Crowd or Mob, Group or Outsider
A crowd can easily turn into a mob because of uncertainty and or anger. Support for this statement is shown in the book “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton, a story about a boy in a lower social class who gets involved in a killing which leads to the death of some of his friends and a social class fight. It is also supported by the play “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” by Rod Serling which is a story about a town in which weird events happen and chaos takes over. Also in the story “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton it shows how you can be part of a group and still feel alone if the group does not share the same ideas as the individual. Incidentally, a crowd can easily turn into a mob when anger, hate or aggravation arises. In the book The Outsiders by S. E.Hinton, Dallas says, “The socs and us are having all-out warfare all over the city. That kid you killed had plenty of friends and all over town it’s soc against grease”(83). This shows that anger and hate towards the greasers for killing a socs made them lash out at each other and attack turning them into a mob. Another piece of evidence from The Outsiders by S. E.Hinton is “You know what a greaser is.” Bob asked,” White trash with long hair”(pg 56) The socs already have hatred …show more content…
In the play The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street by Rod Serling, it says “for the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy and a thoughtless frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own for the children...and the children yet unborn.” Since the people of Maple Street were uncertain and jumped to conclusions they turned into a mob and were their own downfall. Also in the story The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton it says “they’ve both come here to fight and they’ve both supposed to be smarter than that”(142) since both groups were uncertain who was wrong they turned into a mob and fought about who was
A crowd can easily turn into a mob because of uncertainty and or anger. Support for this statement is shown in the book “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton, a story about a boy in a lower social class who gets involved in a killing which leads to the death of some of his friends and a social class fight. It is also supported by the play “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” by Rod Serling which is a story about a town in which weird events happen and chaos takes over. Also in the story “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton it shows how you can be part of a group and still feel alone if the group does not share the same ideas as the individual. Incidentally, a crowd can easily turn into a mob when anger, hate or aggravation arises. In the book The Outsiders by S. E.Hinton, Dallas says, “The socs and us are having all-out warfare all over the city. That kid you killed had plenty of friends and all over town it’s soc against grease”(83). This shows that anger and hate towards the greasers for killing a socs made them lash out at each other and attack turning them into a mob. Another piece of evidence from The Outsiders by S. E.Hinton is “You know what a greaser is.” Bob asked,” White trash with long hair”(pg 56) The socs already have hatred …show more content…
In the play The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street by Rod Serling, it says “for the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy and a thoughtless frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own for the children...and the children yet unborn.” Since the people of Maple Street were uncertain and jumped to conclusions they turned into a mob and were their own downfall. Also in the story The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton it says “they’ve both come here to fight and they’ve both supposed to be smarter than that”(142) since both groups were uncertain who was wrong they turned into a mob and fought about who was