Greaser

year old boy who has been raised in a mix of prejudgements. Things are often not as they appear to be, and sometimes you need to stop and ask instead of moving on with an inaccurate assumption. Ponyboy doesn’t know exactly why the Socs and the Greasers have been stereotyped. Ponyboy was born and raised with the known fact that the Socs were the…

Pony is caring because he does not like to fight or kill anyone, he is fearful that the socs will jump or kill him, finally he is dependent because he cannot live without the gang, especially his brothers Darry and SodaPop. Ponyboy is not like the Greasers you may know, he is concerned, nice, and generous. Some evidence on why is is concerned, nice, etc, is because he can…

In the Outsider’s, a novel by S.E Hinton, two rival groups fight out their anger and compete to become the most superior. Socs viewed Greasers as outsiders, and the Greasers seemed to have a mutual feeling. Tensions were high, conflicts appeared left and right, and people viewed fights as normal until they realized the similarities both groups shared. Ponyboy saw shocking events leading to a change in spirit at the end of the novel. Towards the end, the story felt like it was hinting at an idea…

he killed himself. The girl did the same thing after she saw his body. The Outsiders is a novel that tells a story of three brothers and their friends (Greasers)…

gas station and some would consider “movie-star” attractive. • Darrel (Darry) Curtis- Ponyboy’s oldest brother who is 20 years old and Ponyboy and Sodapop’s guardian and would be in college if his life was different. • Dallas (Dally) Winston- A greaser (in Ponyboy’s gang) who is from New York and is 17 years old tougher than most in Ponyboy’s gang and has already been to jail. • Johnny Cade- The smallest of Ponyboy’s gang, he is 16 years old, and he gets physically and verbally abused at…

Entry 7:Passage: “I took a good look at him. He was seventeen or so, but he was already old. Like Dallas was old. Cherry had said her friends were too cool to feel anything, and yet she could remember watching sunsets. Randy was supposed to be too cool to feel anything, and yet there was pain in his eyes.” pg 116 Situation: Randy asked to talk to Ponyboy and he said how he wasn’t going to fight in the rumble. He said that he is tired of all the fighting and killing and that is pointless. He…

his identity because now he has to cut and bleach his hair. Ponyboy was a straight A student. He was different than most Greasers, most Greasers had bad grades. “I knew I was flunking out in that class, but golly, I couldn’t help it” (169). He is losing his identity because he was smart, but is turning into most Greaser. He was unique, but now he is becoming like most greasers.…

Family will always have each other’s back, supports one another, and loves one another unconditionally. Although there are families like the Curtis brothers and Johnny’s family. In this story, the Greasers are a family, and the Soc’s are a family as well. In this book, some important families are the Greasers, the Curtis brothers, and Johnny’s family. First, the Greaser’s are one big family. The Curtis brothers leave the door unlocked so if anyone is in trouble they can stay on their couch. In…

Even if a person breaks the law, can they still be honorable or even virtuous? The greasers from The Outsiders validates this proposition. Ponyboy, his brothers, and his friends are greasers living in 1965 Tulsa, Oklahoma. When Johnny, Ponyboy’s friend, kills a member of a rival gang, he runs away with Ponyboy. Later, Johnny dies after saving children from a fire. After learning this, Dally, another one of Ponyboy’s friends, kills himself. At the ending, Ponyboy is cleared of all the charges he…

coincidently a group of children was playing amongst the burning church. It's a miracle how these children made it out alive. This unlikely group of teenagers answered their calls for help. You may know of the local gang called Greasers, well they are the subject of our story. Two Greasers; Johnny Cade and Ponyboy Curtis, gathered their courage to rescue the children in peril. Sources say an cigarette that was not put out completely may have caused the accident. We have taken interviews of the…