THE OUTSIDER’S POINT OF VIEW ESSAY MR.SKIPPER BY: GURVEEN KAUR 7D In the book The Outsiders Darry, Sodapop, and Ponyboy lost their parents in a car crash. The oldest brother was Darrel Curtis, then the middle one Sodapop Curtis and lastly the youngest one Ponyboy Curtis. Then from that day on Sodapop has been the mother and Darry had been the father of the house and they both raised Ponyboy. Sodapop dropped out of school. Soda hadn’t told everyone that he dropped out of school because he thought school was really easy if he did then he won’t seem all tough because Greasers have to be strong and tough not mentally strong as much.
Ponyboy Curtis: Ponyboy is the fourteen year old narrator and the protagonist of the story. Ponyboy is with a gang that calls themselves the Greasers. Since both of his parents died in a car crash he lives with his two older brothers Sodapop and Darry. Ponyboy is different then the rest of his gang, mostly because he has different interests than they do. Throughout the novel he must overcome many challenges to save his friends, family, and himself.
He is the youngest at about 14. He is one of th smartest Curtis brothers. He skipped a grade and is in high school. Everybody sees Ponyboy as a greaser. Everybody thinks that because he's a greaser that he just like the rest of them.
They are alcoholics and care nothing about their son. It is a good thing johnny has the gang to call family. Mr & Mrs.Curtis Mr.Curtis and Mrs.Curtis are Darry's, Sodapop's and Ponyboy's parents. Unfortunately they died in a car accident which left the boys on their own. Luckily Darry is old enough to support the boys so they don't have to get split up and put in a boys home.
One of the episodes that I watched recently, the family was going on a vocation and like all of the other vocations Timmy’s father always gets lost, but he never admits to it. The family ended up in an island and the father said he is going to build a boat and save his family. The father also said if he doesn’t succeed he will called himself a woman named Linda. I feel like genders are presented in a way that serves to reinforce traditional stereotypes. For example, when Timmy’s father refers to himself as Linda, he puts on lipstick and says Linda broke her nails.
He is unhappy with his marriage to Zeena but he never tells anyone how he feels. He just goes on with his life as if nothing is wrong. This is an example of irony because Ethan has the ability to change his life, which he is unhappy with, however, he chooses not to. Meanwhile, he keeps all of that depression and sadness inside. This not only hurts himself, but Zeena as well.
Following, I will mention key points to why he isn’t a suitable narrator for this book. Nick preformed his role of being a bad narrator, when he got drunk from drinking bottles of whiskey. “The bottle of whiskey - a second one – was now in constant demand by all present.” (pg. 35) He was soon unaware of his surroundings and being a narrator, they have to be observant and attentive, so they can pick up what is happening around them. It shows that Nick isn’t cautious and he gets distracted without thinking thoroughly about the consequences.
No matter how great he seems as a boy, you know there has to be something terribly wrong with him to make your mother like him so much. While Buddy looks great on paper, Buddy's interactions with Esther reveal him to be at times dumb, oblivious, and just plain pathetic. Buddy is constantly making Esther feel irrational and ignorant in contrast to his conceited sense of superiority and falsely confidence. When Buddy undresses in front of Esther, and Esther compares him to a "turkey gizzard", it's hard not to feel that Buddy sort of deserves to be ridiculed. The way Buddy talks about Esther I think affects her.
Gatsby would do anything to make someone happy. As one of the twins mentioned whilst at one of Gatsby’s parties ‘There’s something funny about a fellow that’ll do a thing like that, he doesn’t want trouble with anybody’. Altogether Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby are different in many ways as Tom is an arrogant, sexist bully and has no respect of others around him where as throughout the novel you get a sense that Gatsby is more of a kind and refined character. However Tom and Gatsby have their similarities as they both want Daisy but for different reasons- tom for his persona and Gatsby for true love. And both Tom and Gatsby enjoy their luxurious lifestyles and they both like to party all the time.
Mr Birling is a very selfish man who ‘has to make his way’ and doesn’t think of anyone but himself and his family; he thinks the community is stupid. He likes to make predictions on future- the unsinkability of the titanic, the impossibility of the war and the promises of technology. Sheila is presented as a very pretty and a quite honest character. She is engaged to Gerald Croft and they have just had their engagement party. When the inspector tells Sheila about Eva Smith she showed a lot of emotion and felt that she had to tell the inspector everything that happened.