“The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton Video Summary Narrated by Steve Yanke Note: See Weebly website for a detailed written summary

The Outsiders The Novel by S.E. Hinton was first published in 1967 Reprinted many times Made into a movie in 1983 The story is about the multifaceted dynamics of social interactions between two different groups of kids in separate socioeconomic classes; the Greasers who are low income kids from the East Side, and the Socials or “Socs” who are the rich kids from the West Side

Main Characters “The Greaser Gang” Ponyboy Curtis Story told from his perspective, 14 years old, smart Sodapop Curtis 16 years old, nice to Ponyboy, dropped out of school Darry Curtis Oldest of the brothers, tough on Ponyboy, main financial support of the family by working different jobs Steve Randle Good with cars, works with Sodapop at a gas station Two-bit Matthews The oldest one in the gang, a wisecracker Dallas Winston (Dally) Toughest one in the gang and is from a bad part of New York Johnny Cade Youngest one in the gang, besides Ponyboy, and PonyBoy’s close friend

Main Characters “The Socials” Robert “Bob” Leader of the Socs, drives a blue Ford Mustang, likes to wear a lot of rings, alcoholic Randy Bobs close friend “Cherry” Bob’s girlfriend Marcia Cherry’s friend

Using the Movie in the Classroom Book Versus The Movie The movie can be used to elicit discussion and reinforce what was read The students can discuss the parts that were left out and synthesize the why The movie follows the book very closely The characters are extremely well casted to match the personalities in the book Only a few parts of the book do not make it into the movie (Chapter 1 and the last two Chapters) Can be used as an example of writing alternate endings to a novel S.E. Hinton makes an appearance in the movie!

Chapter Breakdown Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Ponyboy gets jumped on the way home from a theater, his brothers jump in and save him from a beat down Chapter 2 Dally, Ponyboy, and Johnny go to the Drive-in movie theater and meet Cherry and Marcia Chapter 3 The three Greaser boys walk home the two Soc-girls Pony comes home late and Darry gets upset and hits him, Pony runs away with Johnny Chapter 4 A group of Socs finds Pony and Johnny in the park The Socs hold Pony’s head underwater in the fountain and then Johnny stabs Bob, killing him Dally helps them with an escape plan Chapter 5 Johnny and Ponyboy spend five days at the church

Chapter Breakdown Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Church catches fire, Ponyboy and Johnny save the kids but all three of them get hurt in the process, Johnny breaks his back, and are hospitalized Chapter 7 Ponyboy meets Randy and realizes the Socs are people too Chapter 8 Johnny is still in the hospital, his condition worsening Chapter 9 The Greasers meet the Socs in the park and rumble The Greasers win Ponyboy and Dallas rush to the hospital to tell Johnny Johnny dies, Dallas loses it and runs out of the hospital

Chapter Breakdown Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Ponyboy is getting sicker by the minute Dallas robs a store and runs from the police Dallas commits suicide by cops Ponyboy falls unconscious for five days Chapter 11 Ponyboy gets better, Randy comes to talk with him Chapter 12 Ponyboy goes to court, found Not Guilty Ponyboy has to write a paper to pass English Finds the note left by Johnny inside the book Gone with the Wind. The note tells Ponyboy to stay gold referencing the poem by Robert Frost that Pony read to Johnny at the church Pony decides to write his paper about Johhny’s life Alternate Ending to Movie Good to demonstrate to students that books sometimes do not transfer well to the screen

The Outsiders