Socs And Greasers In S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders

The Socs and the Greasers were different in many ways. There are a few that are obvious and others that are not. First, there is the issue of money. Socs were rich kids from the West Side. Greasers were generally poor and lived on the East Side of town. Then, there is the way they are perceived by the public. Greasers were seen as unruly and unlawful. They were looked at as if they were dirty because of their long, greased hair. Socs were seen as good kids who did not get into any trouble. They dressed well and drove nice cars. Next, greasers liked to go the movies or hang out with their friends. To them their "gang" was family. They were known for petty theft and causing other small disturbances. They also liked to smoke cigarettes,

The actions the socs make aren’t very friendly. When they come by greasers they also threaten them and get in the way of whatever they are doing. If it’s at night and no one is around the socs find greasers and talk to them. Socs also like to brag about being rich because the greasers are very

Hinton, the author uses symbolism to define the Socs and Greaser because it shows that it is believed that they are completely different, but that is shown to be untrue. The symbolism helps to show the differences and similarities between the Greasers and Socs. The author uses the Greaser’s hair to show what makes them feel like a Greaser, and separate from the Socs. The author uses Corvairs and madras to show how the Socs have things that make them different from the Greasers. The author uses sunsets to show that the Greasers and the Socs have a lot of similarities that are unseen. Everyone has something that defines and shows who they really are. What they have that symbolizes who they are is their pride and means everything to them. If that was taken away from them, then they wouldn’t have anything to be proud of. There wouldn’t be anything to define who they truly are. There wouldn’t be that special thing about them. S.E. Hinton uses symbolism to show what makes the Greasers and Socs different and similar.Everyone has something that defines and shows who they really are. What they have that symbolizes who they are is their pride and means everything to them. If that was taken away from them, then they wouldn’t have anything to be proud of. There wouldn’t be anything to define who they truly are. There wouldn’t be that special thing about

The Greasers felt like outsiders around the Socs because the Socs were the upper class. Socs were always in advanced classes so when Ponyboy (a greaser) was in biology class filled with Socs , he felt like an outsider. When Ponyboy had to dissect a warm and the razor wouldn’t cut, he took out a switchblade. The girl beside him was a Socs and she sad “They are right, you are a hood” (Doc B). So, when Ponyboy was in an advanced class filled with Socs and when

Right off the bat you know the two groups the Socs and the Greasers and you know the Socs have lots of wealth and the Greasers do not. “People know Greasers are like hoods.”(3) The Greasers steal things and drive old souped up cars. “Since Greasers have no money some have dropped out of school to get a job.”(43) Darry dropped out to get money to

There were conflicts between the Socs that conflicted with the greasers. They were two opposite groups that didn't get along. The Socs, "the jet-set...West-side rich kids, wear madras shirts, smell of English leather, and drive new sports cars..." (6). Socs were rich, while greasers were low class. "Soc" is an abbreviation of the Socials, which are the West-side rich kids. Socs had a better reputation than the greasers.

The Socs mostly came from houses with two parents, drive fine cars, wear fashionable clothing, and even given the freedom they wanted. Instead of focusing on all the goods that the Socs had, they decided to focus on their hatred towards the Greasers. They wanted to jump the Greasers and do whatever it took to cause conflict. “You Greasers have a different set of values. You're more emotional. We're sophisticated--- cool to the point of not feeling anything. Nothing is real with us” (Hinton 33). The Greasers feel emotions, but the Socs are too cool to feel anything. Instead of the Socs taking advantage of everything they had, the Socs got editorials in the newspaper for being a public disgrace one day and a benefit to society the next day. Randy and Cherry seem to be the only ones to realize the error of the Socs ways. Cherry feels sympathy for the Greasers even after her boyfriend, Bob, was killed.

One of the main vs man conflict in the Outsiders is the rival between the greasers and the socs. The greasers are the east side boys who " steal things and drive old souped-up cars and hold up gas stations". The greasers, due to their family background and physical appearance, are being stereotyped as individuals who are poor and are provided with fewer opportunities than others. On the other hand, the socs, are " the west-side rich kids" who come from affluent backgrounds and" likes to jump greasers and throw beer blasts for kicks". In the eyes of the public, the Socs are the social elites whereas the greasers are considered the less privileged, second-class citizens.

A major conflict in this novel is between the greasers and the Socs. These two gangs are made up of complete opposites. The two rivals fall into conflict because of how they view each other and their roles in society. Greasers are poor hoods from the East side that “wear our hair long and dress in t-shirts and blue jeans… and wear leather jackets

In a story, there is usually a bad side of people, also known as villains and there are good people which are known as heroes. Sometimes you aren’t really sure who is bad and who is good. In this book there really shouldn’t be an argument, but there is. In the book the villains are the Socs and the hero's are the Greasers. There can be many reasons to prove that the Socs are more of a menace to society than the Greasers and here are some. The first reason of why the Socs are a more of a disgrace than the Greasers is because they are more violent than the Greasers. A second reason why the Socs are more of a disgrace the Greasers is because they think they are better than everybody else in the world, they are very arrogant, which is not a good thing. The final reason of why the Greasers are less of a disgrace than the Socs is because they don’t care about anybody but themselves, they don't care about their actions or whatever they are doing to the community. With all of these facts provided this basically just makes the Socs more of a menace to society than the Greasers, no

The Socs and Greasers are complete opposites but they both have some of the same problems.In the book “The Oudsiders “by S.E Hinton,the main person join a gang but the gang has a enemy gang,the Socs.The socs are different to the Greasers but they both have some of the same problems.Some of the same problems the face is family issues,pressure from friends,and alcohol.

The outsiders, there are two groups of people that are called Greasers and Socs. Characters in the novel tend to believe that Greasers are troublemakers and Socs are the higher class teens. Socs are a disgrace because of their actions and attitudes.

Greasers are “read in between the lines”, so they are conceived as inadequate. Since the socs live a nice lifestyle, they have an advantage of an automatic good reputation. In chapter 1 Ponyboy remarks,”Greasers can’t walk alone too much or they’ll get jumped...We get jumped by the

The difference between the Greasers and Socs in the society is the Greasers treated unequally and criticized for being poor. The Socs are bullying, criticizing, and intimidating the Greasers based on the economic level. Greasers have unequal lifestyles, attitudes, and financial situations, but still live in the same world, beneath the same sun as the Socs (Hinton 18), but repeat the same actions toward the Socs in a way of fighting back and sticking together.

In a place where rich and poor, good and bad are fighting with each other.The Greasers had a rougher life than the Socs.The Greasers had a rough life because they were poor and they always get in trouble by the Socs.Greasers are people that can’t afford almost anything and People blame them for doing bad stuff always. The Socs are west side rich kids who basically can own almost everything.People think that Greasers are bad juvenile kids who always do bad things, but in reality they are just poor people that had to do bad stuff because they have to.