Greaser

story centers around the conflict of two gangs, the Greasers, and the Soc’s. The Greasers are lower class troublemakers who put a lot of greases in their hair, and like to jump people. The Soc’s are a high class society of rich spoiled teenagers who enjoy picking on Greasers. Ponyboy Curtis, the narrator and main character of the story is a Greaser, and lives with his two older brothers Sodapop and Darry. Ponyboy takes us into his world of the greasers and Soc’s, and soon discovers that things…

Hinton’s The Outsiders, two social groups, the Socs and the greasers, engage in conflict due to their differences. The protagonist, Ponyboy, learns that things are rough all over, but along the way loses two valuable friends.Throughout the story, both groups are revealed to have problems of their own, but which group suffers the most?Although both groups face complications in life, I believe the greasers struggle more than the Socs. First, greasers must face the hardships of poverty. “We’re…

still being read all the way to 2015.In my perspective I see the greasers as trouble makers but i also see why they are trouble makers.The greasers have had it way more harder than the what the greasers call rich kids “socs.”Socs are people who are more rich and better than greasers in the socs perspective.Some gang up on greasers just becuase they’re bored or they just want to prove them selves that they are better than a greaser but you’ll find out more about this topic when you get farther in…

gang called the greasers. He fights to survive in an unforgiving environment within a town of Oklahoma with severe gang violence. All the members of the greasers struggle with money and live in a more broken down part of town, and most townspeople tend to be scared of the greasers and steer clear of them. But many of the greasers are very kind, like Sodapop, Johnny, and ponyboy. So this story seems to cover an important topic about prejudice. At the beginning everyone takes the greasers for mean…

Hinton it is important for the Greasers, the Brumly boys and Tim Shepard's gang to win the rumble. It is important for the Greasers, the Brumly boys and Tim Shepard's gang to win the fight because if they do not the Socials will have control of more of the Greasers, the Brumly boys and Tim Shepard's gang’s territory. The Socials would have more of the Greasers, the Brumly boys and Tim Shepard's gang’s territory because when they run the Socials will make sure the Greasers, the Brumly boys and…

Johnny kill a Socs named Bob and they go to Dally for help. S.E. Hinton’s theme of ‘’Things are rough all over’’ is evident in the struggles Greasers and Socs face. However, the Greasers face more struggles than the Socs because they live in poverty, they have very little education, and the Socs get all the breaks. The most important difference is that the Greasers live in poverty, while the Socs are rich. Pony says, ‘’We’re poorer than the Socs and the middle class.’’ (Hinton 3). This shows…

book The Outsiders, there are two gangs, the Greasers and the Socs. Ponyboy is part of one particular gang, that has many different kinds of people in it. Many of the greasers look to the gang as another family and a place to provide and receive support. Many of the greasers join gangs to be apart of an alternative family. “ If it hadn't been for the gang, Johnny would never have known what love and affection are.”. The gang is a place for the greasers to come back to, to help them, and the…

and the Greasers. The Socs are preppy rich kids who can get around any trouble they get themselves into. The Greasers are the polar opposite. Greasers are tough, poor, and always in trouble with the cops, or “fuzz”. With the help of his new friend, Cherry, Ponyboy learns that the Greasers aren’t the only ones with problems. The Socs are known for jumping the Greasers. One night when two Socs, Bob and Randy, decide to jump Ponyboy and Johnny, things take an unexpected turn, and the Greasers are…

3-4, stated by Ponyboy, "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,…

Outsiders’, the ‘Greaser gang’ who live on the east side of town, were commonly standardised as juvenile delinquents, who struggled to make a living as a result of being and impecunious and underprivileged, yet persevered to value companionship over accessories. The Greaser gang have it rough. Living amongst the Socs in a society where they were characterised as being “poorer than the Socs and the middle class ” (page 3), Hinton makes it clear to the reader that the struggles of being a Greaser…