In the book‚ “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton there are two main social groups‚ the Socs and the greasers. The Socs‚ and the greasers are enemies in the town of Tulsa and often get into fights just because they are different. Socs and greasers often stereotype each other just based on one experience with one their friends. To start off‚ there are many instances of greasers stereotyping Socs but here are just a few examples. First‚ when Ponyboy was looking through Sodapop’s yearbook he stumbled upon
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novel he comes to the realization that the gang he belongs to‚ the Greasers‚ is not much different than the Socs. At the beginning of the novel Ponyboy believes that the Greasers and the Socs are completely different. When Ponyboy was talking to Cherry he explained how Johnny was once beat up by the Socs. Cherry said‚ “Not Socs are bad.” Ponyboy didn’t believe what Cherry said. But in the end of the book he now agrees that the Greasers aren’t all that different from the Socs. When Pony Boy meets Cherry
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in the 1960’s‚ the novel is based on a true story. The story is about Ponyboy‚ a teenager that belongs in the gang called Greasers. There is another gang that opposes the Greasers called the Socs. The two gangs live in two sides of Oklahoma‚ the Greasers being in the east‚ and the Socs being in the west. The Socs and the Greasers often fight each other. To society‚ the Greasers are low class and cause trouble‚ while the Socs are rich and can do no harm. Ponyboy dramatically changes throughout the
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novel “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton there are two rival gangs‚ the Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers live on the Eastside of town and don’t have a lot of money. The Socs live on the Westside of town and are very wealthy. There are three problems that both gangs face: drinking and smoking‚ having parents who do not care about them‚ and rivalry with the opposing gang over a variety of issues. First of all‚ the Socs and the Greasers both drink and smoke‚ which leads them to do very bad things. Smoking
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and The Greasers. They are rival gangs. The Greasers have it worst off because they have to hideout from the police‚ they are poor‚ and they get jumped by The Socs. The boys‚ Johnny and Ponyboy‚ have to hide from the police because Johnny killed somebody to save Ponyboy’s life. “We gotta get outta here. Get somewhere. Run away. The police’ll be here soon‚” ( Hinton pg. 57). If it were The Socs that killed one of The Greasers‚ they could just buy their way out instead of hiding. The Greasers are very
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hinton highlights the conflicts of both the greasers and socs to show that life is difficult for rich and poor kids. Through depicting their personal conflicts‚Hinton reveals that these young men‚seem so different but share similar needs. In the Outsiders‚ Hinton explains how we all have our problems and difficulties. In the following paragraphs I talk about what problems/challenges that people like greasers‚socs and both face. First off the people like greasers have a lot a problems and challenges that
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throughout the novel. The Outsiders tells the story of the greasers and Socs (Socials)‚ two loosely organised teen gangs in
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in his world are the constant Greaser/ Soc wars and the never ceasing criticism of his brother Darry. Or they were until his best friend Johnny kills a Soc‚ forcing them to flee to an old abandoned church in the country to evade arrest. Their Ponyboy grows as a person‚ a friend‚ and a brother. By the end of the book‚ he realizes that who you are isn’t where you come from. When we first meet Ponyboy‚ he is sure that all Socs have the same attitude toward Greasers. For example‚ when he was walking
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young children are constant of evil in a life of a young boy named pony boy. This research paper is going to be about S.E Hinton‚ background of the story‚ and the three brother. This story has emotional‚ happy and thrilling moments in this book. The greaser and socs do not get alone with each other. S.E. Hinton’s novel‚ the outsiders is the first a narrative of Ponyboy‚ a young outcast boy who later become a strong man filled with identify. S.E. Hinton was born and raises in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma. She
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this book about the differences between two unique teenage social groups: the greasers and the Soc (Doc A). She illustrates that the outsiders are the people who stand out from the rest of society by thought or action. Both the greasers and the Soc can be considered outsiders‚ but as the story goes on‚ we realize the real outsiders are the ones who can see each individual in the groups for who they really are. The greasers are definitely considered outsiders because they are “dumb and poor”. People
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