Social Classes In The Outsiders

The Outsiders, a coming-of-age novel, written by S.E. Hinton who was a teenager at the time of writing is firmly based upon groups of teenagers divided amongst their social classes. The novel takes on the rival battles of the Socials and the Greasers.

Growing up can be very difficult, whether you live in Minnetonka in 2017 or in Oklahoma in the 1950s. It is sometimes easy to lose your own identity and become just another member in a group. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton tells the story of a group of young men growing up in a town that is divided based upon wealth. Hinton describes the wealthy kids as “Socs” and the poor kids “Greasers”. While perhaps not as extreme as in the book, MME also has these divisions such as “popular” and “unpopular”. The message behind The Outsiders is the importance of finding the individual within the group which is just as true in Minnetonka as in the book.

In S.E Hinton's novel, The Outsiders, there are many themes represented in the book, but one of the main themes is social ostracism, or the conflict between the economic classes. There are two rival gangs within The Outsiders:  the Socs and the Greasers.  The Socs represent the upper class while the Greasers represent the lower class.  The Socs, "jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to society the next." The Greasers, who are on the low social economic side, "steal things and drive old souped-up cars and hold up gas stations and have a gang fight once in

“The Outsiders” identifies the 60’s, illustrating the violence between groups, often involving a group’s social class. For instance, the violent tensions between the Socs and Greasers lead to Bob’s death, Johnny’s death, as well as many injuries throughout both gangs. The book “The Outsiders” is written by S.E. Hinton and is portrayed through the eyes of a high school student in Tulsa, OK where S.E. Hinton grew up. Hinton began writing “The Outsiders” in 1965 at the age of 17 and the book was finally published in 1967 when she was 19. The difference in perspective upon the society and social class creates issues throughout “The Outsiders” and since the Socs and Greasers assume the problems will be solved with violence, they take action.

What makes up an “Outsider”? In 1967, Oklahoma S.E. Hinton decided to write a book called the “Outsiders”. Social groups are related to Outsiders by making you feel like you’re separated from the rest of society. The Outsiders consist of two groups of teenagers called the greasers and the Socs (Socials). The true Outsiders are those who think differently about the world.

In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, embarks on a story of a young boy Greaser, his gang, the rivalry with the Socs, and how it all ended. The main theme of The Outsider was social class. Socs have wealth that helps them through life and their parents have enough money to do anything for them Greasers do not have an education, and that’s true because they don’t have enough money and the privilege to get a good education. On the other hand, Socs don’t have to worry about not having a bad education because they can afford an education. Although greasers can the opportunity to stop and smell the roses, Socs have everything in life needed, they don’t have the cherishable life they wish for. Hinton notifies, through the text, the main reason for the gang’s separation is because of their social class and expectations.

Have you ever read a very hard hitting and the phenomenal story about rival gangs and the effect it has on the lives of the people and the society. In The Outsiders, is a story of 14-year-old Ponyboy Curtis and his two older brothers, Soda and Darry. The boys are orphans and struggle to stick together in their lower-class neighborhood, known as the East Side. They and their friends are part of a gang of tough street boys called the Greasers. Even though other people might think you're unimportant and below them. You will always have your friends and family. In The Outsiders, we see the idea of the difference in the society based on the economic level of the characters, honor among the lawless and violence among the youth.

The Outsiders is a novel written by Susan Eloise Hinton, also known as S.E Hinton. The setting of the story takes place in the 1960s. The Outsiders is written in first person view, by Ponyboy Curtis. The story revolves around the greasers and Socs. The Socs are the west side rich kids, they wrecked houses and “threw beer blasts for kicks”. While the Greasers were the east side kids, they “drove old souped-up cars, held up gas stations and had gang fights once in a while.” One of the conflicts the characters face is man vs man, which is because the greasers and Socs don’t get along, this is because they feel superior to each other. They both had different ways of lives, they did different things for fun, and they did not understand each other. This conflict was later resolved towards the end of the story when Ponyboy speaks to Randy about no longer fighting after Bob’s death.

Albert Camus once said “Life is the sum of all your choices” by this he means that your life is defined not by what happens in it but by what choices you make to get where you are now. This applies to the outsiders through the fact that the greasers and socs both lived very different lives but what they chose to do with them is up to the person. Like Ponyboy who fights to get rid of the standard greaser lapel and show that greasers are not all gangsters. In the novel, “Outsiders”, S.E Hinton addresses the topic of stereotyping. She implies that stereotyping became out of hand. In the “Outsiders” she tries to bring that forwards by showing people that they should not define each other by where they live and the possessions they own.

Classism was a big part of the 60s and with Ponyboy and the gang, it comes into play in more than one way. The Outsiders, based in the 1960s Oklahoma, is about two gangs, the Greasers and the Socials. The Greasers were lower class, lower income people who were relatively rough around the edges while the Socials were the ‘West side rich kids’ who went around getting drunk and jumping Greasers. The book is about the conflicts that these two groups have, either with each other or inside of their own group. In S.E. Hinton’s novel, The Outsiders, many of the conflicts and hardships in the community are caused by the Socials (Socs).

“The Outsiders” a book by S.E. Hinton is about two rival groups and the conflicts they face because of their moral beliefs. One of the themes this story proposes is that people everywhere have issues and problems even if they may not seem like they do. The two groups of people consist of the Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers are the poorer of the two, they lie, cheat and steal, but they are also extremely loyal and wouldn’t betray each other for anything.

Does social class change the amount of problems people have? The truth is, no matter what social class you are, everyone will always have problems, just like in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Even though the Socs have much more money than Greasers, they both equally end up with the same number of difficulties. Using the novel, including two articles,”A Generation Struggling: Rich Kids are Losing” and “Alarming Number of Teens are Quitting School to Go to Work,” the effects of money, low income, and stereotypes from both groups are discussed.

In the book, The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton, about two social groups the Socs and the Greasers. And they both fight over their territory and respect. The greasers have it worse off rather than the Socs, because they don’t have enough money to afford a good education, they are the looked at and treated poorly, and also always get jumped by Socs.

“The Outsiders” a film directed by Francis Coppola’s is about two social groups of teenagers who attends the same high school and live in the same town. Although both two social groups live in the same area, they live a completely different life. A group known as the South-Side Socials (aka “socs”), are the upper class teenagers, while the Greasers, are the less fortunate kids, who just so happen to live on the wrong side of town. These two social groups have had a conflict against one another for several years, but on one specific evening, this rivalry turns deadly as one of the greasers, Johnny, stabs and murders a socs. Due to the passing of one of the Socs, the Socs tried to avenge the death of their friend, while the greasers tried to get the town to comprehend that the Socs were also at fault during that conflict. The Outsider is an exceptional film depicting how social groups can explain our behavior, and how deviance and crime are observed in relation to our social group.

The Greasers vs the SOCS. The east side vs the west side. The rich vs the poor.The of the Outsiders is Together we stand, based on how they stick together, how no one gets left behind, and how they have good chemistry, this also means that “The Outsiders” is a book about the rich and the poor in the poor side of view. This book has big change throughout the book about the character and some traits and about the SOCS and the Greasers. To sum this up this quote is the whole book, “Rich people have money poor people have faith”. This means that even if your are poor you still have something in life to stand for.