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Selflessness In The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Are there any acts of selflessness among lawless brothers? The book by S.E Hinton, The Outsiders, has two protagonists and antagonists. The greasers are gangs on the poorer side of the city while on the east side there were Socs. The greasers and the Socs fought each other over territory. Although it may seem like the Greasers are completely lawless people, they still are honorable due to reasons like how the protect each other, how they come together to protect what is theirs and help others who can’t help themselves.
To begin, Even though the greasers are hoodlums they are still honorable because they still help or protect each other in times of need. For instance, when Johnny and Ponyboy were jumped, Johnny killed Bob the Soc to save Ponyboy

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