... friends. This story deals with two forms of social classes: the socs, the rich kids, and the greasers, the poor kids. The socs go around looking for trouble and greasers to beat up, and then the greasers are blamed for it, because they are poor and cannot affect the authorities. It was clear and ... The way the gang members talk shows that they are gang members and street boys, because they speak in street slang. When the socs talk to greasers, the viewer can feel their dislike to them. Following are some examples for dialogues that indicate something about the characters. The viewer can...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... . We are told of the division in society due to prosperity and class between "The Socs" (short for "Socials") from the West side and "the Greasers" from the East side by 14 year old Ponyboy Curtis. He gives his notions on life, wealth and society. It is a didactic and edifying novel which ... and I grew up with we consider as family. Our gang are almost as close as brothers." Most of the "Greasers," don't have loving families and so their gang is all they've got. The "Greasers," are known for their long, greasy hair and the "Socs" are known for their madras shirts and expensive cars. .....

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• Grade Level: High School

... world in which he lives. Similarly, the problem of racists is highlighted in The Outsiders, except in contrast it's based on economic differences. The rich Socs harasses the lower classes Greasers, which developed into a mutual hate. Ponyboy Curtis who always feels like an outsider concluded that life is unfair. Stated by Randy, a Soc " ... Socs will still be Socs!" His words draw the reader's attention to the idea of the difference & discrimination between Socs and Greasers. uses a strong tone, coupled with the use of an examination mark. Ponyboy's coming of age is noted as his soc...

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• Grade Level: High School

... ". First of all, Pony boy is the best character in the book because he is a Greaser, a member of a gang formed by teenage boys. All the Greasers are friends, they share the same feeling and think the same way about different things. Also, they are willing to help their friends whenever needed. Since they are friends ... and share the same feelings, they can talk to each other about problems they may have, making it easier for one to get over the problem. Greasers don't have to care what other people think about them unlike the Socs, another gang of teenage boys that's rich who the public...

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• Grade Level: High School

... just when things couldn't get worse, 5 socs come up and start taunting Ponyboy and Johnny, calling them white trash and what not. The socs start beating them up as the greasers are outnumbered. One of them tries to drown Pony in a fountain when Johnny remembers his blade in his pocket. Johnny grabs it and stabs the soc. Ponyboy wakes up, coughing ... they left and went to Texas. He also informs them that there will be a rumble between the all the socs and all the greasers in Southwest New York. Cherry would also act as a spy and report to the greasers what the socs were planning because...

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• Grade Level: High School

... Hinton, takes Ponyboy one step further by showing different situations in which he is really shown as an outsider. The novel is about two different groups, the greasers which are more known as the outsiders and the Soc's which is short for Socials or the more popular crowd. These two groups do not get along ... the Wind." (Hinton, 79) Ponyboy was a smart teenager. He really concentrated on his studies but would never try hard in school because he was a greaser, and greasers weren't suppose to be smart, and they weren't suppose to do well in school. A major theme in this novel is the the...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Outsiders "The Outsiders" by S. E Hinton is an early novel based on two waring juvenile gangs, divided by economical and social background,the lower East side Greasers and the upper West side Socs. The novel is set in 1966 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is a novel written in first person by a 14 year old Greaser, Ponyboy Curtis who ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... were more grey, because I hate most guys that have green eyes." Ponyboy is a smart, bright boy living in the wrong side of town and consequently a member of a gang called the "Greasers". Living with Ponyboy is his two older brothers, Sodapop and Darry. Their parents had died months earlier in a car accident leaving older brother Darry in charge. Ponyboy thinks Darry is ... ...

• Word Count: 522
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School