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    When someone breaks the law‚ can they still be honorable? The Greasers from The Outsiders are examples of people who break laws and are still honorable.The Greasers are law breakers. They have a grudge against the Socs. One of the Greasers accidentally take things too far. He and another Greaser run away‚ but they come back because of certain events that happen. They start to realize who the person they killed was.The Greasers are law breakers‚ but can still be good people. Johnny from The

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    look for more There is a hug variation between the two‚ the tiny details were precisely the same. The Outsiders is about a group of kids that are all different some are greasers‚ which have the leather jackets and the slicked back hair‚ and there are the Socs‚ they are the rich kids of town and are more dressed up then the greasers are. One way that the book is different from the movie is that the movie didn’t say anything about Sodapop‚ the main character’s older brother‚ wanting to get married to

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    to the rumbling in cars and start to line up. The first comparable scene is when (The socs arrive at the Rumble. They are all pulling up in cars to fight the greasers. Two sentences that might describe the similarities between the book and the movie would be that all the Socs pulled up in cars to meet the greasers. You saw all the greasers‚ Tim Shepard‚ and the brumley boys all lined up ready to fight. Two differences between the book and the movie could be that in the book they said four cars but

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    friends are part of a gang known as the "greasers"‚ due to their poor appearance and their greasy hair. The antagonist gang is known as the "socs"‚ a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up greasers like Ponyboy. The town dislikes both gangs‚ but in particular the greasers. The greasers are disliked much more than the socs because they are poor and dirty. Even though the socs are in fact even more ruthless than the greasers‚ they are "socially acceptable" due to their

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    different gangs from opposite ends of the social ladder clash in this epic novel of social tension between two rival groups‚ the Socs and the Greasers. The main character‚ 14-year-old Ponyboy‚ is a Greaser who lives under the cycle of poverty and endless pressure from the Socs. They are the upper class Westside crowd who are accepted in society. The Greasers‚ in contrast‚ struggle to put food on the table and are social outcasts. SE Hinton has mentioned about gangs several times in her novel. But

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    Who Are The Outsiders? “It seems like there’s gotta be someplace without Greasers‚ or Socs with just people. Plain ordinary people.” The novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton takes place in Tulsa Oklahoma during the 1960’s. The novel shows how a gang of seven greasy boys deal with society being divided into “Greasers” and “Socs”‚ however along the way they face hardships including death. In the novel‚ “the outsiders” were considered people who didn’t fit in. In this case the “Outsiders” were: Ponyboy

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    That’s where The Outsiders by S.E.Hinton transfers. Greasers are rejected by society because their lack of money‚ grades‚ and so on. The socs are excepted because everything is “perfect” about them. When really greasers and socs have a lesson to show and that is the barrier set by society because of appearances. People have found ways to cope with this barrier‚ a common way is to look on the bright side of everything. For instance‚ ponyboy‚ a greaser

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    major conflicts‚ and in many cases these conflicts are beyond the characters control. These four types of conflicts are man versus another man‚ for example in The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ a major man versus man conflict are the rival gangs‚ the Greasers and the Socs. Another conflict is man versus nature‚ where a person is in trouble with a force of nature‚ like a tornado‚ or in this case a fire. Man versus society is where a character has conflicts with society’s views on “outsiders” and people

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    brother‚ Sodapop. Ponyboy is a greaser on the west side of town and with his friends that have bad reputations‚ things could get out of hand. Throughout the book‚ there are big decisions being made whether to go one way or the other. Making one decision could influence how another decision could be made. This was a great novel because it’s showed the greatness between friendships and family. An event that stood out was when Ponyboy and Johnny‚ one of Ponyboy’s greaser friends‚ went to the park and

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    groups. One example is the Socials and the Greasers. The Socs‚ an abbreviation for the Socials‚ are favoured by society because they are rich and educated as said in the book. It says‚ “…. But it’s the abbreviation for the Socials‚ the jet set‚ the West-side rich kids.”‚ “assets to society” and “I really couldn’t see what Socs would have to sweat about- good grades‚ good cars‚ good girls‚ madras and Mustangs and Corvairs”. Meanwhile‚ the Greasers are looked down upon by society because

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