Do you carry a knife around in fear that you may find yourself in a situation where you’ll be forced to use it? Do you walk around hiding your emotions because society tells you doing otherwise is not acceptable? In The Outsiders, a novel written by S. E. Hinton, these are only a fragment of the struggles the characters face. In The Outsiders there are two main gangs, the Greasers and the Socs. Both gangs participate in illegal activities. The Socs jump Greasers ‘wreck houses, and throw beer blasts for kicks.’ The Greasers ‘steal things and drive old souped-up cars and hold up gas stations and have a gang fight once in awhile.’ (4) The main difference between the two groups is the Socs are the higher class and have more money than the Greasers. …show more content…
One of the most significant scenes in The Outsiders happens at a movie theater. When Ponyboy, the main character and a Greaser gang decides to go to a movie theater they run into some Socs girls. Dally, a dangerous Greaser who is described by Ponyboy as ‘tougher than the rest of us--- tougher, colder, meaner’ (10) starts to harass the two Socs, Cherry and Marcia. ‘Nobody else was there except two girls who were sitting down front… He started talking, loud enough for the two girls to hear. He started out bad and got worse. Dallas could talk awful dirty if he wanted to and I guess he wanted to then.’ (18-19) This moment displays how the Greasers started conflicts with the Socs. Later, Johnny and Ponyboy strike up a conversation with the two Socs girls in which Cherry asks Ponyboy, "What's a nice, smart kid like you running around with trash like that for?"(21). This quote gives a clear clue about what Cherry and Marcia thought about the Greasers. To add, by the way the Cherry talked about Greasers like they were horrible It would be safe to assume her boyfriend is a Soc. Later on in the conversation Ponyboy and Johnny were having with the Soc girls, they learn ‘they'd come with their boyfriends’(25). At this moment Ponyboy and Johnny should have stepped away from the Socs since the Socs were their rival gang. After the movie ends Bob, Cherry’s boyfriend, and his friends spot the girls with Ponyboy, Johnny, and …show more content…
To sum it all up after Bob is killed, Johnny and Ponyboy decide they ‘“gotta get outa here. Get somewhere. Run away.”’ (50) They take shelter in an abandoned church. Unfortunately, after living in the church for almost a week the church catches on fire from a cigarette Ponyboy and Johnny dropped. While they were gone some kids had been playing in the church, feeling guilty Johnny and Ponyboy run in to pull them out from the burning flames. While on his way out of the burning church, timber falls on top of Johnny resulting in him becoming fatally injured. Dally isn’t able to comprehend Johnny’s death so ‘he's, just robbed a grocery store and the cops are after him.’ (130) By doing this he gets the police’s attention. When Dally is surrounded by the police he pulls out a gun ‘and even as the policemen's guns spit fire into the night I knew that was what Dally wanted. He was jerked half around by the impact of the bullets, then slowly crumpled with a look of grim triumph on his face.’ (page number). This quote reveals how another thoughtless decision made by a Greaser ended in a negative way. This time it was quite clear that it was
Stereotyping is a constant theme throughout The Outsiders. It may seem as if the Greasers are the ones that really have to deal with presumptions, but the Socs also have quite a bit of stereotyping to deal with. While the outside world tries to force these stereotypes onto the gangs, they also tend to assume things about each other. This leads to divisions between them that most likely would not exist if stereotyping was not so abundant. The Greasers are pegged as nasty hoodlum troublemakers that are dropouts and criminals. On the other hand, the Socs are made out to be the opposite- crisp, intelligent young adults that have no real problems. Many cases of stereotyping between the two groups leads to violence between them.
In S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders Socs and Greasers are enemies. Society put them against each other and labeled them. Greasers are the poor, dirty, no-good kids that nobody wants around. Socs are stuck-up, perfect, rich kids who looks down on everybody. In the book, two boys- Johnny and Ponyboy- start some trouble with a couple of Socs, and Bob is killed. They have to run from the police, all while the tension between Greasers and Socs is thicker than ever. Throughout the novel, it explains how “things are rough all over”. The Greasers have it the worse because they feel emotions so harshly, they are constantly getting jumped by the Socs, and they only have each other because their families are broken.
Once, a wise soul has spoken, “Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful”. Adversity means having troubles and difficulties. It’s what you need to persevere through in order to do something you’ve wanted to do for a long time. If you want to pass that test, you’ve gotta conquer your fears and fight through all the troubles that arrive in front of you. Become your own hero. Adversity is a situation that took place in the novel “The Outsiders”, by S.E. Hinton.
In the outsiders we learn that the Greasers and the Socs aren't so different because they feel the same way about teenage issues. Both Greasers and Socs want the other one gone. They both wants what’s best for their gang.They both feel the same about issues. In the beginning of the story the Socs and the Greasers seemed like totally different people, and I thought the Socs were just rich snobs and the Greasers were just hoodlums. In the Middle of the Story Randy confronts Soda and tells him that he doesn’t want to fight and that he’s sick of all the fighting. At the end of the story the Greasers and the Socs kind of make peace because they both lost friends just because of all they’re fighting and they realized that all of this fighting is
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about a group called the greasers, a group called the socs and what’s different between the groups and what’s the same. The greasers are the kids with little money, who feel a lot, and are tough. The socs are rich kids with not enough emotions and they never get in trouble. The Greasers have it worse because they have broken families, are always getting jumped by the socs, and are expected to steal and be rude because of their backgrounds.
Throughout life individuals face many challenges testing their values and personality one situation at a time. In the evocative novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton themes of growing up and innocence are shown. Ponyboy is not your average 14 year old he is part of a gang known to many as the Greasers. He encounters many situations testing his values and beliefs. Having lost both his parents recently he and his brothers stick together like a true family but this relationship is tested when Darry hits Ponyboy. He also experiences the loss several close friends in a very short period of time. Throughout this novel, Ponyboy encounters many life changing experiences that prove he is a dynamic character.
“They’ll know we’re hood the minute they see us, I thought” (Hinton, 1967, pg.64). This quote shows that even the greasers themselves know that they are stereotyped by kids their own age and even adults. When Ponyboy says this, he is worried because being “hood” is not something that is respected. “You don’t see a kid grease and a Socy cheerleader together often” (Hinton, 1967, pg. 30). This quote shows how it is is stereotyped that a greaser and a Soc cannot be friends or get along at all. In the story’s setting, it is not accepted that both social groups are equal. It is accepted that the Socs and middle class are somehow better than the greasers. Stereotyping the greasers creates conflict for them. Sometimes they want people to know that they are hood, but thinking that all greasers are ghetto and nasty, is not
“You take up for your buddies, no matter what they do. When you're a gang, you stick up for the members. If you don't stick up for them, stick together, make like brothers, it isn't a gang any more.” In S.E Hinton’s “The Outsiders,” living life as a greaser is impossible without others there, watching your back and protecting you, like a family- a community. The Outsiders is about a boy named Ponyboy who lives in Oklahoma city in the mid 1960’s. He lives in a house with his two brothers, Darry and Sodapop since his parents died in a car crash at a young age. Ponyboy, along with his brothers, are part of a gang called the Greasers, and they’re known for being “bad” and breaking the rules. Another gang in Oklahoma is the Socs and they’re the Greasers rich rivals. The novel's main focal point is the idea of community. A community is a group of people sharing common characteristics and spending large amounts of
The Outsiders is a book about Greasers And Socs. The Greasers are the poor east side kids they would wear their hair long and greasy and they will dress in blue jeans, T-shirts, or wear they shirttails out and wear a leather jacket and tennis shoes or boots. The Socs are the rich west side kids that worn nice clothes, drove nice cars, and had all the pretty lady’s. They both was gangs in Oklahoma. The Socs they would jump Greasers, wreck houses, and throw beer blasts for kicks.
In the book The Outsiders there are many events that are provoked by the Greasers. The one event that caused every important thing that happened in the book is when Dally, Johnny, and Ponyboy go to the movie theater. In the second chapter of The Outsiders Dally, Johnny, and Ponyboy go to the movies and see a couple Soc girls. Dally starts hitting on them and ‘talking dirty’ to them, so they get really upset and ask Dally to go away. Johnny tells Dally to stop so he stops and leaves, Johnny and Ponyboy start talking to the girls. They learn that the Girls names are Cherry and Marcia and that they are Socs, they also have boyfriends. At this point Two-bit meets them there and starts
These types of conflicts have really changed the plot and help progress the plot because it is the main purpose of the story. In the Outsiders the whole book is about Ponyboy and how they fit into society. This falls into the category of person vs society. She has also included many of these conflicts because it adds depth and more feeling to the character and their roles in the story. This makes it incredibly interesting and enjoyable to read and follow along.
Imagine you live in a neighborhood where gangs fight on a regular, kids smoke starting at age ten, kids get arrested and shoplift everyday. In the novel The Outsiders, this is the situation and the Greasers are the nucleus of all these dilemmas. The Outsiders is told by the perspective of Ponyboy the protagonist,and everyone else in his gang, Johnny his best friend, Darry his oldest brother, Sodapop his older brother, Two-Bit his friend, and Dally the hoodlum of the group. They are all apart of a gang called the Greasers for poor Eastside kids. The Greasers are the enemy gang to the Socials or Socs for short, the Socs are the West side rich kids.
In The Outsiders there are two rival gangs, one from the lower class, who are the Greasers and their rivals are from the upper class, they are the Socials. The story takes place in the mid 1960’s in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The story is set in a large town in the United States, The east side of the town is where the Greasers live and the west side is where the Socs live. The story is told in first person narration from Ponyboy Curtis’s point of view. The protagonist is Ponyboy Curtis and the other major characters are,
He acts like a mentor or mascot to the Greasers. Steve Randle - Soda's best friend and another member of the Greasers. Summary: The Outsiders is a coming-of-age story about a group of boys engaged in a dangerous feud with the wealthier residents of their town. The narrator, Ponyboy Curtis, is a teenager who lives alone with his two brothers. He is interested in academics and sports, but does not receive the same respect and treatment granted to the wealthier kids, who belong to a different gang called the Socs.
The Outsiders is about the life of a 14-year-old boy. The book tells the story of Ponyboy “Curtis” and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. Ponyboy and his two brothers, Darrel (Darry), who is 20, and Sodapop, who is 16, have recently lost their parents in an automobile accident. Pony and Soda are allowed to stay under Darry's guardianship as long as they all behave themselves. The boys are greasers, a class term that refers to the young men on the East Side, the poor side of town. The greasers' rivals are the Socs, short for Socials, who are the "West-side rich kids."