Character Ponyboy Curtis narrates the story. He lives with his older brothers Darry and Sodapop, because his parents were killed in an accident. Ponyboy dislikes the Socials or the Socs. Over the course of the book, Ponyboy views the Socs in a different light after realizing their problems and noticing similarities. He realizes that each side is treated unfairly and it’s all about how you view it. Quote “It seemed funny that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.” p.40-41 This is the first time Ponyboy realizes that the two groups are not entirely different. He begins to change his perspective of Socs and realizes that they feel equally wronged. He realizes that not every Soc is heartless. He also knows that some Greasers are cruel and lawless. Ponyboy realizes that each side has some good and bad people and sees both sides in a new light. Theme …show more content…
Throughout the plot, there are two groups that fight against each other – Greasers and Socs. However, they fight because of perspective. Each side continues to fight without stopping to think of how the others feel. This is changed when Ponyboy meets Cherry and they realize there isn’t much of a difference and they don’t act as bad as what they had
People should have a conversation with someone and get to know them before judging them. Ponyboy changed the way he thought of the Socs. At first he thought of the Socs as thugs who enjoy jumping Greasers. He later learned that Socs have problems that Greasers don’t know of and not all Socs hate Greasers.
It came to mind that after the movie, Two-bit realized that Cherry and Marcia did not have a ride home. So they walk to Two-bit’s house to get the car. As they walk, Ponyboy and Cherry talk about the differences between Socs and greasers and how they act and how poor or rich they are. Later on Ponyboy finds himself talking to Cherry about Sodapops old horse Mickey Mouse. Then Ponyboy realizes that two different worlds we live in are not so different after all because we look at the same sunset everyday. Until Marcia spots a blue mustang that belongs to the socs. At first, the socs didn’t notice them until they see their girlfriends hanging out with the greasers. When the socs get out of the mustang they defend their girls then turn to the greasers.
He realizes that he had an identity that he can communicate and be like a greaser, but doesn’t devote to the greaser way of life. In the scene, Ponyboy has an advanced way of life that includes both the Soc and greaser style, “Socs are just guys after all...Thing are rough all over.” Ponyboy at this time, understands how a Soc and a Greaser are similar and are of the same kind, human, yet are also different. He establishes an idea that the identity of a person is important because it describes who you are. As a result, Pony learns to look between the lines of people, not just at the extremes. The evidence that supports this is also “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” as I stated before. Andy says, “I’m Andy, he screamed wordlessly, I’m Andy.” When Andy’s death was coming close, the only thing we wanted in the end, was an identity. Similar to Ponyboy who is different from the gang and has a distinct personality. He is disparate because in the gang, Pony was the only one who ever thought about the sky, clouds, and books, which proves him exclusively in the group. This proves that Andy and Ponyboy are different from their gang and have a personality different from the group, and they both actually want to be different and be known not as a Royal or a Greaser, but as Andy and
First, the fight between rich and poor are displayed when the Greasers and Socs fight each other quite a few times. The books says “It occurred to me that they [the Greasers] could kill me right then and there” (5). This shows that the Socs believe that they have superiority over the Greasers. They can basically do whatever they want to the Greasers without fear of getting into much trouble, and the Greasers know that. Secondly, Cherry states “‘I can’t stand fights… I can’t stand them…’” (45). This shows that Cherry has probably seen quite a few fights. It also means that the fights between
Pony and Johnny do not hesitate and jump in to save the children, Pony gets out ok but Johnny is hit with a piece of falling wood and serious burnt. The boys appear in the news as heroes, even though they are still wanted for murdering the Soc. Pony is fine, but Johnny is badly hurt. After a while, there is a big fight between the Greasers and the Socs.
Ponyboy was a bad kid, he fought against Socs and he even smoked a weed, which is a cigarette. Later on he got into worse trouble and had to hide. He wanted to change and be a different person. While he hid he was scared and frightened and was beginning to think of how he was doing in life, and his thoughts were not very well. After the church incident, he began to change a little.
In chapter one we are introduced to our narrator, Ponyboy. Ponyboy is raised by his two older brothers Darry and Soda. They’re all apart of a gang called the “greasers” which is joined by Dally, Johnny, Two-bit, and Steve. There is another group called “ socs” which stands for socials, and everyone in that group is very wealthy. One day Ponyboy got jumped by a socs group, but luckily Darry was there to help before anything too serious happened. The first element of literature is characterization. Ponyboy is a keen observer, trying to make sense of the complexities of those around him. At the beginning of the story, he stops and spends several pages giving us brief character description on Steve, Two-Bit, Dally, and Johnny. This is also known as direct characterization. He tells us that Steve is "cocky and smart" ( Hinton 9). Two-Bit can 't stop joking around and goes to school for "kicks" (Hinton 10) rather than to learn. Dallas, he says, is "tougher, colder, meaner" ( Hinton 10) than the rest of them.
Moreover, Ponyboy is a thinker. He can think for the opposite side of his gang, the Socs. Although the Socs almost drowned him, he can still understand the Socs and didn’t be blinded by the hate. He in the chaos and impulsive world can see through the surface of the conflict and see the core of the world that people are the same. That is really amazing and Ponyboy does have the board mind of a
“I swear, you three are the bravest kids I’ve seen in a long time.”(42), after saving the trapped kids Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally were called the bravest kids the school teacher has ever seen. Another reason that Ponyboy could be considered as a hero is that he tried to save Dally, because when he was in a police chase. Ponyboy tried to stop the police from shooting Dally. He was trying to save his life for his friend but he could not complete. The final reason that Ponyboy is a hero is that he helped out Cherry (a girl soc who is a spy, rich, and snobby). What Ponyboy taught her is that the socs and the same it does not depend on the side they live on. “Can you see the sunset real good from the West Side”? (69) This quote means that the socs and the greasers see the same sunset, seeing the same sunset means that the socs and greasers are the same. Some people would consider Ponyboy a hero because he saved the kids from the fire, tried to save Dally, and helped Cherry understand how greasers and socs could be the
Ponyboy was walking home from the theaters and he got jumped. The socs surrounded him and it was an unfair fight for Ponyboy. The Greasers carry around knives to protect themselves. “ I had seen Johnny after four socs got hold of him, and it wasn't pretty.” (4). This shows that the Greasers have to be careful and always be on the lookout for socs so they don't get jumped.
The two groups in the movie are called the Greasers and the Socs (short for socials). An intense feud exists between them and the hostility stems from class distinctions. The Soc are wealthy and popular while the Greasers are poor with no social standing. They think they live in different worlds and believe they are superior to each other in one way or another. Ponyboy Curtis, the main character, has a preconceived idea of what it means to be a Soc. His inability to empathize really shows when he talks about the Socs problems. “I really couldn't see what Socs would have to sweat about—good grades, good cars, good girls, madras and Mustangs and Corvairs—Man, I thought, if I had worries like that I'd consider myself lucky.” Ponyboy does not stop to think about non-materialistic problems the Soc could possibly
After the church fire Ponyboy comes to the realization of many things. Two-Bit and Ponyboy are eating at a restaurant known as Tasty Freeze when Randy asks to speak with him. Ponyboy tells Randy, ¨Maybe you would have done the same thing, maybe a friend of yours wouldn’t have. It’s the individual¨(115). He finds out that you cannot define someone based on of they are part of the Socs or the greasers. Furthermore, he finds out that every one is a individual and that means that just because he is a part of a certain group it does not mean that they are all going to react or perceive a situation in the same exact way. In addition, he say this to Randy because when there was a fire in the church Dally was not willing to risk his life to save someone else's when Johnny and Ponyboy were more than willing to help the kids. This shows event shows how all Greasers and Socs are not the same. In the beginning of the novel Ponyboy believed Darry disliked him and thought he was a nuisance. However, later on at the hospital Ponyboy tells Darry, “I’m sorry” (98). Ponyboy’s words expose how he feels bad for thinking Darry disliked him all along when in truth he loved him more than words could describe. He realizes that Darry fears losing another family member that is why he is so overprotective of Ponyboy. Hence, proving Ponyboy is clearly a dynamic character.
.E. Hinton’s novel, “The Outsiders,” takes place around the 1960’s in a small town. Pony boy is known as a Greaser, with his greasy hair, bad boy clothing, and him and his other Greaser friends living on the poor side of town. One lesson the story suggests is that even though things get rough, they are always there for each other.Pony boy, a fellow Greaser, is different from his peers. He is quite intelligent in school, but a little unsure with his common sense. All of his peers have sharp thinking when it comes down to rumbling with the Socs and Pony boy is not really the violent type. Even though Pony boy is seen as a wimp like young man, his buddies still take up for him no matter what. “You take up for your buddies, no matter what they do...If you don’t stick up for
Cherry Valence was among the very few people who were able to put their differences aside and see everyone not as a Greaser or Soc, but as just a person. She was able to see that Greasers and Socs are all just people who both face different problems. And it was through their friendship that Ponyboy was able to question the morality of each gang’s hatred towards each other when Cherry urged that things were indeed “rough all over ”(35). Another Soc that was able to further Pony’s understanding of unity was Randy, he felt confused after his best friend, Bob’s death and confided in Ponyboy. Through that Pony was able to accept that “Socs were just guys after all. Things were rough all over, but it was better that way. That ...
Ponyboy and Cherry start to talk and realize they aren’t that different. On the way, however, they run into Bob and Randy, the girls' drunken boyfriends, and the girls agree to leave with them in order to stop a fight between the Socs and the greasers. Ponyboy then gets home late because of what happened at the drive-in. Dally is mad and starts yelling. Sick of constantly being watched and criticized by his brother, Ponyboy yells at him. The two brothers fight and Darry slaps Ponyboy across the face.