Outsiders‚ by S.E Hinton there are two social groups. The Socs and The Greasers. They are rival gangs. The Greasers have it worst off because they have to hideout from the police‚ they are poor‚ and they get jumped by The Socs. The boys‚ Johnny and Ponyboy‚ have to hide from the police because Johnny killed somebody to save Ponyboy’s life. “We gotta get outta here. Get somewhere. Run away. The police’ll be here soon‚” ( Hinton pg. 57). If it were The Socs that killed one of The Greasers‚ they could just
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Running head: COMMUNICATION Communication University of Phoenix Teamwork‚ Collaboration‚ and Conflict Resolution SOC/110 Ken West Feb 17‚ 2010 Communication The way in which people communicate is as varied as the languages spoken throughout the world. People cannot just exchange a few words‚ there must be an understanding and acceptance of these variations or there will be a breakdown in the communication process. This is shown in the interactions between men and women‚ people of different
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Teams in the 21st Century Reflection Paper Precious Soc 110 January 26‚ 2010 Steven Moore Teams in the 21st Century Reflection Paper Communication and collaboration is starting to play a very important role in workplaces and in schools. Workplace success depends on the ability to communicate with others. On some jobs if they cannot work as a team and communicate with other people they will lose their job. I work in teams at work and I also have worked in small groups at school‚ and find
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Who Are The Outsiders? “It seems like there’s gotta be someplace without Greasers‚ or Socs with just people. Plain ordinary people.” The novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton takes place in Tulsa Oklahoma during the 1960’s. The novel shows how a gang of seven greasy boys deal with society being divided into “Greasers” and “Socs”‚ however along the way they face hardships including death. In the novel‚ “the outsiders” were considered people who didn’t fit in. In this case the “Outsiders” were: Ponyboy
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Outsiders showed to us is 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
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8 months before the story the Curtis brothers parents died in a car crash. They could’ve been Socs before it happened or maybe they were Greasers. Why’d they have to join a gang of Greasers? Could they have joined the Socs instead? This is why Pony and his brothers joined the Greasers. They had to join the gang after their parents had died. When their parents were alive‚ why join a gang? They didn’t need to at the time while having nice parents to provide and be a family so they didn’t need a gang
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He was a Greaser but has been frightened by the Socs. He has been stereotyped as a juvenile delinquent by and has always been made fun of. Ever since Ponyboy has been brought into this gang life he fails to see the good side in any Soc and is to stick together with the Greasers believing that each one of them lives up to their name as being the jet set rich kids. However‚ there is one input from a Soc that makes Ponyboy realize that the Socs and Greasers both go through the same struggles‚ Cherry
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Notes Chapter 1 Ponyboy‚ a “Greaser” is walking home alone from the movies when he gets jumped by a gang of “Socs” (Soshes). His two brothers and friends from his gang save him. The rest of the chapter introduces us to the main characters and the different social classes; the “Greaser” and the “Socs” Chapter 2 Dally and Pony decides to go to a drive-in movie. Dally sees a couple of Soc girls alone and goes to sit by them. He is very loud and obnoxious towards them. Their friend Johnny comes by
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when Cherry brought up that “It’s rough all over” Ponyboy thought about it and came to the conclusion that she was right. It seems like the only differences between them are their views on the Soc‚ Bob (Cherry sees the good in Bob‚ but Ponyboy does not) and that they are from different groups‚ Cherry being a Soc and Ponyboy being a Greaser. 2. Describe Ponyboy’s relationship with his brother‚ Darry. How did the relationship between Darry and Ponyboy change after Ponyboy ran away and after Johnny turned
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The Outsiders Are the Socs and the Greasers the same‚ or irrevocably different? The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton is a novel about the two gangs on each side of a town‚ the Greasers and the Socs‚ who have a destructive rivalry and are superficially different. However throughout the course of the novel their true characteristics are proven to be fundamentally the same. Each side has its differences‚ for example‚ their opposing dress codes. The Greasers are generally stereotyped as no good‚ rotten to
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