In S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, Ponyboy is a member of the greasers, a low level clan that dwells on the east side of Tulsa, Oklahoma who have endured conflict with the Socs, who reign on the opposite side of town in riches. Every day that goes by for Ponyboy is another day he must live in fear of the Socs because they physically berate greasers for pleasure. A lack of judgement on his walk from the movie theatre leads to experiencing firsthand the relentless brutality of the Socs. Ponyboy recalls from this day that “they had [his] arms and legs pinned down and one of them was sitting on [his] chest with [their] knees on [his] elbows” and he attempted to resist until “a blade was held against[his] throat” (Hinton 5). Although he had never been
