of “Greasers”. First of all‚ what does it mean to be part of a group? It means to have very close friends that rely on you and you can rely on them. You trust them and stick together. In the novel‚ “The Outsiders” there is an excerpt on page 3 it says‚ “Or I could have gotten one of the gang to come along ‚ one of the four boys Darry and Soda and I have grown up with and consider family.” It also says‚ “Greasers can’t walk alone too much or they’ll get jumped‚ or someone
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because in the novel‚ Ponyboy and Johnny are outsiders. They can be thought of as Outsiders because they are labeled Greasers although they do not act like hoodlums‚ like the rest of the Greasers. They are thought of as Greasers just because they live on the East Side of town‚ and because they slick back their hair. But Ponyboy and Johnny are different then all of the other Greasers because they show their emotions‚ and are sensitive. Main Characters: The main character in this story is Ponyboy
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Cade is a 16 year old boy from the East side of Tulsa. Johnny is part of a Greaser gang. Johnny is the youngest of the gang other than his best friend Ponyboy Curtis. Johnny is the child of alcoholic‚ abusive parents. Johnny is also very nervous and sensitive especially compared to most greasers and the rest of his gang. Since Johnny’s parents do not care for him‚ he sees the greasers as his true family. The rest of the greaser gang loves Johnny very much‚ the gangs nicknames for him are their “pet”
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the outside of society. They weren’t looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.” ― S.E. Hinton‚ The Outsiders. The Outsiders is a narrative about two gangs‚ the Greasers and the Socs. They are gangs that fight each other and in worst cases sometimes they fight to the death. The tale is from the perspective of a Greaser boy named Ponyboy and his best friend Johnny. A couple of Socs had attacked Johnny and Ponyboy and since Johnny panicked‚ he killed one of the Socs named Bob. They hid in
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done that we should not copy. We should care about this because we should know not to do anything like them. This article is relates to The Outsiders in many ways. First‚ in The Outsiders Ponyboy said that if the Greasers walked by themselves too much someone will yell out loud GREASERS at them which doesn’t make them feel too good.This
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West-side and the poor teenagers live on the East-side of the town. Hinton (1967) classifies the East-side teenagers as ‘Greasers’ and the West-side teenagers as ‘Socs’. The protagonist‚ Ponyboy‚ is from the East-side of town. He is a ‘Greaser’. Ponyboy‚ dresses‚ behaves and even talks like a typical ‘Greaser’. Ponyboy is aware of the social division between the ‘Socs’ and ‘Greasers’ and the fact that these two social groups do not get along or like one another. Socioeconomic divisions are found
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Hinton is you can depend on friends. "the Outsiders" is about two teenage groups that are constantly fighting over there differences. One of those two groups are called the Socs‚ these are the rich and popular kids at the school. The other group the Greasers are what you would call the not so popular kids that are always getting in trouble‚ or so everyone assumes. My first reason that you can depend on friends is a purposeful claim is‚ because when Bob( a Soc) was trying to drown Pony-Boy in the fountain
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“Outsiders” Compare and Contrast Essay The “Outsiders” film and novel are both very outstanding and interesting.After watching the movie I noticed a few similarities‚ like how they both have all the same characters‚ and the church gets burnt down. Even though there are many similarities there are still a lot of differences‚ including how In the book Ponyboy was jumped‚ but this did not happen in the movie Here are a few of the similarities they share. Darry‚ Sodapop‚ and Ponyboy are all brothers
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the “West-side rich kids.” Harmony is a joke between the two gangs‚ as differences are common. Unlike the Socs‚ “Greasers are almost like hoods; we steal things and drive old souped-up cars... and have a gang fight once in a while.” Ponyboy Curtis lives with his two older brothers‚ Sodapop and Darry. One night‚ Ponyboy and Johnny (a sixteen year old‚ who is a friend to all the Greasers) meet two girls from the Socs and get on well‚ sharing the same thoughts about sunsets and how they wished things
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Outsiders by S.E. Hinton it takes place in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma in 1965. It is told in the first person narrative by PonyBoy Curtis. The main characters of the outsiders are PonyBoy‚ Johnny‚ Dally‚ Darry‚ and Sodapop. Both groups of boys such as the greaser (the main characters and more) and the Socs‚ the Socs are apart of the conflict. I personally like this book because of PonyBoy’s perspective on everybody‚ as him being the narrator and the way he thinks would have been different if another person
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