Greaser

In The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, most of the Greasers are friends without families and friends without guidance. Every single one of the young men that was growing up in this war of Greasers and Socs had no prior knowledge of what they got themselves into. As a result of associating themselves with a life of violence, fighting, and being awful in general has left them lost and almost incapable of redemption. Due to the age of the teenagers, in their most important stage of development in their…

In the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, the story has a rivalry between the socs and greasers. The story takes place in the 1960’s in a small town in Oklahoma. The main characters are the socs and the greasers. The setting affects the characters by changing the mood and storyline. It also affects the story cause it matters where you live. Johnny is one of the main characters and is a greaser. “ If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of…

Romeo & Juliet, West Side Story, and The Outsiders all share the same basic themes. One theme that stands out the most is the feuding that takes place between the two groups. In The Outsiders, the Socs and the Greasers are always fighting. Romeo & Juliet has the Montagues and the Capulets and West Side Story has the Jets and the Sharks. In the stories, these groups fight to see who is better and there always is some conflict between them. As you can see, feuds exist between two groups in all of…

”(Hinton, 38). This shows one hard thing they have to manage. They always have to show aloofness to represent the socs, and they can’t really be themselves around the greasers. They also can’t really do much when they are trying to look cool all the time, so it’s hard to enjoy anything. Since their stereotype is being cooler than the greasers, they always have to act cool, so…

novel describing the relationship between two groups, “Greasers”, “Socs.” In the 60s Hinton experienced a lot of discrimination in her hometown of Tulsa Oklahoma. She wrote the Outsiders because she was angry about the different groups. It’s obvious that the Greasers were viewed as outsiders. During biology Ponyboy pulls out a switchblade, and a socs girl says “they are right you are a hood.” This stereotypical statement show that the Greasers were viewed as outsiders. Another example of…

The novel ‘The Outsiders’ by S.E. Hinton is an enthralling story about the hardships and triumphs experienced by two socially different rival gangs, the Greasers and the Socs. The novel’s title advocates the main storyline, the Greasers, a gang of social outcasts and misfits. A theme of “The Outsiders” is people - despite their social and financial differences - striving for the same things, enjoying the same things, sharing many similarities and not having to be enemies. Hinton expresses the…

novel is a greaser and an outsider. We find out Ponyboy is in a precarious position when he exits as Ponyboy exits the movie house and says,”besides I look better with long hair”(1). The reason this is so important is because it’s part of his identity and he cherishes this very much. Ponyboy also says,”we get jumped by Soc’s”(2). (The other popularity group) This means that sometimes the hero’s are actually the villains and the villains aren’t really that bad. Although the greasers appear as…

divided community consisting of the Socs, the rich Westside kids, and the Greasers, the poorer Eastside kids, usually deemed for trouble. The problem: they can’t put their differences aside, and realize they are both human. They just can’t crack the code on equality. One clear idea from the novel about community is that each community has it’s own ideas, beliefs, and goals. There is a clear divide between the Socs and the Greasers, each community suited with its own personalities. The…

identified as 14-year-old Ponyboy Curtis, 16-year-old Johnny Cade, and 17-year-old Dallas (Dally) Winston who are greasers from the lower-class east side of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Although…

The Outsiders Why would you run into a burning church? That is what Ponyboy Curtis and Dallas (Dally) Winston do in S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders when they see the Windrixville church on fire. That is why the most heroic Greasers are Dally Winston, Ponyboy Curtis, and Darry Curtis. (Darry did not help save the church but there are other reasons he is a heroic character.) Now, you may be wondering why anyone would choose Dally he is violent, wreckless, and a "tuff" guy but Dally is…