The Outsiders: Comparison Of Book And Movie

The Outsiders ,book and movie both,is a great piece of media. The two of them,since they’re technically the same story,are very similar. There are also several differences. Such as it starting with Pony writing the theme. You also see an image of the parents dying.
As I stated earlier as they’re the same story the book and movie are very similar. The general themes of class struggle persist through both. In both the socs are the privileged ones. While greasers are similar to hoodlums because of circumstance. They both convey Darry and Pony’s relationship from Pony’s prospective. In both Darry is shown as an overbearing force in Pony’s life until they fix things with each other. While they do have similarities, the differences far outway them.
This paragraph will primarily focus on the begging. In the movie it starts with Ponyboy writing his theme and then enters the theme. In the moment it seems odd unless you’ve read the book, in which case it probably annoyed you. In the book it starts …show more content…
In the movie you see the sudden death of the parents in a flashback. As it is supposed to be for non-R audiences it doesn't show anything graphic but it seems shocking nonetheless. It even includes a rather jarring sound effect. In the book the death is handled with total ambiguity, only showing its effects on the Curtis brothers. In context the effects are shocking almost and the mystery surrounding them makes it more uncomfortable. That’s all the major differences that were not likely going to be used in other people’s papers. The Outsiders both movie and novel are great, being similar and different in many ways. The differences stick out like a sore thumb to me. This is possibly because similarities feel natural. All in all the two of them are very much of a yin-yang situation, one not outweighing the other(similarities and differences, not The Outsiderses),culminating in a fascinating