Family...., what does it mean?

Family, What does it Mean?

Authors note: this piece of writing discusses the meaning of family. It also shows you how the authors used the meaning of family in the outsiders. It also tells the reader about real life examples of families and how not all families are the same.

           

         The definition of family:   (FAM·i·lie) * A fundamental social group in society consisting of one or two parents and their children*. Is that what family really is though? Isn't family people you  can count on and trust, people you love and the people that take care of you and stand up for you no matter what?  That’s what family is in the outsiders.

         First of all, the author makes family a main topic in this story by not having any greaser have the " typical normal family Greasers have what we consider to be the normal family, a mom, dad, and possibly siblings. Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry did, until the tragedy of their parents. Two-bit only has a mom, Johnny parents abuse him and don't care about him. Dally parents left him. Having a non reliable biological family, they sure have an amazing family consisting of the greasers. Nowadays the normal American family isn't a mom and a dad and siblings all living together.

         Secondly, families aren't just different in books; I could use some people in my family as examples. I have  a mom, a dad, a sister, and a brother. My cousin on the other hand has only a mom and a brother, her parents divorced. My other set of cousins has just a mom. They had a dad but, sadly he passed away in September 2011. I have a friend that was adopted by two very loving people, and even though they are not her biological parents they are still her family. A family is people and a family is love and there are all different kinds of families.

          Finally,  all families are different, and by no means are they perfect. Families aren't just biological; they are people that you care about and love. I think there should be a new definition of the word family.  (Fam-i-lie)* A dependable group of people, people you love*.

What is Family?

Themes:

Family and what it means in the book the outsiders

       The definition of family:   (fam·i·lie) * A fundamental social group in society consisting of one or two parents and their children*. Is that what family really is though? Isn't family people you  can count on and trust, people you love and the people that take care of you and stand up for you no matter what?  That’s what family is in the outsiders.

       In the outsiders none of the Greasers have what we consider to be the normal family, a mom, dad, and possibly siblings. Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry did, until the tragedy of their parents. Two-bit only has a mom, Johnny parents abuse him and don't care about him. Dally parents left him. Having a non reliable biological family, they sure  have an amazing family consisting of the greasers. Nowadays the normal American family isn't a mom and a dad and siblings all living together.

         All families are different, and I think there should be a new definition of the word family. Families arent just biological..so (fam-i-lie)* a dependable group of people, someone you love*.

Bob's point of view.

Authors note: this is a piece of writing that talks about what bob thought of the fight scene. 

    I put my foot on the gas of my mustang.  It was hard to drive, it was dark and we were pretty drunk. I couldn't help but try to understand what cherry saw in those greasers.

 I didn’t realize where we were until I saw them. The two greasers that picked up our girls. Our soc girls. We ought to teach them a lesson. I pulled up around the park and all of us soc's jumped out.  I didn’t know what we would do to them but all I knew that they would never want to look at a soc girls again.

We walked up to the greasers. They had blank tough looks on there faces I wasn’t sure if they were afraid. I recall saying" you know what a greaser is? White trash with long hair."  the kid had the nerve to tell me soc's were nothing but white trash with mustangs and madras. that hit me hard. With a grin on my face I decided to give the little greaser a "bath" in the fountain behind him. My friend David grabbed the kid from the back of his neck and shoved him face first into the fountain. I remember him struggling and slowly start to let up. Then I felt a sharp pain and before I realized what had happened………. I was gone…….. I believe that if we were sober, we would not have gone as far as we went. Also things would