Essay On Obstacles Faced By Youth In The Outsiders

Obstacles faced by youth today and youth in The Outsiders are both, very, different from each other. In The Outsiders an obstacle youth greasers faced was getting jumped by socs because if any greaser got into a fight with a soc it would immediately get put onto the greaser if a police were to show up. Today, if that were to happen both teens would probably get sent to the police station and get put on a warning but not one kid would be accused if they didn’t have any proof of the fight happening. Another obstacle that youth in The Outsiders had faced was when Johnny killed the soc to save Ponyboy, he didn’t have many people to tell because he was afraid, his parents wouldn’t have cared, and he couldn’t tell the police because greasers were seen bad by police even if they didn’t do anything. In our …show more content…
Some obstacles that are faced in both The Outsides and today is family fighting because Johnny's parents always fought and some kids have to deal with that today feeling like there parents don’t care about there own kid. Kid’s today overcome that obstacle by talking to teachers, friends, and other parents they can trust. Many obstacles today are overcome by telling adults because now bullying is a huge obstacle that kids have to face rather they like it or not and by telling an adult they are able to take action and figure out a way to stop it from happening. In conclusion, Obstacles faced by youth today and obstacles faced by youth in The Outsiders were different because greasers were already seen as a threat to the socs rather greasers were kids or adults and didn’t have a way to overcome that obstacle but to fight with those soc, today kid’s still fight and have obstacles to face but we try to find methods on how we can overcome those obstacles without hurting