Question by mel_hell: Who has watched the movie of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton?
tell me if you cry in the part when Johnny dies, and if it is different than the book and how.

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Answer by sam
That was really sad when Johnny dies! He was one of my favorite characters in the movie (it was sad what happened to Dallas too). Also, I was amazed how old Ralph Macchio was in The Outsiders and the Karate Kid( he looks so young). Here are some difference between the movie and the novel.

* In the movie when they get off the train the church is right next to the tracks; in the book they had to walk for a bit to get to the church.
* In the movie Soda has brown hair, but in the book he has dark-gold hair.
* In the movie, there is a much greater description of where the Socs and the Greasers hang out.
* In the novel, the two main sides of town are East and West; in the film, they are North and South. S.E. Hinton originally wrote it as North and South; it was changed to East and West because North/South was a real rivalry at the time. Coppola made the decision to go with the original in the film.
* Two-Bit’s switchblade is changed to a balisong, or butterfly knife, in the film.
* In the novel, Johnny tells Dally to leave the girls alone, and Dally does shortly after, but in the film, he gets angry at Johnny, calling him a “little shit” and a “wise ass”.
* While talking to Cherry for the first time in the film, Ponyboy does not mention a few things he talks about in the novel; among them, Soda’s favorite horse, “Mickey Mouse”, and watching sunsets.
* It is mentioned in the novel that Steve Randle almost had his jaw shattered by Darry after remarking that the older boy was “all brawn and no brain.” In the film, he says this without any consequences before the rumble. Also, while he breaks three ribs during the rumble in the novel, he escapes with only cuts and bruises in the film, along with a missing tooth.
* Although Sodapop’s girlfriend Sandy leaves him in the novel, she is not mentioned again in the film after Sodapop announces his plans to marry her.
* Dallas is approached by a little girl in Windrixville in the film. This was not in the novel. The part of the little girl is played by the director’s daughter, Sofia Coppola.
* Ponyboy talks with Dally during the rumble in the novel; in the film, he does not.
* The Brumly Boys do not fight in the rumble in the film, although they are present in the novel.
* Ponyboy keeps Two-Bit from arguing with Johnny’s mother in the novel because he doesn’t like to see women get verbally abused “even if they deserved it”; however, in the film, he does not intercede when Two-Bit tells Johnny’s mother to “go straight to hell”.
* Darry pushes Ponyboy in the film but hits him in the novel.
* Randy Adderson’s last name is spelled “Anderson” in the film credits.
* In the novel Soda plays pranks on the reporters and police while at the hospital; in the film, he is not even present.
* In the film, Dallas stole money from a man at a drug/convenience store. In the novel, it was from a grocery store.
* Dallas’ robbery is a scene in the film. In the novel, Dallas’ robbery is not part of the narrative, only exposited.
* In the novel, Dallas crumpled under the street light when shot by police and died immediately. In the movie, he gets up and is shot down repeatedly, but stays alive long enough to crawl over towards Ponyboy and try to speak to him before dying.
* In the book, Dally is said to have “hair so blond it is almost white.” In the movie, Dally has brown hair.
* The novel says that in the hospital there were reporters, but in the movie it just cuts to the part were Darry is taking Ponyboy into the house.
* In the novel Two-bit Mathews has thick sideburns,but not in the movie.
* In the book, Ponyboy is delirious for about three days. In the movie, this was not present.

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