Sunday, February 24, 2019

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Blogpost about resilience from Ponyboy


In the book, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton the main character Ponyboy Curtis shows resilience in many different ways. Many examples can be used to justify this claim, but for Pete’s sake I’ll use the most epic, cool, tuff (which is also cool, but how greasers say it), and overall a unique show of hi perseverance through frightening situations. For example, on page 8 the text states, “Soda just put his hand on my shoulder, ‘Easy, Ponyboy. They ain’t gonna hurt you no more.’ ‘I know,’ I said.” This quote clearly shows, Ponyboy is tougher and more mature than any of the greasers expected. Every greaser worried for Ponyboy at that time because they knew the consequences of being jumped with no allies to help you fight. A short while before Ponyboy was jumped, another gang member by the name of Johnny was jumped and now had post trauma to go with his horrible home life. Although, when Ponyboy Curtis got jumped he stood his ground. Once help arrived he acted unphased around his fellow worried faces. Ponyboy had merely replied “‘I know,’” to his brother Soda who would have expected him to start bawling. Beating straight into the bush, the truth was...Ponyboy actually did want to “curl up into a ball and cry all his fear out,” as stated on page 8 quite frankly. Instead showing resilience to not only the rich brats who jumped him, The Socs, but to his grotesquely worried greaser family. Thus, his true resilience seems to keep shining through saving him again and again for the troubles in Ponyboy Curtis’ present, past, and “My golly!”...future.

Annabeth Chase's role in the Percy Jackson book "The Last Olympian"

In the wonderful novel The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan the most influential character without a doubt was Annabeth Chase. Although, Percy Jackson is the main character and does have the actual series written after him, without Annabeth Chase...every single quest would be a total disaster in too many ways to explain. In the last book Annabeth has truly outdone herself. This is because, on page 190 the text proudly states, “We’d almost made it to the middle of the bridge when something strange happened. I felt a chill run down my spine-like that old saying about someone walking on your grave. Behind me, Annabeth cried out in pain. ‘Annabeth!’ I turned in time to see her fall, clutching her arm. A demigod with a bloody knife stood over her. In a flash I understood what had happened. He’d been trying to stab me….Annabeth had intercepted the knife with her own body.” This lengthy explanation of what had happened shows a new light into the shere bravery of Percy’s best friend. She didn't even know his weak spot (because he had the Curse of Achilles and was weak in only one spot) and still took the blade for him. Her courage (or outright stupidity) surely saved Percy from intimate death. Without Annabeth Chase’s fast thinking, the last book would have literally ended the moment the dagger hit. Showing, one person can just in fact save the day. All in all, Annabeth has proven her status as a heroine and a half during the epic battles for the prestigious Olympus.

Why "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan and "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton are different


In both the novels, The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan and The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton contrast deeper than most speculate. For example, one of the biggest factors that prove to be most important to a reader’s taste is genre. The novel by Rick Riordan is more of a Greek mythology fictional kind of story. While on the other hand, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is a realistic fiction type book. Although in my humble opinion the only taste you need to end up liking both pieces of literature is a good one. Nonetheless, the two genres still are different. Another reason that is way more specific is, the two sides in The Last Olympian had no power struggle for weapons and wealth only who had more people to fight in their name. On the other side of the river, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton has two rival gangs that are extremely unbalanced regarding the matter of wealth, but even out in the playing field of shere numbers. Not to mention, the greasers do have a couple tricks up their dirty unwashed sleeves. Frankly, they out do their rival gang by miles in terms of spirits. Though there is some doubt whether or not it can help them protect everyone they know and gallantly love. In conclusion, the two bewilderingly interesting literary pieces actually prove in large forms to be quite the contrary.

Why "The Last Olympian" and "The Outsiders" novels are similar


In the two literature pieces The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan and The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton both share major plot development factors. For instance, in both novels there is a clear perspective on whose side the reader should be on. Although, it is way more clear in The Last Olympian than in The Outsiders because in the Percy Jackson book one side is a savage group of Titan’s and whatever people they can muster while the other is a minuscule group of demigods who would never intentionally kill a soul if they had the choice. On the other side of the fence, both the greasers and the Socs have done horrid deeds. The two major factors that bring the reader onto the greasers side is the plain fact the Socs have so much more money than the greasers and the reader is following the perspective of Ponyboy Curtis, a greaser. Also, greasers and Socs both kill each other either jumping one another via spotting a lone rival gang member or getting tangled in nasty street fights. Nevertheless, both stories have a clear cut Good vs. Evil theme going on! In conclusion, both novels prove to be more similar than can usually be suspected of a Greek mythology book and a “West Side Vs East End” kind of literature.