Differences Between The Outsiders And The Greasers

S. E. Hilton’s novel and popular film The Outsiders expresses a variety of internal and external conflicts including the main conflict in the novel, which is the division and struggle among social class. The two groups, Socs and Greasers, are drastically different, but also similar in a variety of ways. Socs and the Greasers are merely adolescents struggling with personal and social complications that unfold within society. As the greasers are portrayed as low-life scum no-good-for-nothing-dirt-bags, and on the other hand, Socs are depicted as privileged rich kids who catch all the “big breaks.” What determines to where each member of society belongs which group is the individual’s appearance and finance. Cherry, a popular Socs makes a statement …show more content…
Gone with the Wind focused towards social conflict and division between two parties (The North and the South) that resulted in many deaths and left the South utterly demolished. Likewise, with the Greasers, they are also fighting for their place on the social hierarchy and for the reason to take a stand against social injustice. Gone with the Wind and the poem Stay Gold are connected and linked by Johnny’s death. Johnny leaves a letter inside the novel, which refers back to the poem; linking the two literature pieces together for Ponyboy. While Johnny was in the hospital, he wrote a goodbye letter to Ponyboy that encourages him stay gold; referring to the poem Robert Frost wrote, which is used as a symbol to indicate the boys are coming of age. Correspondingly, coming of age is the main theme in the novel that Ponyboy struggled intensely with, that regards to reasonability, maturity and …show more content…
Separated by rich and poor, these young adults each struggled with personal complications and society’s disputes that influenced them to carry the hatchet on. Cherry and Ponyboy raised against all odds, and merged a friendship with one another. Correspondingly, both parties were sincerely passionate about the ongoing feud; another similar trait both groups possessed. Although, the conflict of two social groups prevented them from viewing how similar they actually were, the audience can gather that Ponyboy finally buried his own personal hatchet after he read the letter Johnny left. The two young groups struggled with clash of social class, internal and external conflicts played an enormous role on the young party’s members, and the two diverse groups are similar in a variation of