Thesis statement: The greasers struggle more than the Socs because they’re poor, everyone thinks stereotypical about them, and everyone thinks they’re trash.
First supporting paragraph: The greasers struggle because they’re poorer than everybody else.
Quote or paraphrase of evidence: “We’re poorer than the Socs and middle class.”
Citation: (S.E. Hinton, 1965, Page 3)
How is the evidence persuasive?: The quote given is persuasive because it tells us from the greasers point of view that they’re poor.
Quote or paraphrase of evidence: Randy stated,”You’ll still be where you were before -at the bottom.”
Citation: (S.E. Hinton, 1965, Page 117)
How is the evidence persuasive?: This evidence is persuasive because it compares …show more content…
Quote or paraphrase of evidence: Ponyboy thought that,”They’ll know we’re hoods the minute they see us…”
Citation: (S.E. Hinton, 1965, Page 64)
How is the evidence persuasive?: The evidence is persuasive because people automatically associate hoods and greasers together.
Quote or paraphrase of evidence: Ponyboy stated,”Greasers can’t walk alone too much or they’ll get jumped.”
Citation: (S.E. Hinton, 1965, Page 2)
How is the evidence persuasive?: This evidence is persuasive because it shows that in a greaser point of view they cannot walk alone and this is because the Socs believe they are above the greasers, so they attack them.
Other supporting paragraph: Everyone thinks that the greasers are trash.
Quote or paraphrase of evidence: People think they’re trash because Cherry says,”After you wash your mouth and learn to talk and act decent.”
Citation: (S.E. Hinton, 1965, Page 24)
How is the evidence persuasive?: This evidence is persuasive because it shows that people believe that all greasers are trash.
Quote or paraphrase of evidence: Cherry states,”You don’t see a kid grease and a Soci cheerleader together often.”
Citation: (S.E. Hinton, 1965, Page …show more content…
Counterargument-What does the other side think?: The Socs believe that since the greaser cannot compare to them, then they don’t have problems that are as big as theirs.
What is wrong with the argument?: What is wrong with this argument is that both greasers and Socs are human so they each have their equal share of problems with varying difficulties.
What evidence disproves the counterargument?: As Randy talked about Bob with Ponyboy he stated,”That was what he wanted, for somebody to tell him no, set the limits, give him something solid to stand