... both Pony and Johnny. In the novel Ponyboy was proud to be a Greaser, "What are you professional heroes or something sent from heaven."" "No were Greasers- (page 104). That is what Pony said to the Primary School teacher after he had saved the children from a burning church getting away with only minor ... thought we'd lost you (page 107). Pony knew after that moment that Darry did love him just as much as Soda. Johnny also knew that he belonged to the Greasers even though he did not belong to his real family. "Okay- I yawned. Gosh, but it was cold. "If you get cold or something come on...

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... who interact frequently with one another, share a sense of belonging and have a feeling of interdependence. It is obvious that both the socs" and the greasers care deeply for each member of the respective group. Towards the end of the film, as Johnny is being hospitalized for severe burns and is near ... , seem to be unshakable from parties in each faction, until the death of Bob occurs. After this earth-shattering event, members of both the greasers and the socs" start to question their behaviors. They start to come to the realization that fighting is not going to solve anything; howeve...

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... the only family that Johnny ever had. The family, especially Dallas, also felt the responsibility of protecting Johnny. The Greasers had a rival group that they would constantly fight with, the soc's. Johnny has a terrible night when he runs into two socs after a movie. The ... boys cared for themselves, and the only thing that mattered is if you were tough, somewhat of a highly masculine culture. The greasers wore plain white shirt with their hair slicked back, things the Greasers took pride in. The Socs on the other hand were all prep like, and they liked to set themselves apart from t...

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... 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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• Grade Level: High School

... . 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 influence the authorities. The plot is easy to ... IQ and everything..."". He is a bit naive sometimes, like in page 45 when he tried to convince himself that the only difference between socs and greasers is that greasers like Elvis and do not like the Beatles and socs like the Beatles and do not like Elvis. Sometimes, Ponyboy is daydreaming an...

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... , discovers Johnny, and strolls to the recreation center to make tracks in an opposite direction from things. There, on the other hand, the two youthful greasers run into Bob and Randy with a few their Soc companions. One of them holds Ponyboy's head under a super cold wellspring, and Ponyboy blacks out ... their depiction in the paper. After a week, Dally comes to reconnoiter them, and clarifies that due to Bob's passing, the debate between the Greasers and the Socs have ended up more terrible than any time in recent memory. He additionally let them know that thunder will be held to se...

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... the rough stage of their life. In the novel, The Outsiders, by S. E. Hinton Ponyboy is a fourteen-year-old boy who is a part of the gang called the greasers. His whole remaining family are greasers. Gang life can lead to death and trouble. In The Outsiders, Ponyboy is in a gang with all of the people he grew up with in the neighborhood, including ... his two brothers, Sodapop and Darry. In a fight against the socials, the enemy of the greasers, Ponyboy and another member of the greasers named Johnny were outnumbered five-two. In order to save Ponyboy's life, Johnny killed a member of th...

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... . 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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... (Hinton pg 2 and 3) ANTAGONIST: Pony's own antagonist is his position in life. He lives in the poor part of town ,and joins a group called the greasers. The are enemies with a rich group of boys called the Socs. The Soxs attack Johnny and Bobby for being too friendly worth Cherry. So Johnny ends up killing ... turning point of Pony's life to do better. (Hinton pg 178). THEMES: Major Theme: Pony resents the fact that the Socs have nicer things than the Greasers. To him it seems like everything comes to them easier and he always has to struggle. Since Pony's best friend was killed in gang a...

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... three examples, demonstrate that it is human nature to protect the ones you love. The Outsiders is a coming-of-age book, written by S.E. Hinton. It follows the rivalry between the Greasers, a group of young boys from a poor community, and the rich, high-class Socs of the same age through the view of Pony, a 14-year-old Greaser. He and his brothers ... ones, friends and family will always look after each other. In The Outsiders, the gang looks out for each and every member. The Socs and Greasers have a hostile relationship which causes a problem in the neighborhood. Gang rivalry isn't th...

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... 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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... teaches people to accept each other no matter how different they are. Then the book explains the diversity of different groups. It teaches the reader that even though the Socs & Greasers are different, they can get along. For example, Ponyboy and Cherry are in two different groups, but they became friends after they met. Also, this book makes people think that ... matter how different the groups are, they will always see the same sunset. As the book progresses, it shows the Socs are richer, and living in a "fancy world", but the Greasers could live happily without being so rich. The sec...

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... novel) is a 16 year old boy who comes from a broken home and is abused. Johnny finds himself living in the midst of a local gang rivalry between the Socials and the Greasers. S.E. Hinton's use of imagery, flashbacks, metaphors, similes, and literal language, portray Johnny as an innocent and scared child, who should be tried as a juvenile. S.E. Hinton's use of imagery allows the ... 't in his nature. After the Soc dies, and Pony and Johnny flee, Johnny's ways and personality do not just change. Johnny continues to be the same person that the other Greasers have always knowsn. Just becaus...

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... at home with each other and they fight outside of the house in gangs. This is normal for them. Everyone expects them to be fighters, the school kids call them greasers which is a name that seems to mean that they are inferior to the other kids. They don't have very much money and they don't value going to school, they don ... big an event to these boys because of the life they live. But there is not only sad emotions in this book there are also happy emotions like when the Greasers beat the Socs at the rumble. Even the happy moments are around violence and fighting. When Johnny, Pony Bo...

• Word Count: 882
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School