Greasers Vs Socs

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The similarities from the book to the movie hardly changed at all, it was so hard to come across something in the movie that was not done in the book. I think that the story tells a lifetime of memories through a teenage boy coming through his eyes.
The book created…
The stars of the movie are quite different each of them have their own unique quality. The greasers and the Socs are rivals that come from different perspectives. In the book the gangs were called the West side Socs also known as the rich kids. But the abbreviation for the Socials is Socs. “It's like the term, greaser, which is used to class all us boys on the East side” said ponyboy. The boys only have each other and have to depend on one another to stay alive. In the movie they

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