The Outsiders: The Outsiders And The Socs

In this book, everyone was part of a gang and everyone looked at each other as either a Soc ,or a Greaser. Johnny, who has been abusively beaten while getting jumped and from his own father at home, and Pony save children from a burning house. No one would expect the hoodlums to risk their lives to save children. They have a reputation for doing illegal things and getting arrested. However, newspapers have stories on the two and labelled them as “heroes”. Dally, who was the toughest and baddest of all the Greasers, kills himself. The true reason behind this was because after going to the hospital to visit Johnny, he witnessed watching him die right in front of his eyes. Johnny’s death makes him rob a store and having the police intentionally kill him. The only thing that he loved was Johnny and his beloved thing was gone. This shows that Dally, even though he’s a Greaser and does all these horrible things, has feelings. Even people who genuinely knew him, labelled him as having no feelings. Also, Randy, who is a soc, talks to Pony about Bob and how he was just a regular guy who had his own problems. The only reason that Bob would act out and drink a lot was because his parents would never set boundaries. He just wanted for someone to tell him “No”. Cherry Valance, who was Bob’s girlfriend, even said that he was actually sweet. This shows that people are individuals and that labels don’t say who you

To conclude, The outsiders is a story about two different socisl groups, the Socs and the Greasers. Both groups feel like outsiders at times, but which of these two groups are the real outsiders? Or are the real outsiders the people who see beyond society groups? Maybe we all are

Furthermore, Hinton explores the theme of staying true to oneself in this quote,”When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.” (180) This quote not only demonstrates the theme of staying true to oneself but also uses the first line of the novel as the last line to show the character development of Ponyboy. As the novel progresses, we see Ponyboy as the “outsider” in the gang with instances such as how Ponyboy fought for self-defense only whereas the rest of the gang fought for enjoyment or because they wanted to. Moreover, Hinton uses this quote, “Stay gold Ponyboy, stay gold.” (148) to also exemplify the theme. In this quote, Johnny tells Ponyboy to “stay gold” meaning Ponyboy should always be himself and not let anyone change him otherwise. “Gold” in this context means purity and goodness in which Johnny hopes that Ponyboy will continue to pursue his dreams and see the good in the world. As a result, although Ponyboy experienced hardships in his life, he still stays pure and is not influenced by the malevolent environment around

What makes up an “Outsider”? In 1967, Oklahoma S.E. Hinton decided to write a book called the “Outsiders”. Social groups are related to Outsiders by making you feel like you’re separated from the rest of society. The Outsiders consist of two groups of teenagers called the greasers and the Socs (Socials). The true Outsiders are those who think differently about the world.

Who are the people who do not fit in? The novel The Outsiders takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1960s. This novel is about two social groups the socs who are in the higher class and the greasers who are in the lower class. The Outsiders can refer to several people like Cherry, Johnny, and Ponyboy.

Being called a disgrace can be hurtful, but are you actually one? In the book,

As a young adult, it is difficult to grow up without parents and still be tough and brave. In addition, teens can be emotional and overreact at times. In the novel The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton, a fourteen-year-old kid named Ponyboy Curtis feels different emotions that make him stand out from other Greasers, or “hoodlums”. Ponyboy, the youngest of all the Greasers, is a great example of a teen who feels isolated, brave, and emotional throughout the novel.

That time we were in Windrixville was the only time I’ve been away from our neighborhood’” (P. 121-122), said by a dying greaser, Johnny. To illustrate this reference, the death of Johnny affects Ponyboy in a way that life should not be wasted but should be enjoyed in the best possible way. “‘Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn.

“The silence grew heavier, and I could hear the harsh heavy breathing of the boys around me. Still Darry and the Soc walked slowly in a circle” (Hinton, 143). The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is a realistic fiction novel taking place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1966. The story informs the reader of a rivalry between two gangs, the Socials (Socs) who are the rich people that have nice cars, clothes, and have a bright future ahead of them. The Socs live on the West side. The Greasers are the other gang who weren’t rich, weren’t known to have bright futures and always had grease in their hair, hence the name Greasers. Throughout the story many themes have been applied to our society today. Two themes that I have chosen were that loyalty is a thread that holds people together and to not judge people based on how society labels them.

According to Frederick Douglass, “Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” Douglass spoke of the danger and issues of organization and separation by class, yet it is the scenario depicted in The Outsiders. The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel written by S. E. Hinton in the 1960s. In The Outsiders, the teenagers of a city are being ripped apart by a violent feud based solely on social class. The first group, known as the Socs, are the wealthy and popular. The second group is the Greasers, who are poor and viewed as the scum of the city. The

The Outsiders is a story regarding the privation and accomplishments experienced by the Greasers and the Socs, two rival gangs living in the inner city in the early 1960’s. The novel The Outsiders is about two groups of teenagers of bitter rivalry which was due to socio-economic differences.The Outsiders takes us through a journey of violence, struggle and death. It examines the life of a recently orphaned young man born into poverty confronted with the prejudices that he could not change. The novel tells the story of Ponyboy Curtis and his conflicts between the lower and the upper class youths and struggles and with the right and wrong in a society in which he considers himself an outsider. The society is divided in two groups Greasers and Socs, ‘Greasers’ are those who are from East side and belongs to a poor section of the society and ‘Socs’ a short word for society used in the novel, means those who are from West side and belongs to a richer section of a society. The greasers and Socs also have somethings in common like Cherry Valance, a member of Socs, and Ponyboy Curtis, a geaser discuss their love for literature, for popular music, and sunsets. A view of honorable action appears throughout the novel, which works as an important element of the geasers behavioral code.

In our society today there are still groups in which people are divided just as it was in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1960s. The only dissimilarity now is the names and uniforms, according to the author of ‘the outsiders’, S.E. Hinton. However, the remained question is ‘who are the real outsiders’. The real outsiders are those who seek beyond the society and their social aggregation.

Which group in the Outsiders are the real outsiders? If you were wondering what an outsider is, outsiders are basically a group/person that doesn't have all the thing a everyday Joe would have. They aren't as privileged and don't have many expectations. In this book, the outsiders to choose from are the Greasers and Socs and/or individuals.

The subsequent conflict is man vs man when Johnny kills Bob in self-defense. Johnny is with ponyboy at the park then a blue mustang is driving around the park, Johnny and Ponyboy don’t feel safe therefore they try to flee. Five Socs are walking towards them, they feel threaded so Johnny takes out a blade, but ponyboy does not have a weapon. They see Randy, Bob, and three other Socs, Bob said “Here’s the little greasers that picked up our girls. Hey, Greaser”. Bob also said that the greasers are “white trash with long hair”. They have comebacks back and forth until ponyboy tried to attack them “I ducked and tried to run for it, but the Soc caught my arm and twisted it behind my back, and shoved my face into the fountain. I fought,

Although, the greasers and the socs feel like outsiders at times. The real outsiders are those who can get pass the greasers and socs. The greasers felt like outsiders. While Ponyboy was dissecting a worm in biology he pulled out a switchblade. A girl in his class said, “they are right.