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    where it happen more often. First is when the “greasers” get jumped by the Socs. There are many fights in The Outsiders and plenty sights of innocence in the fights. The “greasers are innocent in the fights, all the time because the “socs” jump them just because they’re “greasers”. Some examples of innocence from the “greasers” is when Ponyboy…

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    person has a special gift, like Ponyboy, he would never gave up and shows courage and perseverance, that is why he is my Bae. Cherry is Soc and lives on the other side of town. She would always stand up for what is right and hates when the Soc’s and Greasers fight, that is one reason she is my BFF. On the other hand, my frenemy would have to be Bob, he was always spoiled and gets everything he wants. Ponyboy was always dissimimliar than all the other boys in his gang, he like to read, didn’t…

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    says, “ It seemed funny to me that sons - if these girls were any example were just like us” (p.37) This is the first time in the book where a greaser starts to notice the similarities between the greasers and the socials. This also shows how Ponyboy is starting to overcome what he originally thought about socials and how they where nothing like the greasers.…

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    “They grew up on the outside of society. They weren’t looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.” Who you ask? The greasers and the Socs in the book, “The Outsiders” written by S.E. Hinton. The two themes in the book are violence is never the answer to solve a problem and loyalty and sticking together helps everything. A theme in the Outsiders is violence is never solves a thing that words can’t. Violence can cause a lot of harm physically and mentally. Ponyboy’s best friend, Johnny, has…

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    throughout the book, and he is twisted between turning to a Greaser instead of a ‘normal person’ with a job, and so that Ponyboy can live out all the opportunities that Darry missed. I think that Ponyboy was twisted between sides of Greaser and an everyday person. Ponyboy realizes halfway throughout the book that a Greaser is not for him, and that he’s against the Socs in the first place, so he should be in another place altogether. I think the Greaser against Soc relationship helped Ponyboy…

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    The Outsiders Analysis The Outsiders book is told by a fourteen-year-old Greaser named Ponyboy. Everything that we learn and discover throughout this book is told from Ponyboys perspective. Ponyboy tells a tragic and emotionally story that deals with needless violence and pain that is caused by gang rivalry. Young men fighting against one another, dying on the streets, running away from home and skipping school regularly. The Outsiders is written by S.E Hinton, the story takes place in 1960 in…

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    and were starring at a cold stoned faced Soc? In the Outsiders by S.E Hinton your sterotypical poor trouble makers known as the Greasers and rich popular kids the Socs constantly clash while teaching you valuable lessons. Lessons about family and loyalty are shown through out the Greasers lifestyle. The books major conflict consists of the the two groups of the Greasers and Socs constantly clashing. This clashing causes a fued between the groups called “The Rumble”. Ponyboy Curtis is one of…

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    was a good book the boys each have each others backs they don't need anybody but each other especially not the greasers because they are mean boys who think they are better than everybody because they are rich boys who beat up greasers and they like to do that because they are rude bullies but the boys each have echothers back and they can hopefully protect themselves from the greasers. I think the outsiders was a good book if you wanted to know about true friendship when his ponyboy was…

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    Theme For The Outsiders

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    seeing the viewpoint of an outsider, this case a greaser. As an outsider, you may see life as terrible and ugly. Few examples of this is when Ponyboy is walking home from the movie theaters, his education and hobbies, and the fact Johnny and Ponyboy didn’t go immediately to the police. Firstly, the example of Ponyboy and greasers being outsiders, is when after Ponyboy gets done watching a movie and walking home, he knows something, “Greasers can’t walk alone too much or they’ll get…

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    today. It was based around stereotypes of groups, such as Greasers, in the book. Ponyboy, the main character, is different than most Greasers because he is smart and likes to read. In S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, people’s stereotypes for the greasers aren’t always what they seem to be. People in societies make fun and call people many different names because of the way they act and live their lives. Ponyboy gets yelled at because he is a greaser. (Ponyboy) “One time in biology I had to dissect…

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