Greasers By S. E. Hinton

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Imagine this, being a Greaser who lives in a poverty stricken neighborhood, with danger at every corner. Also imagine not having neither parent, and only has his brothers and friends. That’s the life that Ponyboy Curtis lives. Then, being bullied by Socs. Socs, or Socials are the rich and spoiled teens that get whatever they want at the snap of their fingers. They also bully the Greasers. S.E. Hinton illustrates the problems that each social class faces. Additionally, he shows how two completely parallel worlds have something in common even though they don’t realize it.

Greasers have a bad reputation and care about street cred, and they use grease in their hair and comb it back slickly. Most Greasers live in bad neighborhoods and drive

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