ReWrite - The Outsiders

I am still trying to decide what to do a rewrite on, first thing that came to mind however was the text 'the outsiders' by S.E.Hinton. I quite like that story so now I'll have to choose a character to bring to life, so to speak. I was actually going to rewrite on a piece of literature from the Polynesian literature but couldn't find anything, still looking though. If nothing comes up i'll stick with 'The Outsiders'

Well, this is what I have thus far. Work in progress :)

Thus far I have decided to focus on Ponyboy's (main character) eldest sibling, Darrel, nicknamed Darry. I have chosen to have him as my focus point because he is mentioned often during the text and is the one who is holding their family (3 siblings, all boys) together. Their parents were killed in a car accident leaving Darry playing the 'parent' role to keep the 3 boys together.

As suggested, I'll start off by pointing out Darry's characteristics from the text and carry on from there

• Loyal
• Protective
• Rough
• Caring (shows it in an unusual way, especially towards his younger brother - Ponyboy) - hard love
• Plays parent role to help his younger siblings Sodapop and Ponyboy stay together
• Short tempered
• Hard Worker - has two jobs to support his brothers, does house work, etc
• Mature for a 20 year old and looking after his siblings
• unofficial leader of their little 'gang' the greasers
• Smart and Successful - "Darry didn’t deserve to work like an old man when he was only twenty. He had been a real popular guy in school; he was captain of the football team and he had been voted Boy of the Year. But we just didn’t have the money for him to go to college, even with the athletic scholarship he won. And now he didn’t have time between jobs to even think about college." (Hinton, 1967)
• physically fit, the greasers (gang) call him superman

Reference List

Hinton, S. (1967). The Outsiders. United States: Viking Press, Dell Publishing.