Theme Of Violence In The Outsiders

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In The Outsiders, violence is depicted during the story. Violence is depicted between the Greasers and the Socs. Their fighting and violence is very rough. Sometimes they have rumbles or the Socs will jump the Greasers. The Socs love to jump Greasers and do it for the fun of it. Violence is taught throughout the novel by showing the reader that fighting isn’t always good, but it can solve some things.

Therefore, this novel teaches the reader that fighting isn’t good all the time. For example, Johnny told Dally something before he died; he said, “Fighting ain’t good,”. He knows that fighting doesn’t do anything. Dally told him about how the ran the Socs out of the rumble. Johnny seems like he’s not the type of person who would even join a rumble.

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