Book Report

I read a book called 'The Outsiders" by S.E Hinton. It was very fun to read this book. So I wrote a book report!

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The Outsiders

By S.E. Hinton

Dear Diary,

           I got a new taste of books these days. Until last time I loved books which was about utopia. But now I think I enjoy reading the very opposite kind of books. So today I am going to introduce you this interesting and a touching book called ‘The Outsiders’ by S.E. Hinton.

 The characters in this book are very different from me. And if I say different, it means really the very opposite corner. They are all teenagers and young adults. They live in the corners of the city. They all don’t have proper family. Some don’t have a dad or mom. Some don’t have any parents and only have brothers and sisters. Some have parents who abuse them. There are two gangs in this side of the city. One is the greasers and one is the socs. These two gangs are enemies and they always want to make a fight. Well later on, this brings a big tragedy to the greasers.

 Ponyboy lives with his brothers. He loves Sodapop, who is one of his brothers. But he hates Darry. Well Ponyboy always thought Darry hated him back. But later on he finds out he was totally wrong. In the gang, Ponyboy was unusually close with Johny who had parents who abuses him. These two escapes their houses and ran away. They got a lot closer when they escaped from their homes. They later become a hero in the countryside because they helped the little kids to escape from the burning church.

 The way that Johny and Ponyboy felt when they were helping the little kids is really interesting. They never felt worried or scared. I can know that Ponyboy and Johny felt the sacrifice and the happiness they didn’t cried because they got burnt or did they blame the kids. They just felt joy, which is different from other people in their gang. I can see that Ponyboy and Johny is different than other people. I can see it from everywhere. They are young and terrified with lots of things, but they are not like Dally who goes all wrong and live a wrong life.

 The most amazing thing about this author is that Hinton can take the reader to places where they never dreamt that they would ever go there. I never even thought I would feel the things that the outsiders feel. And I never thought I would understand how the outsiders feel about the world. But S.E. Hinton took me to this place and explained me carefully how they felt about the world. It was amazing how I understand someone totally different from me. It was just fantastic. Now I have a chance to look at the world with a different point of view.

Anne Heewon Chang

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I really liked the book. But I think it was made to make a movie. Has so many actions in it. But I really liked it!