The Outsiders by author S.E. Hinton withholds many life lessons, one of them being that fighting doesn't solve your problems. This story follows the lifestyles of the hoods on the east side of a small town in Oklahoma during the 60s. These hoods are called Greasers and are viewed like this because of their rebellious attitudes, disrespectful criminal behaviors, slicked hair, and poor economic status. The teens of this town are separated by money and lifestyles these guys have a tough life and they have to struggle meanwhile on the west side live the Socs who are proud and loaded with more money than they could ever ask for. The Socs are defined as rich, poised, madras wearing and mustang driving instigators who get everything handed to
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Like Dally fights just to relieve stress, his parents don't care, which makes him jealous of what Pony has and how much Darry cares about him. This shows in Dally's attitude at the drive in when he starts being rude towards the girls who are innocently sitting there watching the movie. I think he is so used to getting everything he wants including the girls Cherry's refusal comes as a surprise to him. He thinks he can do whatever he wants and get what he wants. Because of Greasers like Dally the Socs judge all of them and make assumptions that they all act that way, which is wrong. Most of them are but Pony, Darry, Johnny and Soda aren't like Dally. Cherry sees this when Johnny stands up for Cherry and her friend Marcia. Johnny and Ponyboy begin to talk with the two girls, who they surprisingly get along with. Throughout this friendship both groups find out more about the other gang. In the end Pony even says to Cherry "Were not actually all that different after all are we?" and "You see the sunset real good from the West side?" Cherry responds "Yeah real good." This is very remarkable and truly expresses that even though they are separated they are all the same in some ways. Although Pony and Cherry are able to look past their differences her boyfriend as well as his friends still hate the Greasers and they certainly don't want them picking up their girls. Ponyboy arrives at home late by accident of course, but Darry, Ponyboy's older brother hits him in a rage and fear that something might have happened to his kid brother who he loves so much. Pony runs out of the house and meets up with Johnny at the lot where they had fallen asleep telling him "Were running away" and an impressionable seemingly not self leading Johnny responds "Okay!" They run to the park and sit before they realize the blue mustang. Suddenly Bob Cherry's
Like Dally fights just to relieve stress, his parents don't care, which makes him jealous of what Pony has and how much Darry cares about him. This shows in Dally's attitude at the drive in when he starts being rude towards the girls who are innocently sitting there watching the movie. I think he is so used to getting everything he wants including the girls Cherry's refusal comes as a surprise to him. He thinks he can do whatever he wants and get what he wants. Because of Greasers like Dally the Socs judge all of them and make assumptions that they all act that way, which is wrong. Most of them are but Pony, Darry, Johnny and Soda aren't like Dally. Cherry sees this when Johnny stands up for Cherry and her friend Marcia. Johnny and Ponyboy begin to talk with the two girls, who they surprisingly get along with. Throughout this friendship both groups find out more about the other gang. In the end Pony even says to Cherry "Were not actually all that different after all are we?" and "You see the sunset real good from the West side?" Cherry responds "Yeah real good." This is very remarkable and truly expresses that even though they are separated they are all the same in some ways. Although Pony and Cherry are able to look past their differences her boyfriend as well as his friends still hate the Greasers and they certainly don't want them picking up their girls. Ponyboy arrives at home late by accident of course, but Darry, Ponyboy's older brother hits him in a rage and fear that something might have happened to his kid brother who he loves so much. Pony runs out of the house and meets up with Johnny at the lot where they had fallen asleep telling him "Were running away" and an impressionable seemingly not self leading Johnny responds "Okay!" They run to the park and sit before they realize the blue mustang. Suddenly Bob Cherry's