of the problems. After all they are the cause of the rumble. The Socs are no good drunk 24/7 idiots who need to turn their ego down‚ and intelligence up. They screw up MANY times in the book. Yah yah‚ greasers are not perfect‚ but at least they have some common sense. And I’ll tell you why the greasers are innocent and the Socs are not. First of all‚ Johnny was justified in killing Bob. It was in self-defense‚ the Socs beat up Johnny before traumatizing him‚ and the only reason why Johnny had his
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One example of this in the book is when the Greasers thought that the Socs had everything going great because of what they owned. Some things that made the Greasers think this was the fact that the Socs had really nice cars and they had nice clothes. The Greasers didn’t know that the Socs had some of the same problems that they did and they went through hard times just like them. Another example of appearance being an important theme is how the Greasers were judged on how they looked. They didn’t
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influential role in the lives of his fellow friends‚ the Greasers‚ and mostly over Ponyboy. Dally was both the toughness and the anger that existed and held back the Greasers and Ponyboy. Known as the toughest of the Greaser gang‚ with no family‚ Dally felt he could take violent risks. While Dally’s death seemed tragic‚ if Dally had continued in the same manner‚ the lives of the Greasers and Ponyboy would have traveled down a darker path. As a Greaser‚ Dally always acted very “tough” and “hard” and only
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dying in a car accident. They are all greasers in a gang and often watch over Johnny ‚who is another greaser‚ because his alcoholic parents abuse him. They also have a gang rivalry with the Socs who are rich and pick on the poor. The quote‚”You cannot open a book without learning something” by the Irish proverb because the book taught me a lot about mostly everything from the life of a greaser. I learned that the Socs and greasers were rivals because greasers were lower class than the socs. One example
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including your appearance‚ your family‚ the way you live‚ and how you perform with other people. But why was it so critical for Hinton to use the word “outsider” when she could’ve used “greasers” or “socs”? Perhaps‚ Hinton preferred to use the word “outsider” because of the greaser characters in the books. The greasers weren’t rich‚ they didn’t have the right clothes or wore their hair the right way.
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Ponyboy Curtis who as a character developed mentally and physically. The Story is about the conflict between two groups the Socs and the Greasers who at the beginning hated each other but because of events throughout the novel they learn that they are not that different. Ponyboy faced obstacles‚ at home with his brother Darry‚ the conflict between the Socs and the Greasers and his attitude towards life. From this Pony learns “Nothing gold can stay”. When Pony’s parents died his older brother Darry‚ took
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The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is a novel about a boy called Ponyboy who is involved in a rivalry between two gangs‚ the Greasers and the Socs. The Socs live in the West side of town; they look clean‚ have lots of money and drive blue Mustangs. The greasers live in the east side of town; they wear hair oil‚ t-shirts and jeans‚ and don’t have much money. Ponyboy is part of the Greasers‚ along with his two brothers Darry and Sodapop‚ his closest friend Johnny Cade‚ Two-Bit‚ Steve and Dallas Winston‚ the
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The experiences we go through in life help shape our personal identity‚ they better help us understand ourselves and our place in the world. This thought is explored and investigated in the text‚ The Outsiders by S.E. Hilton. A coming of age novel where the character encounters the effect of their decisions and experiences both negative and positive circumstances. This is clear from the content as the experience of fleeing to the country‚ being in a gang‚ facing violence and poverty can shape the
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I’ve learned that it is hard for the greasers in their town and life. Similarities Paragraph. Both the movie and the book have some similar sim Introduction. The book and the movie of the ‘ Outsiders’ are different in some ways. The book and the movie seem to be similar in some sort of way. However after finishing the movie I had time to think and the book and the movie have some differences. Both movie and book share and feature the same characters. In both Pony‚Darry and soda are brothers. the
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the predicaments that the Greasers had to go through?The Outsiders is not a true story‚ but makes the reader feel like it was real. The main character‚ Ponyboy‚ is part of a gang named the Greasers. Conflicts sparked between the Greasers and their enemies‚ the Socs or Socials. Ponyboy‚ Darry‚ Dally‚ Sodapop‚ Two-bit and Johnny went through obstacles and problems caused by the Socs. Throughout the book‚ The Outsiders‚ there were many problems and conflicts that the Greasers had to go through because
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