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    “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost. The book is about two different groups the socs and greasers who are always fighting. “Nothing Gold Can Stay” is about life and how most things that are good never stay. The theme of the book is divided community and the theme of the poem is nothing that is good ever lasts. The theme of chapter four from The Outsiders is divided community. The socs always jump the greasers and both groups always start fights. The author said on page 56 “The Soc caught my…

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    story, two gangs called the greasers and the socs are rivalries, where the socs are the rich, popular kids and the greasers are the poor, underestimated kids with little to no hope. The main character, Ponyboy, is a greaser and dislikes the socs due to jealously. Both gangs have to go through some pretty rough obstacles and learn how to overcome them by uniting with their gang. The greasers proved to be the heroes in the story, not the unliked Socs. The three greasers who showed the most heroism…

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    The Outsiders Themes

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    nothing well that's what happened to the Socs. In the book Bob Sheldon Had everything but he died because no laws were put down for him. Also don't judge a book by its cover. A lot of the Greasers see the Socs as rich and have everything but, deep down they have nothing. Another example is the Socs think the greasers have nothing but, they have close friendships Also, another theme would be society and class. In The Outsiders the Socs have everything but have nothing. The Socs only have money…

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    The Outsiders The Outsiders is the story of two gangs, the Greasers and the Socs, that despise each other. Throughout the story, the Greasers learn the importance of sticking together all of the time. The Greasers strong friendship is shown when Johnny follows Ponyboy into the church fire, Dally helps Johnny and Ponyboy hide after committing murder, and when Ponyboy follows Johnny even though he didn't have any part of the murdering. The character Johnny stands by Ponyboy while trying to…

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    and the Greasers. The Socs are wealthy and popular, while the Greasers are considered less fortunate and not as popular. The Greasers are the Outsiders in the novel, while the Socs are “in.” In the Lord of the Flies, Jack and the hunters outnumber and have more benefits and useful things than Ralph’s crew, which makes Jacks group “in” and Ralph’s the Outsiders. The Outsider…

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    The Outsiders Comparison

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    novel and the movie was made, the time frame was the 1960’s. The 1960’s was a period where fashion and cars matter the most. In The Outsiders, we had two different groups, the Socs and the Greasers. The Socs were the rich group, they wore fancy clothes, did their hair nicely and drove Mustangs. Likewise, the Greasers wore leather jackets, had messy, long, greasy hair and walked all the time, there were times that they used the bus. While watching the movie I compared the novel and the I could…

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    much guidance. In the story, their are the greasers and the socs. The greasers usually hang out on the streets, get into fights, and do illegal things for fun. There are 7 greasers, Pony, Soda, Darry, Two bit, Johnny, Darry, and Tim. The socs on the other hand, stay to themselves except for the odd time when they come to jump the greasers or start rumbles. The book begins by telling us about the different struggles that go on in the lives of the greasers and how they manage to handle it. Darry,…

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    The Outsiders Loyalty, sometimes it is good and sometimes it is bad. In The Outsiders, the author S.E. Hinton shows many acts of loyalty from the greasers. From good to bad there are many ways of showing these acts of loyalty. On way of showing loyalty is that Ponyboy stay with the greasers, but also questions their decisions. He is anti-aggressive, he does not like to fight but he will act like he will to protect himself. He also does not agree with how two-bit steals a lot of thing, that…

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    on his friends- his best true friends who will do anything to help him, like Johnny and Two-Bit. And when it comes to the Socs, a mean gang of rich kids who enjoy beating up the “Greasers” like Pony and his friends. Pony knows they are a problem. But one night Johnny took things too far, leading conflict between “Greasers” and the Socs,…

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    “hoodlums” within the far poorer West-side gang known as the “Greasers.” The Greasers and Socials, like all other people, are more alike than different, their economic statuses notwithstanding. Throughout the novel, Johnny Cade, a Greaser who faces physical abuse at home, and Bob Sheldon, a Social who is emotionally neglected by his parents, display evidence of lasting…

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