Differences Of The Socs And The Greasers

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The Socs and the Greasers don't have many differences, but the ones that they do have define them. For one, the Socs have a lot of money or at least a lot more than the Greasers. Second off the Greasers are in the more gutter part of town were the Socs are on the rich side of town. Last, of all the socs, can do almost anything and get away with it, as for the Greasers they get blamed for things that don't even relate to them. I think that the reason the Socs and the Greasers dislike each other so much is they believe that they're completely different from each other. They think that scene they both don’t have huge family issues or a lot of money, that they should despise each other. I personally think that I belong to both groups. Like the

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