The Outsiders 'Menace In The Disgrace In Town'

In the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, there are groups called the Socs, who are rich kids, and Greasers, who are hoods, just like the main character Ponyboy Curtis. The story takes place in a town called Tulsa in Oklahoma, where Ponyboy lives. He lives with his older brothers Sodapop Curtis and Darry Curtis, and is part of a gang of consisting of Johnny, Dallas Winston (Dally), Steve, and Two-Bit. One night when Johnny goes too far and kills a Soc named Bob, him and Pony are forced to run away to avoid capture from the authorities. There are many events, quotes, and author choices that show a common theme, which is Stereotypes are often judged by other people, but aren’t always true. This is proven time and time again after people are beaten up, injured, and even killed through the span of this book.

An example from the book is how in the beginning of the book the Socs had jumped Ponyboy. Ponyboy didn’t even do anything to infuriate the Socs or have a fight, the Socs just did it just because. The Socs and Greasers are rival gangs and the Socs just wanted to pick up a fight because that is what the Socs do. The Greasers later come in to help Ponyboy and scare the Socs off. This means that the Socs think that violence is fun when really it isn’t. The Socs are sort of picking on the Greasers just because they know they are better which bring me to my next point about the Socs which is

The Greasers and the Socs are two different social classes in the neighborhood that have their differences and take up their problems with violence. Socs versus Greasers beef gets heated when Bob the head Socs gets killed. Greasers mourn the loss of two loved members when they die. In the book, The Outsiders, Hinton uses conflict, dynamic characters, and static characters to show that violence is not always the answer. Hinton uses conflict to show that being tough and violent doesn’t always get you where you want to be.

Have you ever been part of a social group? Did you ever feel like an outsider? The book The Outsiders took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the 1960’s. This book is about two teenage groups, the Socs and the Greasers. Both the Socs and the Greasers sometimes felt like outsiders. But which group was the real outsiders? Or, are the outsiders the people who see beyond society groups? I believe that the real outsiders are the people who see beyond society groups.

The socs were bullies. If they saw a greaser alone they would gang up on

Imagine being dumb, stealing and carrying blades everywhere you go, and being unable to feel deeply, those words would make people think of Greasers. Most people when they think of gangs they think, that they fight, steal, and do not care about what is going on around them. Those statements that Greaser's and other assortments of gangs are dumb, criminals, and unfeeling may not be true, Ponyboy, the main character in S.E. Hinton’s book The Outsiders, opposes all of those statements.

“‘Need a haircut greaser’ The tall medium-sized blond pulled a knife out of his back pocket and flipped the blade open.”(pg.5). The Greasers had to always deal with the Socs trying to jump them. The Socs tries to even threatened them by using deadly weapons. “They had caught him and one of them had a lot of rings on his hand...It wasn't just that they had beaten him half to death… they had scared him. They had threatened him with everything”(pg.33). They tried to kill the Greaser even he wasn't doing anything bad. The Greaser was going to die because of the Socs, he was beaten almost to death. The Socs always give the Greasers problem and they already have many

Have you ever wondered what would happen if all of a sudden people treated you differently? In S.E. In Hinton's novel The Outsiders, the working-class teenage gang known as the Greasers face numerous obstacles in their daily lives. These challenges include unusual stereotyping, unsustainable homelife, and poor economic status. In this essay, we will explore how these obstacles affect the greasers and their ability to succeed.

“I am a greaser. I am a JD and a hood. I blacken the name of our fair city. I beat up people. I rob gas stations. I am a menace to society. Man do I have fun!” exclaimed Ponyboy. The Greasers play the role of the unlawful “hoodlums” in their community. They are considered wild and unruly. When a Soc sees a Greaser, they assume they are dirty troublemakers and white trash. The Greasers were

Fourth, the Socs were responsible for the rumble. The greasers were tired of the Socs fighting for no reason. The greasers just wanted to put an end to the trouble, once and for all. “ Darry turned to see who it was and Paul swung hard right to his jaw.”(Pg 143/ The Outsiders/ Hinton). This quote shows that the Socs swung first therefore they started the rumble, not he greasers. “ ‘We gotta win that fight tonight,’ Dally said. His voice was hard. ‘ We gotta get even with the Socs. For Johnny.’”(Pg 107/ The Outsiders/ Hinton). This quote shows

Then Ponyboy runs out the door, finds Johnny, and goes to the park. There, however, the two young greasers run into randy and bob, with a huge group of their Socs friends. One of the Socs friends hold pony boy’s head under a cold water fountain, and Ponyboy blacks out. When he comes to, he is lying on the ground next to Johnny. The bloody corps of bob is next to them. To save Ponyboy, Johnny had to kill bob.

The socs and the greasers shares a sense of hatred against each other, they fight with each other both verbally and physically. One of the instances that shows their conflict externally was the 'Saturday Night Rumble'. The two gangs " moved in a circle under the light, counter-clockwise, eyeing

Many people in our world today can relate their past experiences to some kind of literature . For example i can relate to many, but one that I can really relate to is the book the Outsiders. I can relate to many reasons and visions that the greasers went through. I had friends that were some what crazy in there own ways that kinda related to some of the characters in the book. Many of my old friends did the things that they did in the book.

A major conflict in this novel is between the greasers and the Socs. These two gangs are made up of complete opposites. The two rivals fall into conflict because of how they view each other and their roles in society. Greasers are poor hoods from the East side that “wear our hair long and dress in t-shirts and blue jeans… and wear leather jackets

Besides the conflicts between the greasers and the conflicts between the Socs there were also conflicts between the two gangs. Because the two groups were so