... 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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• 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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... , homicides, and brutal home-invasion robberies, accounts for one of the largest, single, personal threats to public safety. In the outsiders there are many assaults between the Socs and the Greasers. A gang is also a group of persons having informal and close relations. Many reasons why adolescents and older aged groups join gangs are to get away from their every day problems ... when they get into trouble with another gang or the law they have their gangs backing them up. In The Outsiders there are many close relationships between members of the Greasers. Many gangs also use drugs to f...

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• Grade Level: High School