Chunk Thesis statement: The greasers struggle more than the Socs because they’re poor‚ everyone thinks stereotypical about them‚ and everyone thinks they’re trash. First supporting paragraph: The greasers struggle because they’re poorer than everybody else. Quote or paraphrase of evidence: “We’re poorer than the Socs and middle class.” Citation: (S.E. Hinton‚ 1965‚ Page 3) How is the evidence persuasive?: The quote given is persuasive because it tells us from the greasers point of view that they’re
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different. We saw the same sunset” (41) ponders Ponyboy‚ a Greaser‚ when he realizes social class does not define a person. S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders tells of a town where social class splits the citizens into the lower class Greasers‚ who others view as horrible‚ selfish‚ tough‚ trouble-making criminals‚ and the upper class Socs or Socials‚ who the townspeople view as the privileged‚ wealthy‚ law-abiding people. Throughout the novel‚ one Greaser‚ Ponyboy‚ comes to realize outer appearance‚ the way someone
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groups. To begin the novel‚ Ponyboy tries to find ways in which the Greasers and Socs are similar. For example‚ Ponyboy states “It’s okay… We aren’t in the same class. Just don’t forget that some of us watch the sunset too.” (Hinton ) Ponyboy says this to Cherry after he‚ Johnny and Two-Bit spend time with Cherry and Marcia after
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The author S.E.Hinton uses extreme events to make the argument that given a chance; even those labelled ‘bad’ by society can do good. In the novel The Outsiders the characters that are labelled bad greasers who are placed in challenging situations. Those situations demonstrate that people are not always what they are labelled. S.E.Hinton uses her characters and their actions to persuade us that you cannot label someone until you know them and what they have been through. The novel demonstrates that
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wants there to be no fighting between the socs and the greasers. ponyboy likes sunsets‚ books and he also like poems which he always memorizes. He lones at the movie house‚ “ i had a long walk home and no company‚ but i usually lone it anyway‚ for no reason except that i like to watch movies” “ and nobody in our gang digs books and movies the way i do” ‚ Pony has a different attitude and behaviour than the others in his gang. “Greasers are almost like hoods‚ we steal things and drive old soupedup cars
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absolutely shocked how quick and drastically an event could change someone’s life. “I was trembling. A pain was growing in my throat and I wanted to cry‚ but greasers don’t cry in front of strangers. Some of us never cry at all. Like Dally and Two-Bit and Tim Shepard–they forgot how at an early age…” This explains how Greasers have to keep up a tough image in front of others. Even at depressing and heart-breaking moments‚ they’re expected to put up a façade and not shed any tears as it
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imagined that they would be going to school together when school started back in the fall. Not knowing that they went to school together‚ Sandy a Australian transfer who later became a member of the Pink Lady‘s. “Danny(John Travolta) is the coolest greaser at Rydell High‚ and a member of the T-Birds.” (Davis). They found each other and started to hang out again. Danny acting hard around Sandy and pushed her away. This is where all of the excitement went on in the movie. This movie is my favorite
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must have noticed their confusement‚ because he quickly went on. "One of those trashy greasers tried to rob a liquor store. Can you believe it? Those trash heaps never cease to amaze me." He grinned and leaned back in his chair. He almost looked pleased with himself and Cherry had to fight the urge to roll her eyes. "So?" She asked harshly. "So.." Bob leaned forward again‚ placing his hands on the table. "The greaser got shot by some cop. He’s dead." Marcia gasped and quickly smacked his arm. "Stop
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and met up with Dally and we talked about some good things we done together‚ like when we went into the dinner and ate together. Some of other things that we did is when we saved the kids and the press called you a here they called a Greaser a hero and that Greaser was you Johnny. Johnny was a good man who had the most funny humor and had an amazing smile‚ even though he lived a rough life he was still a great man he was an amazing guy just like Dallas who loved you very much and he was very mad
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over the greasers. The socs use these cars to catch and ambush greasers on the run to jump them‚ as greasers travel mostly on foot. The cars are a sense of leverage or advantage over the greasers‚ as they don’t have much experience as the greasers on foot in combat. 3rd item is Bob’s rings. Bobs rings along with the socs cars a sign of wealth. The rings as a physical power along with wealth. Bob uses his rings as a weapon in combat as he uses it to show his superiority over the greaser. Bob uses
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