The Outsiders and Movie comparison

The Novel and the Movie has many similarities but has some differences as well. Some similarities in both of the stories are, Dally was being rude to cherry in the drive thru movie, Johnny told Dally to stop and he did. When Bob came for cherry, cherry refused to get in the car with him because he was drunk. Since Ponyboy came home late from when he fell asleep with Johnny in the parking lot,Derry yelled at Ponyboy and pushed him to the floor, Ponyboy got mad and ran off with Johnny. Ponyboy and Johnny went to Dally for money and somewhere to sleep. Dally told them to go to the abandoned church so they did. While they were going, the socs showed up and started beating them up, they were killing Ponyboy and Johnny, but Johnny brought his pocket knife and stabbed Bob, bob then died.(the one with the rings) The socs ran off, they were scared, Johnny started freaking out but Ponyboy was proud because he saved his life. When they got to the church, they slept and when Ponyboy woke up, Johnny was gone but then Ponyboy saw a message in the sand and it said “Be back soon” -J. Johnny bought hair dyes and scissors to disguise themselves from the cops. Dally came to go take them out to eat and when they came back to the church, it was on fire, and there was kids in there. (school) Johnny ran to get the kids out through the small space, Ponyboy ran after him to save the kids. The church went down and Johnny was still in there stuck, he then went to the hospital. Randy had a nice talk with Ponyboy about bob. Before Johnny died, the socs and the greasers had a rumble. Johnny dies in the hospital and dally runs off, robbed a store, he ran off again and the police shot him 5 times. Ponyboy at the end found the letter that Johnny wrote for him.


Finally some differences were that, the beginning of the movie, Dally, pony boy and Johnny, were in the alley and they were scaring some little kids away and ranned after them. In the book that didn't happen at all. In the  movie, Ponyboy and Johnny took the train to the church but in the book they walked to the church. When Johnny was trying to save the kids in the church, the window was wood in the book, but in the movie the window was glass. When the socs and the greasers were having a rumble, Derry asked “who wants to fight” then Paul stepped in but in the movie Derry right away fought without asking. Lastly in the book, Paul punched Derry first, but in the  movie someone punched ponyboy first.

The actors in the Novel and Movie are both the same names and how they act or how they are described. Some parts/ Scenes are different of course. Overall The movie and the Novel are both decent, and they both have the same characters and characteristics about them
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