The Outsiders

For once in my life I actually enjoyed the book comparison to the movie, when I first watched the movie just when we started to read the book, I found it to be quite good, it was a bit long but I enjoyed it. After a few days when we got deeper into the story I was changing perspectives, whilst reading it, it was like reading a completely different book comparison to the movie. The book revealed lots more than the movie, I could understand the characters so much more,and I also favored the book more because it was first-person view, so it was easier to understand, its like S.E Hinton was bringing these characters to life. I enjoyed the book much more than the film for many reasons, but one thing that does make me quite furious in all scenarios is when the author describes and makes up a character, and then the director of the film makes him/her completely the opposite, for example:
The character Johnny in the Outsiders book was very interesting, S.E Hinton characterized him as a normal teenager, that likes to hang out more with his pals (the gang) than his parents, he could be very courageous and brave most of the times and he shows it very well, for instance when Johnny was with Ponyboy at the park just walking around the block and the Socs came he acted so tough by taking a cigarette out of his pocket, and pulling his sleeves up. In the film its like his a different character. One other thing that really annoyed me was Sodapop’s part in the film, by that I mean, he was so important to Ponyboy, and obviously Ponyboy was the protagonist, so he Should have played a very big and important role in the movie, but he doesn’t, he briefly plays a role in the movie. There were many small and big things that disappointed me, but mostly it was the movie.