Greaser

scale (Dear Reader). The author herself was friends with both Greasers and Socs and saw firsthand…

book was written by S.E. Hinton in 1967 and would go on to be read by millions of children in their schools, along with adults looking for a good book. The story follows Ponyboy as he navigates his fourteen-year-old life as part of a gang full of Greasers. Between his parents dying a few years prior and him and his friend Johnny getting jumped by a rival gang, it seems he has a rough life. But he is not the only one, as we discover later…

positively. Ponyboy Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, Darrel Curtis, Johnny Cade, and Sherri Valance are heroic characters in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Ponyboy Curtis is the main character of The Outsiders. Pony and his older brothers are greasers slang for…

How would being alone change you? With no parents and just no adults in general, how would that affect you? In The Outsiders, having no adults there to be responsible results in an unhealthy lifestyle for Greasers and Socs alike. With no adults around, the Socs lead very unhealthy lifestyles. One example of their unhealthy lifestyles is while they are drinking. Cherry picks up on these unhealthy choices when she states: “A little? You call reeling and passing out in the car a little?” But…

Outsiders by author S.E. Hinton withholds many life lessons, one of them being that fighting doesn't solve your problems. This story follows the lifestyles of the hoods on the east side of a small town in Oklahoma during the 60s. These hoods are called Greasers and are viewed like this because of their rebellious attitudes, disrespectful criminal behaviors, slicked hair, and poor economic status. The teens of this town are separated by money and lifestyles these guys have a tough life and they…

In the novel the Outsiders written by S.E Hinton, family is a very important theme. The greasers have no family but they consider themselves as one. Family is important because people need someone to look up to and in the outsiders the greaser the greasers look up to is Darry, who is a farther figure. Ponyboy and Sodapop are brothers with Darry so for them two they don’t feel they have a parent because to them Darry is just a brother. Dally is a lonely person but about the same age as Darry but…

In a world where we all wear masks to hide our identity, the main causes of hiding ourselves from the world are used against us all on a daily basis. These main causes, prejudice and stereotypes, make people hide themselves from the world. While everyone might not see how it impacts their identity or the people around them, it can be causing everyone to hide their true selves from everybody around them. Many variables shape our identity in different ways such as the popular culture of the time,…

Ponyboy resisted having his haircut. Why, do you think, did the greasers place such high value on their hair? Think of what is symbolic for and use that term in your analysis. When Ponyboy had to cut his hair, he was very upset. Ponyboy valued his hair and didn’t want to change it. In the novel, I think their hair symbolised their pride. For example, Ponyboy referred to his hair as his pride. In what way did Johnny compare Dally to the Southern gentlemen in Gone with the Wind? Be specific…

takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma where there are two rival gangs. The Socs and the Greaser. The theme of the story “The Outsiders” is in the name of the book itself. The book’s name “Outsiders” is a theme itself, the characters feel as if they’re being treated like freaks and feel like outsiders. For example. that fact that they have to carry “switch-blades” everywhere they go gives the reader the impression that the Greasers are hated and can be jumped at any moment by Socs. Another theme can be…

I didn’t see Jonny as a greaser, I saw him a friend. He was a kind-hearted boy who I will never forget. I met Jonny in the third grade, he would come over to my house and we would play football. Jonny never really wanted to be at home. He didn’t have the perfect family life; I think that’s why he ended turning to the greasers. Jonny spend most of life looking for acceptance, because his family life was not that great, he found his own family in the greasers. The greasers looked out for Jonny,…