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    The Greasers from The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton were people we have read about this year that appear to have low self-esteem. Almost all the Greasers, except for Darry, are associated with drugs, alcohol, and crime. For instance, they smoke and rob stores instead of going to school, but part of this was due to their lack of money, which is related to their low self-esteem. Also, the Socs’ parents had wealth, so their children felt like they didn’t need to earn money. On the other hand, the Greasers

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    Symbolism Topic #2 “Stay Gold”. The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is about how Ponyboy and his gang goes through life in Tulsa Oklahoma during the 1960s. They learn to understand each others faults and mistakes, and they learn how nothing ever stays gold. Bob’s rings, the Greasers’ hair, and the book Gone with the Wind symbolize something important to each of them in their struggles. Bob’s rings symbolize the physical and financial power that the Socs have against the Greasers. We can see this on page

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    is a kind person and has many friendships. He is kind because he helped Jonny read Gone With The Wind, he saved kids from the burning church fire, and he also went to visit Johnny and Dally almost every day they were in the hospital. The book The Outsiders is about teenage kids in a lower class gang who call themselves Greasers. They take many adventures and go through many different things together. The Greasers and the SOCS, people with lots of money, are always getting into fights, but no matter

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    don’t have anything. We’re all we have left. We ought to be able to stick together against everything,” (Hinton). Characters are affected by society positively and negatively throughout the book, the video, and the poem. The society in the book, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, affected characters positively, like the poem, “The World Is Not a Pleasant Place to be,” by Nikki Giovanni did, as well as the video “On the Road with Steve Hartman.” During the video “On the Road with Steve Hartman,” Justice

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    In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about two rival gangs going after each other and social work is needed to help them stop. The Socials are a group of boys who live on the West side of town and have these cool cars like Mustangs and Corvairs and are rich. On the other hand the Greasers live on the East side of Tulsa, Oklahoma and they don’t have all the cool cars and a lot of money like the Socs. The Department of Human Resources has been getting calls about the rivalry between the Greasers

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    Madison Schneider 702 Identifying the truth and opinion in social labels, An exploration of The Outsiders by S.E Hinton Social labels are very common in the world. In the book, The Ugly Duckling, one of the ducklings turns out to have a different appearance than the others, and is defined by the social label ‘ugly’. This can relate to The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, the Greasers, a lower class gang, are looked down upon because of their level of income. For example, Ponyboy wanted to break free

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    Between the movie The Outsiders and the book The Outsiders, they are overwhelmingly similar but there are a couple significant differences. The main differences were found in the plot. They are primarily with the rising action, and the beginning of the story. In the book, the story began with Ponyboy at school, where in the movie, it began with Ponyboy writing in a composition book. In the movie, Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dallas chase a few little kids and eventually end up witnessing a fight. After

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    Violence is the main thesis in “The Outsiders”, it connects and helps the plot developments. However, violence isn’t a positive action but still happened frequently incur daily life. Above all, violence influenced person’s personality, looking and behavior. For all the characters exist in the book, the person impacted by violence most is Johnny. The difference between he and other is he had got a miserable family background. Violence affects Johnny’s mental attitude. When Ponyboy was beaten up by

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    The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is about Socs and greasers differences in life and society. Socs had a better life than the greasers. The problem was that they didn’t get along, they would have rumbles such as fights. It directly affected them because Socs lived in the West side and the greasers lived in the East side. The fact that Socs had cool cars and nicer clothes and the greasers had greasy hair and worn out clothes. The only way that the Socs and greasers could be truly happy in their relationship

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    The movie The Outsiders is a very meaningful movie that everyone would love. The movie shows us that it is wrong to stereotype and be separated by classes like Socs and Greasers.The movie also shows that everyone is not who you think they are. Some Socs are actually nice and not all Greasers are a part of a hood. Which Ponyboy learns throughout the movie In the movie The Outsiders there was one scene that was different that annoyed me. The scene was when Dally was getting shot by the police at

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