The theme of insiders and outsiders plays an important role in Wuthering Heights. The main determining factor of what makes a person an insider or outsider is social class. This is demonstrated through Heathcliff. Heathcliff is considered an outsider because he is of a lower social class then most of the people around him. When he and Catherine are caught outside Thrushcross Grange, he is told he looks and out-and-outer (61) and shortly sent on his way. Catherine stayed and was taught to be more sophisticated and less like Heathcliff. Lockwood is also considered an outsider because he is from another home, and considered to be a somewhat of a foreigner to the people at Wuthering Heights. Catherine is originally considered an outsider, due to
