Conflicts are present in everyday life, whether they are at work, school, or at home. Some people may have worse conflicts than others depending on their environment and surroundings. In “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton, Ponyboy and his friends face many different types of conflicts because of who other people think they are and their position in society. They are from the East Side of New York and are called “greasers”, or poor, by the wealthier people. The characters in “The Outsiders” overcome conflicts that are out of their control, like “Man vs. Society”, “Man vs. Self” and “Man vs. Man”. A “Man vs. Society” conflict is one where a person has to prove that they are acceptable to a society. In “The Outsiders”, Ponyboy and his friends are …show more content…
Man” conflict is one where there are two sides fighting against each other. The Socs and the greasers have always been fighting against each other, whether it was the Socs jumping the greasers, the greasers stealing from the Socs, or in a rumble, there have always been two separate sides. They each view themselves as the good side and the others as the evil side. Each side is fighting for something different, though. The greasers are fighting to prove that they are not as weak and dumbfounded as the Socs may think, and to prove that they are equal to them. The Socs are fighting to prove their superiority to the greasers and prove that they are better than the greasers. At the final rumble, Ponyboy “lost two of [his] best friends, [his] brothers”, but the worst part for him was that he could not control the hatred that the Socs had for them, so he could not control the terrible things that would happen to him or his family (Hinton 148) . The Socs ended up backing down, but not after they had killed and injured many of the greasers. But that is how they would know there would be another one, with even more power. The greasers could not control the feelings that the Socs had toward them, so therefore, they could not control the many conflicts that they had with them. But they still faced the obstacles that they had no control over because they knew that if they did not, than things would never get
With his long greasy hair and baggy worn out clothes he looked likes a bad kid, but the way he talked and the way he thought it was a whole different person inside of him. The Outsiders is about two rival gangs that fight and go through so much stuff to just to call the territory their own. It is the Socs versus Greasers. They always have their back up because you can't trust anyone, but at the end of the day is all the rubbles and fighting worth it? Ponyboy one of the greasers has a big character change during the book. In the beginning of the book Ponyboy was getting jumped by the Socs and he was acting all tough and defending himself, in the middle of the book he starts to break while he is in the church, and when the kids were stuck in
In the book The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy, along with his brothers and friends, has to face the daily struggles of being a greaser among the Socs. This fiction book focused on Ponyboy’s life and the problems he ran into with the Socs. He and his gang of friends had fights with the Socs that happened often, and had to deal with a Soc being killed by one of the Greasers, though it was an act of self defense. The three topics addressed in this intriguing novel are the fight between rich and poor, the power of friendship, and what it means to be a hero.
The book The Outsiders is the realistic story about this between two very different groups in a town in the United States: the poor Greasers from the east side, and the Socs, whitch is what the greasers call the socials, the richer boys from the other side of the town. Ponyboy Curtis is the narrator of the story, a 14-year-old boy who lives with his two older brothers, Darry and Soda. He is a pretty good athlete and student, but is not treated the same as the richer students at his school. Ponyboy uses to have long hair that he greases back, a symbol of being in the outsider gang. He is unhappy with his situation, because Darry is too protective of him and he always has to be afraid of Socs attacking him.
Can some people so different be so a like? Can some people so alike be so different? Dally and Johnny are those two who are so different, but yet they are similar. In the book S.E. Hinton writes The Outsiders, Johnny Cade and Dally Winston come from two completely different backgrounds, and have completely different scruples. Yet, at the same time they are alike. Dally and Johnny’s parents both repudiate them, making Johnny and Dally mentally tough, and the boys do not value their lives. At the same time though they are different, Dally is stronger than Johnny. Though, Johnny has a soft heart and Dally would not even pay any attention if someone is dying right next to him.
Could a person live in a world without people who love and care for them? Could people survive in a world where they were judged by how they were presented on the outside? S.E. Hinton, the author of The Outsiders, discusses many universal themes, such as friendship, stereotyping, and change. In The Outsiders, two rival groups, the socs and the greasers, are separated by social class. The friendship between the greasers will be tested when an unexpected event changes everything. The greasers must learn that people experience many tragic events, no matter who the person is. Based on the universal themes, the readers will begin to understand how the characters in the novel grow and change, and how friendship and family help along the way.
In the book The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, the lower-class, known as the Greasers, and the upper-class, known as Socs, deal with the animosity and daily struggles they have with each other. The novel focuses on the struggles and experiences with being an outsider to society and coping with the rich side of town through Ponyboy’s eyes. His life changes when tensions rise and many tragic things happen to the Greasers and Socs that will create agony in many but heroes in a few. The three topics addressed in this compelling novel are the fight between the rich and the poor, the power of friendship, and what it means to be a hero.
How do animals survive in hostile environments? Do they sacrifice their lives for others of their kind, or do they sacrifice other members of their species for a chance to live? Sometimes, adapting to life may mean sacrificing your humanity and getting tough. For example, coming to somebody’s aid may seem like the brave, honourable thing to do, but it may end up costing you your life. The previous statement is an important theme in the novel titled The Outsiders. For two gangs, the Greasers and the Socs, humanity means different things. The Greasers are emotional and try their hardest to keep out of the west side of town, Soc territory, whereas Socs are always looking for trouble, robbing Greasers in their own territory. Most Greasers would
Greasers are expected to be bad people that are rude because of Greaser reputations. The Greasers are always being watched to see if they do anything wrong. Greasers are expected to do wrong by the the public. “On the front page of the second section was the headline: Juvenile Delinquents Turn Heroes.”(107). This shows that even though Ponyboy and Johnny saved those kids, they were expected to be Juvenile delinquents because they are Greasers, even though the only thing Johnny ever did to be a juvenile delinquent is kill Bob and that was in self defence.
Ponyboy has a good relationship with Johnny. Johnny saved Ponyboy's life by killing a Soc when the Soc was drowning Ponyboy. Ponyboy and Johnny have to hide out in an old abandoned church together. They were best friends. Johnny's last words to Ponyboy were "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold_" This says that Johnny thought that Ponyboy was a great person, and that he wanted him to stay a wonderful and great person. The conflict in this story is man vs. man. Ponyboy was born a greaser, he did not choose to be a greaser. He had no control of this but the Socs did not care.
In The Outsiders, S.E Hinton is talking about people who do not fit in with society as much as others do. Cherry and Ponyboy are talking about how Johnny got beat up by the Socs just because he was a Greaser. Therefore, Ponyboy thinks that Socs and Greasers are two completely different kinds of people. Cherry looks Ponyboy straight in the eye and says,“‘Things are rough all over’” (35). When Cherry says this, Pony realizes that they are not so different after all. Ponyboy still feels like an outsider, though, because they are still different. He judges them based on money and the type of clothes that they wear, and that makes him feel different from them. Furthermore, here is a second example of who S.E Hinton was talking about in the book
The conflict is they do not like each other. This is the problem; the people on the street dislike each other. They all have different backgrounds. Some are Mexican, Italian, Japanese, etc. This story does not have a winner in the conflict. It does not have a winner because new people are going to keep coming and the old people are just going to stay mad so there is no winner.
When the Socs saw Johnny, Ponyboy, and Two-bit with their girlfriends, they were drunk, so their anger led to attack. Bob’s words before he and his gang of Socs tried to jump the boys support this idea: “‘Hey, whatta ya know?’ Bob said a little unsteadily, ‘here's the little greasers that picked up our girls. Hey, Greasers.’ ‘You're outa your territory’… ‘Nup, pal, yer the ones who'd better watch it. Next time you want a broad, pick up yer own kind--- dirt.’" If Johnny, Ponyboy, Two-bit and Dally had not decided to stay and hang out with Cherry and Marcia (girlfriends of the Socs), the Socs would not have gotten angry. Without reason to be mad at the Greasers, the Socs wouldn’t have tried to kill Johnny and Ponyboy, and Bob wouldn’t have died, thus changing the entire course of the novel. Of course, this wouldn’t have been possible if it weren’t for the Greasers -- Darry and Ponyboy’s fight was the reason for Johnny and Pony being outside and vulnerable. Two main quotes from the text show this cause and effect: “‘I reckon it never occurred to you that your brothers might be worrying their heads off and afraid to call the police because something like that could get you two thrown in a boys' home so quick it'd make your head spin. And you were asleep in the lot?’”, and “I turned and ran out the door and down the street as fast as I could. Darry
The book “the Outsiders” (S.E. Hinton) is based on the story of two gangs the Greasers and the Socs. These two groups of individuals have conflicts. the Greasers are the East side working class people. The Socs are the West side rich kids. they drive around in a blue mustang, they “jump” the greasers and injure them purely because they are lesser than the Socs. The Greasers are a interesting bunch of individuals. the story is based from their perspective. They aren’t rich but they get by, they steal they fight they smoke but they aren’t bad guys.
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.
Social divide hinders their ability to forgive one another and reunite as a whole, but instead motivates them to persist with a restricting mindset. Everytime the classes act mercilessly to one another, enmity between the two grows and the more the hatred, the worse the situation gets. All this tension piles up and is released through heinous acts like the one in the quote above. As a result, their viewpoint towards one another become more and more flawed because they judge one person’s behavior for only their bad side and regarded this nature to the rest of the class. Even though the Socs and greasers share some common ground with each other, their similarities are forgotten and overwhelmed by the detestation they have for each other. S. E. Hinton uses this scene to point out that people can often make the wrong call because of the seething hate we might have for someone. Using loathing as an excuse to use treat someone unjustly is also proven in the quote: “"It was the Socs"...Johnny's face was cut up and bruised and swollen, and there was a wide gash from his temple to his cheekbone. He would carry that scar all his life” (31-32). From this example, we can see that Johnny had been profoundly abused by