Examples Of Stereotypes In The Outsiders

Sherry Valance, a 16 year-old Soc, who goes by the name Cherry, influenced Ponyboy not just a little, but caused him to ponder about the meaning behind all the rivalry between the Socs and the Greasers. Hate between the Socs, the rich kids of the west side, and the Greasers, the poor kids from the east side, has always existed. Beforehand, Ponyboy greatly disliked the Socs, for they continually jumped and attacked Greasers. He always regarded them as an enemy. However, that one night when Ponyboy Curtis clashed with Sherry Valance, she demonstrated that not all Socs were malevolent and self-centered. While conversing with Cherry, Ponyboy felt her empathy and understanding and softened towards her. She talked about her boyfriend, Bob, and how he

And after these events, a whole bunch of different things can be said about the Greasers. For example the old church that Johnny and Pony are hiding out in burns down and they go back inside and save some kids that are trapped and probably going to die. A teacher that was at the picnic with the kids that day rode with Pony to the hospital after he had been in the building when it collapsed asked him something about Johnny and Pony. He said, “ Are you two professional heroes or somthin’?”(84). To me, this is funny, and kinda cool , considering they’re just some nothing Greasers around where they’re from. After Pony tells him they are Greasers the man says, “Are you kidding me?”(84). Which I find funny.His reaction is just different because he finds out they’re Greasers and he probably wondered why them, of all people, would risk their lives for some little kids. So in the middle of the book there are mostly good things, except for Johnny’s hospitalization. By the end though, that’s when things take a

Greasers are the main stereotype in the book but also there is a small part played by the Socs. Although the book is about the life and times of a Greaser there is also a ‘Socs Story’ in there, as throughout the book you learn more and more about the Socs and how they live. But this all changes. When Bob dies Cherry and Randy, the main Socs characters, begin to see that there is no difference between Socs and Greasers. Randy, when he talks to Ponyboy in private doesn’t call

Do you really know the truth about greasers? Stereotypes are everywhere even if they are wrong. Socs are seen at sweet and the innocent ones. When you turn your backs, the socs are the ones who are attacking the greasers. When the greasers fight it is usually is for self defense. Greasers are mainly good, but society highlights their ”hoodlum acts”. Greasers are misunderstood, and stereotyped because of misconception.

Dally and Johnny are two characters that display how their experiences and greaser stereotypes shape them throughout the novel. Johnny is unable to form his identity because of the difficulties in his relationships with his family and the Greasers. “ If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers you’ll have Johnny.” This quote demonstrates that he’s weak and broken as a result of being beaten, ignored, yelled at, and insulted at home. If Johnny didn’t get neglected, he may have been a completely different person. ”If it hadn't been for the gang, Johnny would never have known what love and affection are.”page 12. And here we see he would have been completely shattered if it wasn’t for the gang who treats him as

In S.E. Hinton’s novel “The Outsiders”, it shows an example of stereotypical classism. This novel is set in the 1960’s in a small town in Oklahoma. In “The Outsiders” the main character's friend, Johnny, is an East-Side kid who is abused and is incredibly shy because he was attacked. The setting affects the characters because the rich kids on the West-Side who are called Socs, attack the poor kids named the Greasers. The continued attacks lead the Greasers to walk in packs. The attacks harden the Greasers and make them paranoid.

The greasers and the socs are known for hating on each other because of their different social classes and they don’t make an effort to understand each other. When ponyboy meets cherry at the movies he comes to a realisation that socs aren’t different at all we can see this when ponyboy says “It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and, the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset" ponyboy explains to cherry that not all greasers are the same as each other and not all are unrefined we can see this when he says “It’s okay… We aren’t in the same class.

The Outsiders Essay S.E. Hinton’s, The Outsiders, talks about how perspective affects your judgement on people based on how you feel. For example, how Greasers judge Socs, Socs judge Greasers, and how Johnny judges his parents. Greasers and Socs think that the other side is bad. Johnny thinks that his parents treat him awfully. By the end of the book, none of them get along well because of how they judge each other.

Ponyboy Curtis shows this when he watches a movie with Johnny, Marcia, and Cherry. Dally shows up and bothers Cherry and her friend. Cherry gets aggravated by Dally’s rude behavior and tells him to go way. Cherry doesn’t see any innocence in Dally but when she approaches Pony, she see innocence. She says “Are you going to start in on us?” Pony says no and she says “ You don't look like the type.” She sees the innocence in Pony and Johnny that none of the other gang members have. She agreed to sit with them and they have a good time at the movies. The innocence in Pony and Johnny was the first thing that Cherry saw that made her trust them both. This innocence could have been the key to peace between the socs and greasers. He also shows his innocence when he is in the ambulance. No one realizes that he is a greaser because his innocence is shown more brighter than the mean greaser side of him. This innocence is what made Pony who he is today.

Even though the Greasers act tough that doesn’t mean they don’t have problems some are being blamed for everything and another problem is they don’t have the materials to have a good life. An example of them being blamed on everything is when Dally says”...them boys at the station know me by now. I get hauled in for everything that happens in our turf.” (Hinton P.82). This shows

In the novel The Outsiders, two greasers, Ponyboy and Johnny, are in a church that is on fire. They run to the church to save a group of children who are trapped in the burning church. “He looked over his shoulder and saw the door was blocked by flames, then pushed open the window and tossed out the nearest kid. I caught one quick look at his face; it was red-marked from falling embers and sweat-streaked, but he grinned at me” (92). Johnny is a greaser, but he enjoys helping others. Because Johnny looks like a greaser, most people would call him a hood and think that he is worthless. People who take time to honestly know someone before judging would see that Johnny isn’t the typical greaser. If you judge someone just based on looks, you will never know all of the great acts a person has

An American singer, Nina Simone, once said, “The worst thing about that kind of prejudice... is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough” (Brainyquote). This quote shows connection with S.E Hinton’s The Outsiders because both groups have prejudice since they judge each other even if not all of the Socs and Greasers maybe be like that. The Outsiders is a book about two social groups, the Greasers and Socs, where the Greasers are the poor ones and the Socs the rich ones. The Greasers and Socs hate each other so they got in several fights which caused three teenagers, Dally, Johnny and Bob to die. In The Outsiders, S.E Hinton uses the character’s actions to show the theme of prejudice and stereotypes.

When the Socs pulled up next to Pony, they told him that they were going to give him a haircut. Cherry and Marci finally gave in and let the Greasers walk down to Two-Bit�s house and pick up his car to take them home. Cherry Valance said to Ponyboy, � Don�t forget that some of us watch the sunsets, too. (Hinton, 1967 , pg.46). Another atypical thing that Cherry said was, �I could fall in love with Dally Winston. I hope I never see him again, or I will.� (Hinton, 1967 , pg. 46). Also, Randy let Ponyboy into his car to talk to him about his problems and that was very atypical behavior for a Soc. A typical thing for a Soc to do would be to talk to a Greaser like Cherry talked to Ponyboy when she said, �If I see you in the hall at school or someplace and don�t say hi, well, it�s not personal or anything, but� � (Hinton, 1967, pg. 45). As a concluding statement, I know that if I were a Soc, I would want to be atypical and not mean like most of

When S.E. Hinton wrote The Outsiders, conflicts between cultures were happening all over the world. The Outsiders is a book about the interactions between the Greasers and Socs, Greasers being the poor kids and Socs being the rich kids. The story is mainly based around a group of greasers that are unlike the others. They are less like a gang, and more like a family. Throughout the book, Ponyboy, the protagonist, goes through a change where he suddenly realizes that the Greasers and Socs are just people, that they aren’t so different.

However, Johnny is learning to become a brave man. “Johnny came back then and sat down beside me. He looked around for Dally, then managed a shy “Hi” to the girls and tried to watch the movie.” (Hinton 1967:11) Johnny stands up to Dally at the drive-in and tells him to stop embarrassing the two Soc girls, Cherry and Marcia. Johnny’s action pleases the girls, and they start to talk and walk with the greasers. Cherry thinks that Johnny and Ponyboy are not like most greasers, they are naive and pure. Johnny and Pony have a struggle with Cherry’s boyfriend, Bob, however. “Bob, the handsome Soc, was lying there in the moonlight, doubled up and still. A dark pool was growing from him.” (Hinton 1967:56) Bob was killed by Johnny, who did not mean to.