Who's To Blame In The Outsiders
H. Rider Haggard once said, “Man doeth this and doeth that from the good or evil of his heart; but he knows not to what end his sense doth prompt him; for when he strikes he is blind to where the blow shall fall, nor can he count the airy threads that weave the web of circumstance”. Though, when it comes to the horrific events that occurred in the novel The Outsiders, who is to blame? The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, covers the life of two rival gangs, the lower class Greasers and the upper class Socs. The feud between the two groups grows out of hand after one of the Socs is killed by a Greaser by the name of Johnny. From then onwards a ripple effect leads to the death of two other boys and a rumble in which both gangs clash. These treacherous
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The Greasers picked up these two girls after they dumped their boyfriends and left. While at first sight this may seem like the fault of the Greasers, if you look deeply you can find that in the end, the Socs caused it all. The Socs irresponsibly drank even after Cherry stated, “I’m never going out with you while you’re drinking, and I mean it. Too many things could happen while you’re drunk . It’s me or the booze”. (44) If it wasn’t for the Socs the two girls never would have met up with Ponyboy and Johnny and the Socs never would have made the horrible decision they did to jump the two boys. Before Johnny and Ponyboy were jumped the Socials said, “here’s the little greasers that picked up our girls”. (55) Conforming the fact that the two Greasers were jumped thanks to them picking up the two girls. The death of Bob was not the only thing that the Socs caused because of the fact that they drank. The death of Bob meant that Johnny and Ponyboy had to run away, leading to a fire that was the cause of Johnny's death. Johnny’s death ended in Dally, another Greaser close to Johnny, being pushed of the edge. From then on ‘Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted’. (154) In the end, if it wasn’t for the actions of the Socs, Bob, Johnny, and Dally never would have
The Greasers picked up these two girls after they dumped their boyfriends and left. While at first sight this may seem like the fault of the Greasers, if you look deeply you can find that in the end, the Socs caused it all. The Socs irresponsibly drank even after Cherry stated, “I’m never going out with you while you’re drinking, and I mean it. Too many things could happen while you’re drunk . It’s me or the booze”. (44) If it wasn’t for the Socs the two girls never would have met up with Ponyboy and Johnny and the Socs never would have made the horrible decision they did to jump the two boys. Before Johnny and Ponyboy were jumped the Socials said, “here’s the little greasers that picked up our girls”. (55) Conforming the fact that the two Greasers were jumped thanks to them picking up the two girls. The death of Bob was not the only thing that the Socs caused because of the fact that they drank. The death of Bob meant that Johnny and Ponyboy had to run away, leading to a fire that was the cause of Johnny's death. Johnny’s death ended in Dally, another Greaser close to Johnny, being pushed of the edge. From then on ‘Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted’. (154) In the end, if it wasn’t for the actions of the Socs, Bob, Johnny, and Dally never would have