Welcome to Exploring "The Outsiders" Website
Why Reading “The Outsiders” is a Vital Assignment
he Outsiders is a popular young adult novel about gang conflicts, the tragedy caused by violence, and the struggle for personal identity prejudice against others and problems that kids your age and older struggle with in day to day life.
opefully you can identify with one or more of the characters that you have just read about.
Some of the Themes in the Novel
Plot Review and Summary
f you remember, the story of “The Outsiders” takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and is based on two sets of teenagers- the Socs, who are the rich, snobby kids and the Greasers, who are the poor kids from the “other side of the tracks”. Darry, Sodapop and Ponyboy are three brothers, (Greasers), who have been left alone to raise themselves after their parents were killed in an accident.
arry is the oldest brother and dropped out of college to raise his brothers. When Ponyboy gets jumped by a group of Socs, his best friend accidentally kills a member of the Soc gang, and a nightmare of violence begins between the two groups. Ponyboy finds himself enveloped in a turbulent chain of events and ends up running away to avoid the police.
he boys catch a church on fire and although he and his friend, Johnny rescue some children, in the end, Johnny, dies in the fire.
onyboy goes back to face the courts and is eventually exonerated and is seen as a hero. Darry, Sodapop and Ponyboy make peace with each other, and resolve to stop fighting and be a real family.
Website Instructions
ollow the picture links at the top of each page starting with:
1) Background
2) Character Themes/Conflicts
3) Extension.
ach of the pages have activities and assignments to be completed and submitted individually or with a group.