Outsiders “They are right. You are hood‚” (S.E. Hinton‚ page 15). This quote describes the Greasers in the story The Outsiders. This story is about two groups called the Socs (socials) and the greasers. Ponyboy and Johnny gang member of the Greasers‚ get into a brawl and end up a death of a Socs member‚ the boys were forced to go into hiding. Soon the Greasers go into a battle with the Socs. While some Greasers try to achieve redemption‚ others meet tragic ends. They are two completely different groups
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Throughout The Outsiders‚ violence is depicted in numerous ways. The Greasers and Socials use violence towards one another regularly in the story. For instance‚ the story begins with a group of Socials jumping a Greaser. However‚ the author tries to convey to the reader why violence is never the answer. In the text‚ she attempts to get through to the reader that violence does not resolve anything for both groups. By trying to explicate this through the text‚ she conveys to the reader how violence
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and outsider. The greasers are a group of “low class‚” they are the delinquents known to be the worst of the bunch. They’re known to like fighting‚ having street smarts‚ dropping out of school‚ and just being the “bad guys.” Pony thinks he’s different from the greasers like an “Outsider‚” yet Pony seems to associate with that group the most‚ but he still has his reasons on feeling different from his group. My first reason on why Pony feels different from the greasers is that Pony enjoys reading
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jumped out of a car and just started to beat her friend up because they did not like that he was a greaser. Hinton went home and started writing the story of the boy who was beaten up by rich kids while he was walking home. This is the beginning of ‘ The Outsiders.’ ‘The Outsiders’ open with Ponyboy walking home alone after the movie. Ponyboy knows it is really dangerous to walk by himself as a greaser. Socs are the wide side rich kids‚
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person? That sounds like the greasers‚ poor hoodlums. Even though they that’s what people assume automatically they are actually good hearted and caring. Then there’s the rude‚ rich‚ spoiled socs that have everything handed to them and they don’t care about anyone but themselves. The outsiders is a teen fiction novel written by S.E Hinton. The greasers struggle more than the socs because they don’t have alot of money and they feel unsafe everywhere they go. The greasers are known as the low class
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groups‚ the Greasers and the Socs. Characters fit in these two categories‚ but there is also a hidden category‚ the outsiders. This is a category where characters who don’t truly fit in the groups of the Greasers and the Socs go. However‚ there are rarely any outsiders‚ they are special characters. I believe Ponyboy Curtis‚ Sherri Valance‚ and Johnny Cade all lie in this secret category. PonyBoy and Johnny are both technically classified as Greasers. However‚ they are different from Greasers. For example
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world‚ there are many groups. For example‚ there are groups in school‚ groups in sports‚ and there are also gangs. This book‚ “The Outsiders” written by S.E.Hinton is about a gang called Greasers and the narrator‚ “Ponyboy” tells us about what happened the year before telling us the story of everyday life as a Greaser. In this book‚the author uses different types of techniques to contradict the characters to their gang. However‚ the author also does not connect the characters to the gang. I have three
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throughout one’s life and should be focused on vigilantly. In S. E. Hinton’s novel‚ The Outsiders‚ it features a young Greaser dubbed Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy‚ the protagonist in The Outsiders‚ has matured since the ending of the novel‚ and is now ready to graduate from high school and enter into the real world. Although‚ he must make the decision of whether he would prefer to remain as a greaser‚ and stay in his comfort zone‚ or change to a Soc‚ and live a more luxurious life‚ but not be true to himself.
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class‚ poorer people‚ called the Greasers. The conflict between the two social groups occurs because the Socs are too real and too demanding for things. The Greasers are being jumped by the Socs and that creates conflict and hatred between the two groups who aren’t really that different‚ but Socs see Greasers differently and Greasers see Socs differently too. Pg42 “Things are rough all over.” Things are rough all over for the Socs‚ as the Greasers see that they seem to not have a
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struggles with many common problems that a teenager encounters. One of these problems is when he struggles with remaining loyal to the Greasers and living a moral life. The Greasers don’t have many morals except for looking out for each other‚ and that is how most of them lose their innocence. This is the problem that Ponyboy must deal with. He strives to maintain the Greasers’ tough reputation while desiring to protect the innocence he has left from childhood. They will often lie‚ cheat‚ steal‚ and kill
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