The Outsiders is about a story written in 1960s by the main lead, Ponyboy Curtis. Through narration, the story was told in a first person perspective. The story evolves between two groups of people, the lower-class group of Oklahoma youths called greasers and the upper-class youth from the west side of town called Socials, Socs for short. One night, some of the Socs were unhappy with some of the greasers when they befriended their girlfriend, Cherry Valance and Marcia at a drive-in. Later that night, a group of Socs beat up Johnny and tried to drown Ponyboy in a fountain. Unfortunately Johnny Cade killed Bob, one of the Socs, in attempt to save Ponyboy. Dallas instructed Ponyboy and Johnny to hide in an abandon church in a nearby town. A week
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The rich are well educated and does not worry about financial problems while the poor often has to dropout to feed the family. The rich fight to entertainment themselves and to prove that they are stronger than the greasers. With the help of the car, they are at an advantage at a fight while the greasers can only defend themselves, travelling by foot. Yet, from the conversation Ponyboy and Cherry had, we can see that they do have similar interest such as literature and music, despite their difference in social background.
There was a lot judgement throughout the film between the rich and the poor. On their way to the hospital after the fire, the teacher was shock to hear that Ponyboy is a greaser. This is evidence of society’s judgement. I learnt that there is always different sides to a story. The Socs are always portrayed as being carefree but Cherry mentioned in the film that they have their own problems too. Although Cherry plays a small role in the film, she is the one that constantly gives insights of the Socs to the greasers, providing a different perspective of what the Socs is compared to how society portray them to
The rich are well educated and does not worry about financial problems while the poor often has to dropout to feed the family. The rich fight to entertainment themselves and to prove that they are stronger than the greasers. With the help of the car, they are at an advantage at a fight while the greasers can only defend themselves, travelling by foot. Yet, from the conversation Ponyboy and Cherry had, we can see that they do have similar interest such as literature and music, despite their difference in social background.
There was a lot judgement throughout the film between the rich and the poor. On their way to the hospital after the fire, the teacher was shock to hear that Ponyboy is a greaser. This is evidence of society’s judgement. I learnt that there is always different sides to a story. The Socs are always portrayed as being carefree but Cherry mentioned in the film that they have their own problems too. Although Cherry plays a small role in the film, she is the one that constantly gives insights of the Socs to the greasers, providing a different perspective of what the Socs is compared to how society portray them to