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In The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, the novel is about Greasers, a typically poor subculture of young people named after their iconic greased back hair. The story follows Ponyboy, a fourteen year old boy who lives with his brothers Darry and Sodapop after their parents were both murdered. Ponyboy believes his family is his gang, which consists of himself, his sixteen year old brother Sodapop, his twenty year old brother Darry, Two-Bit, Dallas Winston, and Johnny Cade, Ponyboy’s best friend. Sodapop…

How do stereotypes and inferences affect other’s understanding of ourselves. Have you ever guessed anything about someone you didn’t know well? Chances are that we all have. Stereotyping, the simple act of just inferring something about somebody or having prejudice without past knowledge, is immensely common nowadays. The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton is scattered with stereotyping and inferences. When I started reading the book I didn’t notice stereotyping or anything of that sort in the book.…

When Harper Lee was growing up in the 1930’s America was in a devastating depression. The stock market crashed, leaving thousands of people homeless and starving. Young men would often jump onto trains to steal food. In 1931 a group of young black boys jumped onto a train near Scottsboro, Alabama, and were met by a group of white boys who were also seeking food and shelter. The groups fought and the white boys were forced to leave the train. However, two of them were actually women in disguise.…

"The Outsiders" by S.E Hinton is a novel about misunderstood teenagers (greasers) and there ongoing feud with the rich upper class "Socs". The story follows Ponyboy a bright kid and his friend group. He lives with his 2 older brothers Sodapop and Darry. Soda is the middle child, he's always kind to Pony and always hears his side of the story. Darry is the oldest he works 2 jobs to pay for bills after their parents died. The rest of there "gang" consists of Johnny who comes from an abusive home,…

Every once and awhile there were small gang wars, but the one that was about to happen was really bad. The brothers and Jack were walking through the parking lot when Optimum’s adversary, Nemico, got out of his car and pulled out a switchblade on him, but Optimum’s fast reflexes made him a killing machine. Optimum said,”What do you want Nemico, why don’t you just go back to Italy and leave us in peace.” Nemico stood there silently and Nemico had been waiting for the right moment to attack…

The Outsiders is a 1983 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by S. E. Hinton. The film was released on March 25, 1983. Jo Ellen Misakian, a librarian at Lone Star Elementary School in Fresno, California, and her students were responsible for inspiring Coppola to make the film.[1][2] The movie received mostly positive reviews from critics, and performed well at the box office, grossing $33 million on a $10 million budget.…

defines their future. Rameck and Sam stopped getting into trouble once they realized their old friends were leading them to a road of failure. For example, Rameck started to hang out with Sam and George more after his court case involving pulling a switchblade out on a man who his friends sold crack too. George wanted to impress his friends so he stabbed the man in the thigh.…

Calixto 1 Marco Calixto Instructor: Jamie Schulman Soc 103: Section 1 11/27/17 Paper Report Subculture: Greasers The term “subculture” is defined in the dictionary as “a culture within a broader mainstream culture, with its own separate values, practices, and beliefs.” Studying subculture in the perspective of a sociologist, is to understand and comprehend a specific culture. In today’s modern society of America, there are many variety of subcultures that a sociologist can examine…

This case study is over the film 12 Angry Men, revolving around the verdict of a murder case and the 12 jurors charged with making the decision. The jury is comprised of middle aged men or older from various occupations, cultures, and backgrounds. One particular juror is the only member of the jury willing to avoid a snap decision that is pressured by the remaining jurors to get out early. He leads the discussion amongst the other jurors playing devil’s advocate to their guilty verdicts. As the…

The Greaser Co-Culture From the first time the movie Grease premiered, an image for the 1950s was created (Kleiser, 1978). Young girls spent days trying to learn how to dress just like Sandy, and even made their own little gang of Pink Ladies with their friends. Even before the premiere of that movie in 1978, in 1967 the novel The Outsiders was written by S.E. Hinton. The story told of a gang of Greasers in rural Tulsa, Oklahoma, just trying to make their way in society. Greasers are what…