The Outsiders Comparison Essay

In the book The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton there are many connections, both the novel and poem have a lot alike. The book the outsiders has to deal with kids that live in a poor area and dont have as much worth as socs also known as upper class. There is poverty and wealth in many communities and you see it everyhwere even in the book and poem. The poem is representing how richer people try to rule lower class and think they are better. Since the poem states ¨The labour sighed, to the god´s will that I have another mouth to fill¨. When the poem is saying this it means that there is another child that the labour which is a slave or servant is going to have to look over another child and work hard but still be treated like dirt. While servants live in an austere evnviroment they never get looked up to they are always looked down upon no matter what.

¨One day the socs are in the paper for beating up a greaser, but then the next they are in the paper for doing something amazing¨. This shows that simce the Socs are rich they are obviously looked as better and trusthworthy beacuse of that they are forgived easily. While the greasers and socs lives are diffrent in many ways. Since the book The Outsiders is all about intolerance you can feel that ambiance in the poem as well. While the greasers are looked down upon just like the person in the begging of the poem, they both try to make the best of what they have. When the poem states ¨Now which man is the richer one¨ its showing that the man who seems like he has the best life when he really is sad uncontent person which reprents a soc, but the servant is also representing a greaser who dosent have alot but still happy and work with what they