anything. Ponyboy and the readers learn this lesson from many experiences throughout the book. Ponyboy runs away from home with Johnny‚ after being hit by Darry. They then run into some trouble with the Socs‚ there
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with Johnny as he makes Johnny a better person through many of the challenges they face together. The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ is a story about a boy who struggles with the division of two gangs‚ the Socs and the Greasers. He faces many obstacles in his life regarding his own family and the Socs. One character in the story is Johnny who is Ponyboy’s best friend. Johnny is a dynamic character because he starts off as a shy little boy to a confident and noble teenager. In the beginning of the story
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themes that is displayed in the book is the fight between the rich and the poor. ” We get jumped by the Socs. I’m not sure how you spell it‚ but it’s the abbreviation for Socials‚ the jet set‚ the West-side rich kids.”(Pg.2) This means that the rich kids are the ones who are fighting and jumping the Greasers. It shows the fight between the rich and the poor is between the Greasers and the Socs. “It wasn’t just that they had beaten him half to death-he could take that. They had scared him.”(Pg.33)
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Dallas Winston: A vulnerable teenager or just a hoodlum? The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is a novel about a boy called Ponyboy who is involved in a rivalry between two gangs‚ the Greasers and the Socs. The Socs live in the West side of town; they look clean‚ have lots of money and drive blue Mustangs. The greasers live in the east side of town; they wear hair oil‚ t-shirts and jeans‚ and don’t have much money. Ponyboy is part of the Greasers‚ along with his two brothers Darry and Sodapop‚ his closest
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Social classes in “The Outsiders” were a portrayal of how society was back in the 60’s. It sets the mood for the novel with the Socs’ and the Greasers. They were both from different parts of town (East and West). The “Greasers” were the lower class that live on the East side of Tulsa. They wear leather jackets and ripped jeans‚ and they walk everywhere. On the other hand‚ the “Socs” were the rich kids that lived on the West Side of town. They drove nice cars and wore the best clothes. The social classes
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between two groups. Before the book even starts‚ one of Greasers named‚ Johnny gets jumped by the Socs. Also‚ before the book starts‚ Ponyboy‚ Sodapop‚ and Darry lose their parents because of a car crash. Then‚ when the book finally starts and all of the characters are announced‚ the main character‚ Ponyboy gets jumped by some Socs as well. Then‚ when the book is about three fourths done‚ Johnny kills a Soc‚ named Bob. After that‚ a church catches on fire and Ponyboy and Johnny go in‚ but get hurt‚ and
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appearances of the characters match the role they play. In the book‚ the socs (socials‚ pronounced soshes) are conveyed as
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about them and say bad stuff. In the Outsiders by S.E Hinton they focus on how people judge Greasers and Socs. You can by when Cherry saw Pony she didn’t think he was a Greaser. In this I’m going to be talking about Judging people. My theme is Don’t judge a book by it’s cover because things might not seem as how they look. In the book The Outsiders‚ my theme is displayed by the Greasers and Socs. An example of this is when Ponyboy said “ I was wishing I looked like Paul Newman he looks tough and I
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settings of the novel. The differences in the settings of the novel is that it changes from a violent setting‚ on to a peaceful setting as the novel progresses. for example‚ in the beginning of the text‚ It starts off with Ponyboy getting mugged by the Socs‚ but then progresses on to understanding a theme that lies beneath the text. It then ends with Pony writing in his english class about his past experiences. 2. Explain the situation at the Curtis home. Darry is the one taking care of the two curtis
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ever think to blame the Socs and are always ready to jump on us. We look hoody and they look decent. It could be just the other way around - half of the hoods I know are pretty decent guys underneath all that grease‚ and from what I ’ve heard‚ a lot of Socs are just cold-blooded mean - but people usually go by looks” (141). This quote says that Ponyboy and his gang of Greasers were judged as being trouble and bad people whereas the Socials (a high class group known as the Socs) who were decent looking
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