Similarities
These are some similarities from the film and the novel. The drive in movie scene was almost exactly the same as it was written in the novel. While watching the movie I even recognized some of the same lines that were said between Cherry and Dally. Another thing that was similar between both was Johnny's death scene. Right before Johnny died he pulled Ponyboy close and said “Stay gold Ponyboy, stay gold”.
Differences
These are some differences between the movie and the novel. In the novel it only mentions Ponyboy having a dream in the past, but in the movie he has a dream everytime he falls asleep. Another thing is that in the beginning of the novel he gets beat up by socs, but in the beginning of the movie he just walks around town with Johnny and Dally. One last thing that was different was when Dally got shot by the cops and died, the Greasers were already with him, but in the movie the greasers got there as he died.
Evaluation
One big thing that really bothered me about the movie was they didn't involve Sodapop in the movie as much as they did in the novel. Johnny wasn't anything like what I thought he would look like in the movie, but overall I think the director choice good characters for The Outsiders. Another character I was iffy about in the movie was Marcia. She looked nothing like I thought she would look and it's the same thing with the personality. I also wasn't really happy with who they chose the play Bob.
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