despite the curfew law.” That might be true‚ but that is only in one place. Curfew laws still lower the amount of arrests in teens. Greasers are believed to be hoodlums in their society without a curfew. “Greasers are almost like hoods; we steal things and drive old souped-up cars and hold up gas stations and have a gang fight every once in awhile.” If the Greasers and Socs had a curfew‚ maybe things that happened late at night wouldn’t have happened.
Premium Crime Drinking culture Alcoholism
characters are explained to be represented as juvenile delinquents who belong to a violent neighbourhood and lawless gangs. The gangs that fight the most are the ‘Greasers’ and the ‘Socs’. The ‘Greasers’ are tough and as‚ they steal from the shops‚ rob cars‚ jump people‚ sneak into drive in movies and don’t do well in school. The Greasers wear- long oily hair and scruffy clothes. The Socs are tough‚ cold- blood and mean trouble-makers. The Soc’s do well in school; the Soc’s wear- short hairs‚ nice
Premium Juvenile delinquency Fiction S. E. Hinton
this is true to an extent‚ they are simply trying to protect their family of other traumatized kids. Their capability to look past the social class system of Socs and Greasers allows them and the people around them to have a better quality of life‚ making them heroes. John Barth once
Premium S. E. Hinton The Outsiders Social class
unfair. This is a story of teen gang‚ the Greasers are at odds with the Socials‚ a rival group. When Greasers Ponyboy and Johnny get into a noisy quarrel that ends the death of a social member‚ they are forced to go into hiding. Soon Ponyboy and Johnny‚ along with Dallas and their other Greasers buddies‚ must go through the consequences of their violent lives. During which some Greasers try to achieve
Premium
“Outsiders” Compare and Contrast Essay The Outsiders‚ movie and novel‚ are both outstanding masterpieces‚ both of them loved by millions‚ and even if the actors don’t match up with how the characters are described in the book‚ they still portray the characters outstandingly. Even though there are a myriad of differences there are also a mass of similarities‚ for instance‚ they are both set in the same time frame (The 1960´s). They both keep the technology and clothing relevant to how it was portrayed
Premium
The book The Outsiders is written by S.E Hinton. It is a book about two gangs called the Socs and the Greasers. They have different social groups and it makes them to where they do not get along. The book was also turned into a movie it was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. There are many differences between the book and the movie. The differences worth pointing out are that Dally was accused of slashing someones tires in the movie not in the book‚ that Johnny was not jumped in the movie but he was
Premium
The Outsiders gives the reader hints and ideas from the story explaining how we should act and other moral issues. For example‚ a message the author describes is to stay young and innocent. The Greasers‚ specifically the younger Greasers‚ are taught to smoke and kill at a young age. This leads them to do bad things such as going to jail‚ participating in rumbles‚ and robbing stores. In other words‚ bad influence at a young age allows them to do illegal actions. By showing these actions from characters
Premium Crime Sociology Criminology
him what he thought he needed. He needed to fit in‚ to be cared about‚ and in this gang he did. He protected his gang‚ even though at home he was never protected. I will tell you how brave he is in his actions and his words. Johnny Cade is a brave greaser. He had long black greasy hair and
Premium Gang Sociology Family
In Chapter 5 of “The Outsiders By S.E. Hinton” Johnny and Pony are in the church and are trying to get used to how things will be. Ponyboy wakes in the church and finds a note from Johnny saying that he has gone into town to get supplies. When Johnny returns‚ he brings a week’s supply of baloney‚ cigarettes‚ and a paperback copy of Gone with the Wind. Ponyboy wants to read to him because he remembers that he wanted to read it for a while‚ after seeing the movie together this shows that Johnny is
Premium English-language films American films KILL
go to jail for killing Bob. In the book Dally waned to go eat‚ and was telling Johnny and Pony that it did not matter if anyone saw them. A similarity that the book and the film shared is that they had the same characters in the Soc and Greaser gang. In the Greaser gang there is‚ Darry‚ Soda‚ Pony‚ Steve‚ Dally‚ Two-Bit‚ and Curly and Tim Shepard. In the Soc gang there is Bob‚ Steve Randle‚ Randy‚ and Jerry. One more similarity in the book and movie is that Dally is not a good influence‚ even though
Free Difference Film English-language films