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The Outsiders (平装)
by S.E.Hinton
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Friendship, Family, Story, Teens |
| Market price: ¥ 108.00
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| MSL Pointer Review:
Great characters and wonderful story about family, heart and friendship. |
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Callie (MSL quote), Portland, USA
<2006-12-26 00:00>
This book, which was written in the 1960's, may have well been written today. It describes the many conflicts between gangs, social groups, family violence, and friends. I was made to read this book twice when I was in middle-school, but even so I enjoyed it. Many emotions and thoughts surround the patrogonist, Ponyboy, who describes gang life in the city. The book goes into many depths to develop the personality and emotions of every single character, and even from the view of the main character, you know the intellects of every little character. Every emotion is very sincere and well portrayed and not a detail is left out. You get a good view of human nature, feelings, and life. The story has a very moving plot that deals with family conflicts, murder, robbery, gang fights, friendship, social status, and loss. It does well at alerting the reader of the seriousness of gang warfare. Even though it expresses the many sad parts of life in the city, it gives a message that there can be hope and there is hope for those who have not lost the fight yet. This is an incredible book and definitely worth getting. A must read! |
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C. Gilbert (MSL quote), the Netherlands
<2006-12-26 00:00>
I first read The Outsiders19 years ago (the year that the film version was released). Hinton was all the rage to read in my high school and I was seriously attached to Ponyboy and Sodapop and the rest. Like many another teenage girl smitten by Ralph Macchio, I memorized the Robert Frost poem and cried buckets at the end of the book.
It's funny to me to hear recent reviewers discussing the book in terms of its relationship to gangs, because I don't see it as being about rival factions. Instead, I see it more as a meditation on the price of having an inside and an outside to any given social context. At the time the book was written, it was the socs and the greasers. At my high school it was the Jocks and the Beegs. It's about people being judged by their clothes and their family rather than their abilities and their desires.
Hinton's book stands up well to time- I'm a lot more cynical than I was as a child and I couldn't summon tears anymore for the characters, but reading it I could still revisit the concerns that I had at the time and the world that this book represented. A good gift for young teenagers. |
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A kid (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-26 00:00>
The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, was a very fascinating book about a boy in a group called the Greasers. His parents died in a car crash and he lives with his 2 brothers that take care of him. He gets into mischief with one of his pals, but something happens that isn't for the best. I'll let you read to find out! He is in a gang that is "low class", which fights with the "high class" gang called the Socs. One night it gets a little too rough.
The setting of The Outsiders is not like the world I know at all because it’s based in the late/early 60's in a town with 2 different sides: the Socs and Greasers. S.E. Hinton really makes you feel like you're part of the story because she explains how it's rundown and not a happy place to be. She can make you picture it if you close your eyes. The author really makes you believe the characters are real people because they seem exactly like how these teens would be. I really liked all the characters because they all seem real, but other people might not like Dally and Steve. Dally thinks he's the best and the only thing he truly loves is Johnny. Steve just seems to be mean to anyone who is smaller than him especially Ponyboy.
The themes of this book are always fighting for what you want because Johnny fights to save Ponyboy's life. Also never give up on what you want because Ponyboy finally got what he wanted, for him to know his brother Darry loved him. The genre of this book is mystery and suspense. It might also be considered drama because of what happens.
I loved this book because it was very descriptive and fun to read. I liked learning how life was back then. I think you should read this book because you'll really enjoy it. Every part of the story made sense, like everything happened and you knew why it happened. I really encourage you to read it to have a lot of fun even if you don't like to read like me.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is up for a great book. If you don't like to read, I think you will like this book. I hate to read, but I couldn't put this book down. I'd recommend this book to anyone because it's just a good book and I think anyone would like it. I hope you use my review and maybe read this book because I know you will not be disappointed. |
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J. Thompson (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-26 00:00>
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton was written in the 1960's. I enjoyed reading this book because I can relate to the characters in the story. It is about a 14 year-old boy named Ponyboy Curtis who grows-up in a poor, Texas neighborhood. His parents died in a car accident, this left him and his two brothers, Soda-Pop and Darry orphaned. His brothers and his friends, "the Greasers" where now his only family, they were a gang. This gang was made-up of Ponyboy and his brothers and these other characters; Dally, Steve, Two-Bit and Ponyboy's best friend, Johnny. These kids were always together and took care of each other as a family would.
With gangs, there were always rivalries between groups. The "Socs" or socials were rich and didn't like Greasers because they were poor. The Socs were terrible. They drank and smoked too much and when they were drunk they took it out on innocent people. The Greasers could never go out alone because they could get jumped by the Socs. One of the big events in this book is when Johnny, one of the younger Greasers, got jumped and almost killed by nasty group of Socs. Johnny was Ponyboy's best friend and he was almost killed by Bob, the leader of the Socs.
Johnny is one of the most important characters in this book. Johnny's parents were not the greatest. They didn't like him at all. He usually needs to leave his house at night and sleep in a vacant lot. Johnny never leaves his house without a switch-blade because of his run-in with the Socs. One night, Ponyboy and Johnny doze-off in the parking lot of the movie theater. They were supposed to be home by 12:00. Pony knew he would be in trouble with his older brother, Darry for being out too late so, he went home. Ponyboy was now in serious trouble with Darry. Ponyboy and Johnny decided to run away from home. The two boys met up in the park. What they didn't know was that night things were going to change drastically for the two boys.
I recommend this book to every reader that likes a good story. It is a classic book. It was written in the 1960's and still ties in with real life today after all the years, troubled teenagers forming groups and picking fights. When I read it I was amazed by how much this group of friends can do together. Nothing got in their way. Even though there are some sad parts in the story, it just made it more addicting to read. It seemed like I couldn't put the book down after the first couple of pages. The Outsiders was a very enjoyable book and I had a lot of fun reading it. You should too.
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Susane Colasanti (MSL quote), New York City
<2006-12-26 00:00>
When I had to read The Outsiders in seventh grade, at first I was just like whatever because I thought it was going to be another boring book we had to read and why can't we ever get good books to read? But from the first chapter, that was it. I fell so hard I still haven't gotten up.
This book was my inspiration for writing my own teen novels. It's one of those books that has characters you're so into you wish they were your friends. Well, first you wish they were real. And then you wish they were your friends and you could call them any time you wanted and be like, "Hey, Ponyboy, what's good? Can you meet up at Chat 'n Chew for some grilled cheese and backgammon?" That's what hooks you in from the beginning...the way this story feels so real. The intense energy of the dialogue and the fast pacing of the plot make it impossible to put this book down. And when you do put it down because you have to go to school or sleep or whatnot, you can't stop thinking about it, you can't stop wondering what's going to happen next. It's like you don't even know how you can get through the day without finding out.
So I want you to be as hooked as I was and read this so many times that page 73 is falling out. Because this book makes you feel alive. And that's an amazing feeling.
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