Dbq The Outsiders

The “outsiders” are people who don't fit in but who are they? The Outsiders takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1960’s. The Outsider is a book about two groups of social classes, the Socs and the Greasers. The “outsiders” in the story are the Greasers, the Socs, and the people that see beyond division between the two social groups.

One night Ponyboy, and another boy from the gang, Johnny, were in the park alone. Some Socs pulled up in a fancy car. When the Socs came after Johnny and Ponyboy, Bob, a big time Soc, said “You know what a Greaser is...White trash with long hair.” This makes Ponyboy mad, “I felt the blood draining from my face. I 've been cussed out and sworn at, but nothing ever hit me like that did. Johnnycake made a kind of gasp and his eyes were smoldering.” This is used to explain what Socs really think of all of the Greasers. This is why it hurt Ponyboy so much. The Socs don’t think twice about who they really. They only know them as how they want to know them, dirt. Socs don’t understand how hard life is for them, and how some of them have to live. Most of the Greasers parents don’t even care about them. When Socs beat up Greasers, they think it makes them cool, however they don’t think about how it will

He meets Cherry, a Soc, whom he gets along with quite well because, they understood each other when it came to the different social classes. Cherry told Ponyboy that the greasers “think the Socs have it made. The rich kids, the West-side Socs.” She informs Ponyboy that “it may come as a surprise” that Socs “have troubles” greasers have “never even heard of.” She looks at Ponyboy straight in the eye and tells him “things are rough all over.”(Page 31). Cherry is a broad-minded character, for she saw both sides of the social levels, moreover, understood the troubles Ponyboy and his gang had faced because of the Socs. She wants the rivalry to end, and wants to do whatever is required to balance the power between the Socs and greasers. Although the obstacles were different, because of her, Ponyboy, consequently, starts realizing that Socs face difficulties as well. At this point of the novel, Ponyboy had second thoughts on how he felt about the Socs. Sure, they were malicious, but that wasn’t the only part of them-they crossed hurdles just like everyone

You see, “greaser” is a term referring to that of the meager, East-side teenage generation. “Socs” (abbreviation for socials) is signifying to the wealthy, West-side folk. This immense societal variance, only results in fierce enmity. Both opposing forces are rather rebellious. The “socs” bask in the brutality of bashing homes, beer shindigs, and being notified as a “public disgrace.” The greasers however, “are like hoods.” Ponyboy and his posse are stalwartly against such imprudent behavior.

In the beginning of the novel, Ponyboy thinks of the Soc’s as people “ ... who jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blast just for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to the community the next.” He thinks of them as being reckless and there is no ounce of good in them. Not only does he think they have the propensity to be careless, but when pony spoke “ You know what a Soc is?’ [he] said, [his] voice shaking with range. ‘White trash with Mustangs and madras,” you can tell by his tone of voice that he has a strong dislike for them. By saying that he is shaking with anger, you can tell that that how they act make him feel furious.

Likewise, Ponyboy’s personal identity is expressed through his thoughts. Ponyboy asks “why did the Socs hate us so much? We left them alone (17).” This shows that socs hated the Greasers because they are poor and different. The socs and Greasers are different because of their social class. The Soc is rich and popular but the Greasers are poor and excluded. A girl says “They are right. You are a hood (15).” This girl was thinking that they are shady and cruel just from what they see. They judge them before they even get to know them. People looked down on the

The Greasers can be viewed as outsiders. Let me explain, in biology class, when Ponyboy pulls out a switchblade to separate a worm, a Soc girl saw him and tells him that he’s a hood. Ponyboy admits that he’s a hood, which makes him very upset and disappointed about himself.

An outsider is not a specific group of people. Some would think that the greasers were the outsiders. But really it could be the socs too. I think that greasers or socs can be an outsider. For example Ponyboy is an outsider but so is Cherry. I think that she was trying to get the point that we shouldn’t give each other labels. We need to accept everyone as who they are. For example Cherry is identified as a soc but she still feels like an outsider. She doesn’t like the fighting and she has a good heart. Another example would be that Johnny is an outsider because he is not like anyone else in his gang. He is shy and jumpy. But also he still has a good heart. I think the point Hilton was trying to get through is that we aren’t all so different

Who is an ‘outsider’ in this story? How can this label be differently interpreted? The book ‘The Outsiders”, written by S.E Hinton, is set in a large un-named town in Oklahoma. It is most likely based on the author’s hometown in the 1960’s and is home to Greasers and Soc’s alike. The Soc’s live on the West side, the classy side, the side who get all the breaks and live in comfort, the Greasers on the other hand live on the East side, the shifty downtown area full of underprivileged youths and abusive families, or so it appears. In their own

Have you ever felt like an outsider? The outsiders is a book written by S.E. Hinton based on the social groups at her high school, the greasers and the Socs. But which one of the groups are the real outsiders? The answer is more complicated than just picking one of the groups, they could be more than just one group of people.

Ponyboy believes that the Socs have everything a person could want. They have money, girls and social status, all this means acceptance. In “The Outsiders”, Ponyboy and the other ‘Greasers’ struggled to fit in, they were from the wrong side of the tracks. He believes money has solved social problems with his comment, “I really couldn’t see what the Socs would have to sweat about good grades, good cars, good girls, madras and Covaris - man, I thought, if I had worries likes that I’d consider myself lucky.” He learns that acceptance does not mean material things.

The Outsiders help to prove that society will always classify you, put you into groups, and make assumptions about you. It will find away to make you seem like a star, but it will also find a way to push you to the ground and make a fool out of yourself. This is shown throughout the entire story, and makes itself known very well. In the story Cherry tells Ponyboy not to take offence if she did not say hello to him in the hallways at school. Since Cherry was a Soc she could not be seen with, or spend time with Ponyboy just because he was a Greaser. Society puts you in a group, in this case a Soc or a Greaser, that you can only be one of them and hang with that group otherwise you seem out of place or you do not belong. Society tells you that just because you are in one certain group, you will not fit in or like being with another group or to be with other people. In chapter 3 Ponyboy states “It ain’t fair!” “It ain’t fair that we have

The Greasers and socs are viewed to be different by society thinking that the socs

What I think an Outsider is a person that does not fit in society and people think that are not accepted. There are some kids at school that are like that they will always be sitting by them self. What i think the author meant by the title is that greasers were not like by society that much. I remember when i would travel to big cities there were certain types of people that were not accepted in that part of the world, And they are treated differently by everyone and they can not go to school or get a job.

Everyone is an outsider. I mean think of it. There are so many different groups of people in today’s world, that for one person to be involved in every aspect of those groups, they would have no free time whatsoever. Take a high school for example. You have the athletes, the academic group, the geeky group, and to add on to these, it is like there are sub groups as well. Some geeks like to play sports, some athletes are very intelligent, there is no one way to place them all into one specific box. Now when the term outsider arises, that can only be taken in context. For example, an outsider to an athlete, can be that kid that only sits outside and reads during lunch, but an outsider to that kid, is another guy who is playing basketball by