Role Of Gangs In S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders

¨Gang members have been responsible for 61 percent of all homicides [in Chicago] in 2011, up from 58.7 percent in 2010¨ (Hidden America). These are some of the few disturbing statistics about gang violence in Chicago; however, as many people do not know, gangs have not always been about drugs and violence. In the early 19th century, gangs are not what people perceive them to be today. Gangs in the 19th century were volunteers with the fire department back in the Antebellum Period, which is the period before the civil war and after the War of 1812. As time went on and as the professional firemen forced the volunteers to break up, they started spreading apart. Then by the late 19th century, gangs started developing on the south side. This is

The Irish, Jewish, and Italian gangs started in the 1800’s, and the blacks and mexicans started in the 1940’s. Although there were many gangs, there were also gangs like the KKK which were formed to protect themselves from reconstruction of

In S.E Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, the main character Ponyboy and the rest of the greasers not only face conflicts with their rival gang: the Socs, but also against each other and even as society as a whole. These obstacles were created due the fact that people don't realize that everyone has problems, this is a theme that Ponyboy learns throughout this story. Just like in real life, some conflicts will never be resolved as they are beyond their control. Over the course of the novel some conflicts will be settled, while some will stay the same or even become worse.

Gangs originated naturally during the adolescent years of a child. They started from small play groups that eventually found themselves in conflict with other small groups of youth. Due to the conflict between the two small groups of youth it became a part of a child’s mind set to come together as a gang and protect their rights and satisfy the needs that their environment and families couldn’t provide. There are about 24,500 gangs in the U.S and out of those gangs 40% of them are juveniles (Hess, Orthmann, Wright, 2013). There are numerous reason why a child would join a gang, and the

“Bob, the handsome Soc, was lying there in the moonlight, doubled up and still. A dark pool was growing from him, spreading slowly over the blue white cement. I looked at Johnny's hand. He was clutching his switchblade, and it was dark to the hilt. My stomach gave a violent jump and my blood turned icy.” Imagine that you did something, something that you thought wasn’t that bad at the time, but you regretted it later. Something bad that caused your best friend to kill a member of a rival gang, and all of the aftermath that follows. In the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, this nightmare becomes a reality. In The Outsiders there are two rival gangs: the Greasers; the poor hoodlums that live on the east side of town, and the Socs; the rich kids with more stress in their lives than you would think. The novel is told by the perspective of Ponyboy, a Greaser. There is constant conflict between these two gangs, but

Gangs have existed in the United States for over 200 years. It all started when the first immigrants came to the U.S.A. Most of them came for a better life but many of them ended up in poverty. The first gangs were formed among poor adolescents who grouped together for the sake of socialisation and protection. They were of the same race or the same ethnic background. The first known gang specialized in crimes was called "The Five Points". They consisted of Irish immigrants and was established in New York City. They dressed in a specific way and used monikers or nicknames. Another early gang were the "Forty Thieves". Their gang leader was Edward Coleman and they formed in 1826. New York City's early gangs had an easy time of it because of

Gangs have been around for many years; the founders of some of the original gangs in the United States will be discussed. The statistics of youth gangs in Canada will be presented followed by an in depth discussion about why young adults can be persuade into

In The Outsiders, there are two gangs, The Socs and The Greasers. These two gangs are very different in many ways, but they both get into trouble. The Socs and the Greasers get into a rumble, which are really big fight(s) that people almost die in. Johnny and Ponyboy’s gang is a gang that is rough and tough. They smoke cigarettes and get into trouble, but they never try to get into trouble by the cops.

Many people think that Gangs are bad, but are they? No, this is proved by the book The Outsiders. In this book there are two gang the Socs’ which is short for socials and the Greasers. The Socs are a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up Greasers. The Greasers are classified as the hood and poor kids on the East side. The reason why the Greasers are not a criminal gang because they will not hurt anyone on purpose, they will help people when they are in trouble, and once you get to know them they will support and help you out until the very end.

I think she named the book The Outsiders because how ponyboys gang is different from everyone else. They were not in a gang when they were born they created one. There is a young smart boy in there gang and in other gangs your not normally 14, or in ap classes. Another thing is that in a gang you don’t get put in the news paper as hero. They got beaten up because they were not Soc, and they didn’t really get along with the other ganges. I also think she named the book that because they didn't have any parents. I think the author used it because it was the best word to describe them. All of the characters are different from each other. Dally and Two-bit are kinda like each other like Johnny and Ponyboy are like each other. Their still all different

The 1960’s or 1970’s is when gangs were originated. Gangs became a formation of protection against racial crimes being committed by whites. There were quite a few popular gangs such as the Slausons,

How many people do you think get jumped daily? Too many. The novel The outsiders S.E Hinton is about many gang violence situations. A few could have been walked away from, consequences could be death of friends. S.E Hinton’s theme “things all rough all over” is evident in the struggles the greasers and Socs face. Greasers gave the greater struggle because they live in poverty and they have a bad reputation of being hoodlums.

The Outsiders written by S.E Hinton is about a gang made up of poorer teenagers called Greasers and their struggles competing against the Socs, a group of privileged teenagers from the west side of town. The book mostly focuses on Ponyboy as he struggles to find the reason of why the Socs and Greasers don’t get along. There are many different themes in the book but in my eyes I think the clearest one is friendship and family. This shows throughout the book. For example the Curtis’s leave their door open for the other Greasers if they’re having trouble. This shows that they are caring to their friends and treat them as family. Here are some more reasons of why I think the theme is friendship and family.

Abstract: This review studies in depth research done on street gangs. Social issues have social scientists turning away from including this in their research around this time. Sociological views have been changed dramatically in the past 40 years due to gender and racial studies. Also, women have started to join gangs since America has been changed with woman equality laws passing.

and gangs were formed by the American Mafia. As years passed, the location of gangs had