outsiders genra

The word genre is defined as a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, marked by a distinctive style, form, or content. (www.doctionary.com) Some of these genres are, comedy, horror, thriller, and or action. The novel written by S.E. Hinton titled The Outsiders may fall into a wide variety of different genres. One of the most distinctive genre formation called is bildungsroman. This term arrives from the German word meaning …

…Two-bit” that “Randy” just wanted to talk and he was not a “Soc”. Indeed The Outsiders can be classified as the genre called Bildungsroman. Bildungsroman is shown throughout The Outsiders because of innocence and immaturity “Ponyboy” conveys. Also because all the emotional and physical suffering that helped all the characters mature. Finally and most importantly the readers can identify Bildungsroman when “Ponyboy” has an epiphany on the value of like when both his friends die.