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    Pony boy not to change. If you are wealthy‚ does it make you better than people who are not? Just because they are different‚ and do not have enough money to afford material things. Does it make you better and more of a person? If you think that you are right‚ then you are incorrect. Just because you have a lot of money‚ it does not make you more of a person‚ and it does not make you better at all. I mean big whoop‚ you drive a nice car‚ and have nice clothes. Guess what‚ when you cut yourself

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    the sunset. Sunset was like the bridge for making Ponyboy realize that the Socs‚ and the Greasers are also the same. Even though‚ they’re living on the other side‚ or they may have different a different kind of living‚ they’re still the same. Sunset made Ponyboy realize that‚ Socs are still living in a same world as the Greasers. The only thing that is different about them is‚ the Socs are rich and The Greasers are kinda poor. Like Ponyboy said in the novel‚ The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ page 35‚ “It

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    outcast because he is a greaser‚ but he is also very kind for a greaser. He goes to high school with another social group called Socs‚ short for Socials. The greasers and Socs fight a lot‚ and when Ponyboy’s brother hits him‚ he runs away. So Pony has to survive using only his brave and intelegent traits while dealing with problems inside and outside his gang. Ponyboy refuses to fight. When he and a few other members of his gang walk a Soc home‚ they are caught‚ s greaser named Steve hands Ponyboy

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    forced to take refuge with the violent and active gang of the greasers by his abusive family. Throughout the novel he is the main catalysis of most of the major events in the novel‚ through his small acts of courage‚ he leads both himself and Ponyboy into a whirlwind of adventure including murder‚ death and heroism making him one of the most loved character of the novel. One of the

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    The character Sherri Valance‚ otherwise known as Cherry because of her bright red hair is the only main female character in The Outsiders. She stands as a link between the greasers and the socs. In the following paragraphs‚ I will be talking about the importance of her character‚ how the character stands as a link between the gangs‚ and how her character helps to solve the problem. I would say that Cherry is a big character in the book. In some ways‚ Bob’s death was Cherry’s fault. If she and

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    each) _____1. Sodapops best buddy _____2. gets drunk on just being alive _____3. Ponys brother and guardian _____4. greasers pet _____6. spirited Soc who likes sunsets _____7. Soc who wears three heavy rings _____8. honor student who sometimes doesnt use his head _____9. owner of a black-handled switchblade who has long sideburns _____10. coldest‚ toughest‚ and meanest greaser Johnny Cade Ponyboy Curtis Cherry Valance Bob Sheldon Two-Bit Matthews Steve Randle Dallas WInston Sodapop Curtis Darry

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    by economics and socialism. The greasers are limited to physical forms of identity‚ as their only significant symbol of identity is their hair. The greasers‚ unlike the Socs‚ cannot afford jewelry or cars like their opposing social group. Their greasy hair distinguishes them from all of their social groups and classes. In the beginning of the novel‚ the Socs and Ponyboy arrive at a confrontation and they promised‚ "We’re gonna do you a favor greaser. We’re gonna cut all that long greasy

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    instantly after being shot by the fuzz ‚Johnny’s mom yelling at pony and two-bit those are just a couple of differences in the two there are several more though.    Some friends who are just “greasers” and they keep having problems with the “socs” this problem goes   on and on until the finally the “greasers” have enough they have a big rumble and it ends the problem. Both the movie and the book have two friends that die. Johnny dies in both the movie and book as well as dally. In both

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    of The Outsiders to depict they key theme of rivalry. In The Outsiders‚ every character has been classified as “a greaser”‚ being stereotyped like that is pretty cruel. When Ponyboy said‚ “We both need a haircut and some decent clothes. They’ll know we’re hoods the minute they see us!” (Hinton‚ 64) He admitted to succumbing to his stereotype. Proving to the readers that the Greasers were based on their appearance. When people

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    experiences that Ponyboy Curtis and friend Johnny go through as misfit juvenile adolescents. Find out what happens with all trouble and conflict the Greasers and Socials go through with each other‚ and yet how they discover that there not all that different from each other. Come and read about the fights‚ the rumbles‚ and the constant violence that all the Greaser boys have gone through with each other. I find from this reading book that the love between the brothers is complicated. They each care

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