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Socs Vs Greasers Research Paper

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In the local community there are big two gangs that are rivals, and always want to fight the other. They are mean and are always causing trouble. They are afraid of almost nothing and won’t think twice about pulling out a knife and cutting someone up. The two sides are the Socs, and the Greasers. Both these sides are very different, but in some ways they are similar.
The Socs are a richer gang, they live in the good part of town. The Socs always get what they want because they are richer, and can afford to do anything. They hate just about every part of the greasers. They don't like the Greasers because they think all the Greasers want to do is take their girls. “Need a haircut greaser?” (S.E. Hilton 5) The Socs have so much time and …show more content…

These people aren't rich and spoiled, and get whatever they want when they want, like the Socs. They aren't even in the middle class, most of them are poor or rejected, or their parents hate them. These people have hair grease in their hair, hence why they are called Greasers. “Juvenile delinquent, you're no good!” (S.E. Hilton 136) These people are juvenile delinquents, who don't think think twice about cutting a Socs, or pulling out a switchblade. One of them actually killed a Soc because one of their friends was drowning his fellow gang member. Right after this they ran away to an abandoned church to hid. Then the church caught a blaze while there was a few kids there for a picnic. The same kids, the one drowning, and the one that killed the Soc, jumped in the church and saved them both. The one who almost died drowning lived, and saved all the children, but the one who killed the Soc wasn't so lucky, and he died. Other from that they usually have fair fights. “A fair fight isn't rough” (S.E. Hilton 29) A fair fight for them is a fight one person vs one person, or a amount of people vs the same amount of people in a fight. Guns, knives, blades, and and weapons or not allowed in these fights to help reduce injuries, and the chance of someone dying. That's what the Greaser Gang is …show more content…

One way is that the both see the same sunset at the end of the day. This shows that they are part of the same world, even if they are on different sides of town, and are completely different. This also means that they are the same even if they are labeled Greasers, and Socs. Another way is the way they think sometimes. Sometimes they both realize that no matter what they do, nothing will change. “They're running!” (S.E. Hilton 145) The Greasers could fight the Socs in a big brawl and lose, then almost nothing will change except some bragging rights. “ And tonight…people get hurt in rumbles, maybe killed. I'm sick of it because it doesn't do any good.” (S.E. Hilton 116-117) If the Greasers won, nothing will change, and just like the Socs all they would have is bragging rights. So that's how the Greasers and the Socs are both human, and the

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