Different Worlds Yet The Same Sunset It is easy to form opinions about people without getting to know them. In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, there are two gangs of different financial standings. The Greasers live on the run down East side of town, and the Socs live on the wealthy West side of town. The two gangs often go head to head, letting their diversity separate them. Both gangs are victims of the communities stereotyping, they are misunderstood and struggle to break free of these stereotypes. In the story characters are defined by the stereotypes given to them by one another. The only thing holding them back from their full potential is the stereotypes they seem to be bound too.
The community's view on the Greasers is that they are trouble makers, unintelligent and are at a disadvantage financially. This stereotype often covered up the true Greasers and the family underlying in the gang. The communities view is completely based on rumors, and just looking at them without getting to know the Greasers. The Greasers were judged based on only their negatives, no one gave them a chance or tried to get to know them. The communities misjudgement was often brushed off by the Greasers, for the most part they often joked harmlessly about it. The Greasers were getting ready for a rumble against the Socs when Steve sang, “O victim of …show more content…
In the beginning the characters were labeled and were not known beyond their stereotypes, in the middle the characters started to break through from their stereotypes and show that the stereotypes were wrong about them. In the end all the characters had proven they were more than what anybody said about them. In the book it shows that without getting to know somebody then you truly do not know them, the book proves that stereotypes are mostly incorrect and
The community's view on the Greasers is that they are trouble makers, unintelligent and are at a disadvantage financially. This stereotype often covered up the true Greasers and the family underlying in the gang. The communities view is completely based on rumors, and just looking at them without getting to know the Greasers. The Greasers were judged based on only their negatives, no one gave them a chance or tried to get to know them. The communities misjudgement was often brushed off by the Greasers, for the most part they often joked harmlessly about it. The Greasers were getting ready for a rumble against the Socs when Steve sang, “O victim of …show more content…
In the beginning the characters were labeled and were not known beyond their stereotypes, in the middle the characters started to break through from their stereotypes and show that the stereotypes were wrong about them. In the end all the characters had proven they were more than what anybody said about them. In the book it shows that without getting to know somebody then you truly do not know them, the book proves that stereotypes are mostly incorrect and