of the Socs member’s cheerleaders named Cherry and Marcia. Cherry is well known because of the color of her hair. Cherry was uncomfortable with the way Dally was treating her. As Dally leaves the scenario‚ Ponyboy starts to have a conversation with Cherry. Marcia did not really speak at all because she is usually the quiet type. Later on the conversation‚ Cherry tells Ponyboy that she could fall in love with Dally some day. As the four characters leave the drive-in theater‚ two Soc members
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Are there any acts of selflessness among lawless brothers? The book by S.E Hinton‚ The Outsiders‚ has two protagonists and antagonists. The greasers are gangs on the poorer side of the city while on the east side there were Socs. The greasers and the Socs fought each other over territory. Although it may seem like the Greasers are completely lawless people‚ they still are honorable due to reasons like how the protect each other‚ how they come together to protect what is theirs and help others who
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Ponyboy... I mean... if I see you in the hall at school or someplace and don’t say hi‚ well‚ it’s not personal or anything‚ but…” (Cherry‚ page 40) reaffirms the fact that interactions between Greasers and Socs are uncommon and regarded as strange. Ponyboy and his friend Johnny are off put by Cherry at first but soon realize what is really going on in the situation socially: “It was because we’re greasers‚” Johnny said‚ and I knew he was talking about Cherry
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Example “initial” DEVRY MATH221 Discussion posts This is a collection DEVRY Math221 “Statistics for Decision Making” Discussion posts. This class is set up as a 8-week class where in the first 7-weeks you must post 3 discussion posts. These posts should be viewed as the ‘initial’ posts for each week. Normally the 2nd and 3rd posts each week are responses to other students. These discussions make up ~14% of the class so they are very important‚ and an easy way to get maximum points! These
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belonged to one of two groups‚ a “Soc” or a “Greaser”. In this book‚ there are many differences between the two groups‚ which tends to cause much violence. S.E Hinton has much authority to write about this violence because she has seen it happen firsthand. In The Outsiders violence occurs at its very best. It affects people in different ways‚ changes people – physically and emotionally but also causes very positive outcomes which turns into a lifelong lesson for both the Socs and the Greasers. Violence
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getting jumped by the Socs‚ he starts to write The Outsiders. It was a huge mistake for Francis Coppola to leave this out because the exposition in the book involved a significant event‚ where the Socs showed the violent relationship they have between the Greasers. Another difference is When Cherry explains to Ponyboy that ‘Socs are cool to the point of not feeling anything’‚ without this scene in the movie‚ it is harder to understand how Cherry views the conflict between Socs and Greasers. Although
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alcoholic parents abuse him. They also have a gang rivalry with the Socs who are rich and pick on the poor. The quote‚”You cannot open a book without learning something” by the Irish proverb because the book taught me a lot about mostly everything from the life of a greaser. I learned that the Socs and greasers were rivals because greasers were lower class than the socs. One example is when Ponyboy is walking home alone and a car full with 3 Socs stop and beats Ponyboy up and cut him‚ but then out of nowhere
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The outsiders have been banned in some public school in the United States. It is considered a “ bad example” for young people because it has characters that smoke‚ drink‚ swear and fight. It even includes a murder. Using examples from the book‚ how can you convince the class that this book actually contains good morals and examples for young people? The Outsiders has been banned in some public schools in the United States because “bad examples” are all throughout the book. I believe the book
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Next is the socs Cars. The socs cars is a resemblance of the socs wealth‚ and power over the greasers. The socs use these cars to catch and ambush greasers on the run to jump them‚ as greasers travel mostly on foot. The cars are a sense of leverage or advantage over the greasers‚ as they don’t have much experience as the greasers on foot in combat. 3rd item is Bob’s rings. Bobs rings along with the socs cars a sign of wealth. The rings as a physical power
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ever‚ people are grouped into social classes based on their friends. You could be considered popular‚ or lame. This is not just true for middle school‚ but also life in the 50s. The book The Outsiders focuses on two main cliques‚ the Greasers and the Socs. One might think that the name represents Greasers‚ and what they have to deal with‚ but the real outsiders are specific people. The outsiders are the people who dare to be different from the stereotype of their group‚ who believe people should be
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