Greaser

different and unique in some way of our own. “The Outsiders,” by S.E. Hinton is a novel narrated by a fourteen year old teenager, Ponyboy Curtis. The story revolves around two gang groups, greasers and Socs. The greasers are the east side, poor kids and the Socs are the west-side, rich kids. Ponyboy is a part of the greaser gang and lives with his brother Sodapop and his older brother Darry. He faces many obstacles and endures a lot of loss. In the book, every character is different and go…

criminals, but in the 1950's gangs were more than just drive-by's and robberies. Gangs in the 1950's were known as Greasers who were wore leather, greased back their hair, and often times caused trouble. The Greasers had a common enemy of course, The Socs, who were often times the rich white kids who drove around in Mustangs. Many movies were created around the rivalry between the Greasers and the Socs such as "West Side Story", "Grease", and "The Outsiders". The movie, The Outsiders, got its…

the greasers in the group of friends which includes Ponyboy, Soda, Darry, Johnny, Steve, Two-Bit and Dally. The reason why the police shoot at Dally is becauase he points an unloaded gun, which they think is loaded, at them. After he gets shot at the park, all of the greasers run to his side and tell the police officers to stop shooting. Before Dally got shot, he called Steve on the phone and he let him know that the cops were chasing him and he had robbed a grocery store. When the greasers…

the feeling your going to get jumped. This book is called the outsiders and this is a young adult fiction. There is a gang called the greasers and they are like family to each other, there is seven people in there gang, Ponyboy Curtis, Soda-pop, Darrel, Dallas, Johnny, Two-bit, and Steve. There is also and gang called the socs and they have a rivalry with the greasers. I have three main points that I feel was important in this book, the first point is the messages they send during the book like…

When Pony Boy says “ Just don’t forget some of us watch the sunset too”. It all means something, because Pony Boy is trying to figure out why the Socs are always trying to fight the Greasers and why they don’t all get along and make agreements. And In the story the Inaugural Address it says “ His color is not mine”, So what they are trying to say is people aren’t agreeing on things that they really should be agreeing on and they also don’t understand why everyone is fighting. When in the…

making the whole situation worst. Darry had a lot of responsibilities on his shoulders. With his parents being gone, he had to drop out of school and provide for his two brothers and best he knew how to. Darry got a job at a gas station, while the greasers took care of the two brothers. Ponyboy and Sodapop grew up with the gang and adapted to gang life. In Robert Frost’s he wrote “Nothing gold can stay” and when Darry had to drop out of high school to provide for his family had lost his whole…

rumble. While the book and movie have many similarities and differences, the movie was more effective in telling the story. In Chapter 9 of the Outsiders, SE Hinton creates the rumble. The rumble is a huge fight between the Socs and the Greasers. The Socs and Greasers are fighting because the Socs…

movie was very exciting and it kept you engaged the whole time. While the book and movie have many similarities and differences, the movie was more effective in telling the story. To begin, the first comparable scene is when the soc’s and the greasers line up facing each other. A similarity between the book and the movie is the tense and exciting feeling. In the book, there was a lot of tension before the rumble with how they were acting. In the movie they had looks on their faces like they…

He talks all about his life and how his parents died and that his oldest brother Darry takes care of his older brother, Soda, and him. He also talks about the different social classes. The greasers are the hoodlums who are always getting into trouble, and the socs are the wealthy social lights who beat up greasers for fun. As he was walking home, a car full of socs come and starts to beat him up. Just then, the gang comes and makes the Socs leave Pony alone. The gang includes Darry, Soda,…

occasionally works at a gas station. Ponyboy does his best in school and has always found comfort in the greasers as a second family. After being involved in a self defense related murder, he is threatened with the possibility with being sent to a boys home. Ponyboy should stay with his brothers because that is all he has left of his original family, he is financially supported at home, and the greasers take the place of his parents. Ponyboy should stay with his brothers because they’re…