truly unfolds in the middle of the story when something unexpected happens. While Ponyboy was at home one day, Darry and Ponyboy got into an argument. Out of anger, Darry did something that he has never done before, hit Ponyboy. Ponyboy ran away, which was not a good choice. He found Johnny who also wanted to run away and they ran to the park. While they were at the park, the Socials came to the same park Ponyboy and Johnny were so they could jump them. Johnny has been jumped before and is always ready with his pocket knife. Johnny took it out as the Socs came. Just as the leader of the Socs, also known as Bob, started to drown Ponyboy in a nearby fountain, Johnny took out his knife and stabbed Bob. Bob was dead. The rest of the Socs ran away in fear.



To find out what happened to Johnny and Ponyboy, read the book The Outsiders. I'm 100% sure that you'll like it.





Thank you,

Brandon Hunter













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