The Outsiders - Phillip Sim

[Phillip]

The Outsiders“The Outsiders”, a fictional story written by S.E. Hinton is a very good book. The conflict between the greasers and the socs, as well as the worth, meaning, and importance of a human life is all contained in this book.
When the protagonist’s brother, Sodapop, says to his siblings that “We’re all that we got left. We ought to be able to stick together against everything. If we don't have each other, we don’t have anything”, his speech really stood out to me as i can relate, just as many other people, who have at least one sibling, are able to (pg 176). It has meaning because I myself have two brothers who I have been with my whole life. And so by experiencing fifthteen years with them, I understand as much as Soda, that family is important. “The Outsiders” is also all about ponyboy and his “gang” of real close buddies. He considers all of them family and they treat each other like one. The entire story is about him and his group living through the tough lifestyle that is of a greaser, and helping each other out while doing so.
Although the book is fictional, the author does a great job making the story feel so dramatic that it feels real. Hinton writes “with style” as she infuses an unique, and maybe even odd to us now, vocabulary into the book. She uses old words including “golly” and “dig” to really catch the time period of when this fiction was to happen, and expose it to us readers, allowing us to experience the story in an fitting atmosphere. Even if this way of writing was not intentional, as the book was printed back in the time when this slang was used commonly, the text gives off an unfamiliar precious old vibe In the present, which is what really matters.
A reason this book could be enjoyable, even if it’s fictional and not real, is because it describes the view of a lifestyle for a greaser, which most readers are not familiar with. To be exposed to or learn about any unknown subject is almost always interesting. And so, People who are curious about the culture of greasers, who do have an interesting day, whether it is positive nor negative for them, have a great reason to read and enjoy this book. In the other hand, people who are sensitive to the rough lifestyle of greasers, or in other words, a thug’s life, may not have “The Outsiders” on their read next list.