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    in Ponyboy’s physical strength throughout the novel. Towards the end of the book, there is a big rumble between the Greasers and the Socs. Not only is this a good example of redeeming physical strength, but also mental strength when he is telling himself to persevere and keep holding on to the Soc. During their stay at the abandoned church while running away, Johnny, another greaser, and Ponyboy see a fire coming off of the building. “I didn’t pay any attention, although pieces of the old roof…

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    Ponyboys Life Is Not Fair

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    guys underneath all that grease, and from what I've heard, a lot of Socs are just cold-blooded mean --- but people usually go by looks,” this piece of evidence shows that Ponyboy thinks that Greasers are judged and thought of as hoods and delinquents merely by their looks. This proves that life for the Greasers is not fair. Life for the Socs is also not fair either, as Cherry says, “We have troubles you've never even heard of. You want to know something?" She looked me straight in the eye.…

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    Grease Social Psychology

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    two separate sides to himself, as the girl he met over the summer Sandy Olsson who later attends Danny’s high school, did not witness Danny’s “greaser side.” This greaser side is the result of social influences of his friend group at school, which alters his behavior to appear more of the “cool greaser.” Sandy on the other hand, was not anything like a greaser but despite their differences, the couple made it work. In all, Grease provides adequate examples of peer pressure, which result in risky…

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    A fourteen year old boy named Ponyboy Curtis is coming home from the movies alone. Where Ponyboy lives, is a dangerous place where the Socials (the rich kids from the West) are the bullies. Ponyboy is a Greaser and Greasers are the targets for the Socials to bully. Next, Ponyboy gets attacked by a whole car full of Socials. Luckily, his two older brothers: Darry and Sodapop – and the rest of his gang: Steve, Two-bit, Johnny and Dallas comes to rescue him and chase away the Socials. After this…

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    Greasers In The Outsiders

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    Throughout the story, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, the readers are told about the two gangs, the Greasers and the Socials, and how they affect each other’s lives. Throughout the book, Hinton shows us how the Greasers and Socials are different. The book states how the Greasers are less wealthy than the Socs and even the middle class. Believe it or not but the Greasers and the Socials are very similar. An example of this is through Ponyboy and Cherry's love for books, literature, and popular…

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    Are greasers good? Are Socs bad? Outsiders shows us all what dividing ourselves can do. It shows us the division we created just because they are different. Johnny, Dally, Darry, Sodapop, Ponyboy, and Two-Bit show us and our friends the divisions we create are terrible. I favorite character was Johnny because even after a traumatic experience he was still a kind person. He was willing to sacrifice himself for the lives of others. He may have died, however, he died a hero in the people's eyes.…

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    Greasers Quotes

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    “Greasers can 't walk alone too much or they 'll get jumped, or someone will come by and scream "Greaser!" at them which doesn 't make you feel too hot if you know what I mean. ” ~ The Outsiders, Chapter 1, Page 2. This quote which kicks off the book helps to bring together what the narrator and main character Ponyboy character is as a Greaser. The Greasers are what the East side poor kids of Tulsa, Oklahoma with their slicked back long greased hair and switch blades, are called, kind of like…

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    Heros In The Outsiders

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    age as Ponyboy. Finally one last hero I'm gonna talk about is Dallas Winston. His friends call him dally and he is the toughest one of them all. Some people like socs “the west side rich kids.”, according to Ponyboy, call all them on the east side greasers. One reason I said ponyboy is a hero is because he has the courage to live without his parents. If you have read the book you know that later on he also has the courage to live without two of his friends as well, one of these friends was his…

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    Choices In The Outsiders

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    Choices are the hinges of destiny.’’-Lydia Sweatt. Our choices shape the future way our destinies work.In the story ‘’The Outsiders’’ a choice like hitting Ponyboy, Changed the entire outcome and shaping of all the characters in the book, like a tree which is heavily affected by the way it grows.. Choices can change the ways we think, act, and live. The choice that most affected Ponyboy occurred when darry hit him, after he returned home late. Darry made the decision to hit Ponyboy. Because…

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    The Greasers Monologue

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    ran as fast as we could to get to the vacant lot. When we go there, we saw Darry and Paul, the high school buddy of Darry, doing the same thing as they did the last rumble. They were circling around one another. To get the attention of the Socs and Greasers, I screamed at the top of my lungs. ‘’Dally’s dead! Bob’s dead! Johnny’s dead!’’ Everyone turned their heads to look at me, even Darry and Paul. I knew that this would be the only chance I would ever be able to talk like this, so I tried my…

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