The book ‘the outsiders by S.E. HINTON is based off a boy named pony boy. This books is base back in the 1980s. This book is based on brotherhood and friendship. His parents died in a car accident and only family member he has left is his little brother Dally . The conflict in this story is a ”war” with the socks there arch enemy. Pony boy has learned that things half to be done in order to save peoples life’s. the conflict in this book is fighting and arguing all the time. The main theme in this book is things need to be done in order to make sure they never happen again.
How the author tells the story from the beginning of the story is he tell us about all the characters and why there on the greases gang. It tells us how pony boy lost his family or parents and how him and his brother had to take care of the self’s. ‘I heard you was the best shot in the family they have made friends on the long run and lost them too.
The story is told a little different in the middle of the book but it tells a lot about so starting and what is going to happen. Like when jonnhey cut off pony boys pony tail and he did the same thing. It also tells how pony boy is starting to read more now which he never did because he didn’t go to school.
The end of the book talks about the big fight between the greasers and the soc’s and how they both meet each other and had a big brawl. Think of it as a baseball fight. Pony boy was in it all his members of his group was there to fight with him. ”you can just lay off” and that was how it was started. In the end the greasers beat up the soc’s very bad making them run back where they came from.
The conclusion is that brotherhood is everything and you never leave one behind or let them stand alone in a fight. There always a saying you mess with a bird you half to deal with the flock. So when they beat up pony boy they messed up bad. Even through his parents died he still got his brother and his gang and that’s all the mattered to him.