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Description Of Life In S. E. Hinton's 'The Outsiders'

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The Outsiders, a novel written by S.E. Hinton, takes places in the mid 60’s in the south. It is a story of a 14 year old boy, Ponyboy, and his struggles in a society with two major social classes - greasers and socs. Greasers are kids who have had tough lives and have never had anything handed to them. On the other hand, there are the socs, socs are rich spoiled kids who are not grateful for their fancy cars, clothes, or food. Throughout the story there are many significant quotes which describe life through a greasers view. In the beginning of the novel Ponyboy and his greaser gang go to a drive-in movie. At the movie they meet Cherry, a soc, she turns out to be very nice and Ponyboy gets to know her well. While Cherry and Ponyboy are talking

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