by a bunch of Socs. Socs is the abbreviation for the Socials‚ they are 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
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“Greasers” and the “Socs” both had to deal with parents abandoning them‚ being neglected‚ and not having parents there when their own children needed them most. It seemed like if you had a kid in this story that was even a little essential to the plot‚ you were the epitome of bad parenting. One major problem I had with this book was just how useless the adults were in this story. Most of the parents were horrible ones‚ that beat their kids
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The Outsiders Essay – Describe an interesting theme from a text you have studied. Explain why this theme is interesting. In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton an important theme is family and friendship. This theme is interesting because it shows us how when you’re family you come together to look after each other no matter what. The theme of friendship is also interesting because when your friends you support each other through everything and anything no matter what the consequences are
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different ways. Johnny was a nice‚ loving and caring kid who would do anything for anyone. In the novel it shows because when the soc’s came over and started drowning pony-boy in the fountain‚ Johnny took a stand to save his friend and so Johnny killed the soc because he didn’t want his friend to die. “I killed him…I killed that boy.” Page 69. Johnny didn’t only save his friends life but also saved the lives of a group of young children. Johnny was very courageous due to saving the lives of young children
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GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS - COURSE OPTIONS 2013-2014 WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS (CORE) ENG1103‚ College Writing and Public Life LANGUAGE SKILLS [foreign language] (CORE) One 4-credit course at the 1020 level or higher. Student must begin study at placement level.(Arabic‚ Chinese‚ French‚ German‚ Italian‚ Japanese‚ Portuguese‚ Russian‚ or Spanish QUANTITATIVE REASONING (CORE) MTH 1110. Topics in Contemporary Mathematics MTH 1130. Finite Mathematics MTH 1150‚ Survey of Mathematics
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from a fight with Socs in the beginning. But after going thru some tuff times he changed. But at the end of the book‚ if there is about to be a fight with some Socs he is willing to go in head first and get it over with. Do you think this is a good or bad change. In the beginning Ponyboy was a little skiddish and tried to run from trouble. For an example‚ "I knew it wasn’t any use thought - the fast walking‚ I mean - even before the Corvair pulled up beside me and five Socs got out. I got
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Hinton through her characters and their actions. Pony‚ Randy‚ and Darry all are outsiders to their groups and stereotypes; in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma there are two opposing gangs‚ the greasers and the Socs. The greasers are lower class people who do not have the smarts or athleticism so be special‚ while the Socs are really rich‚ really smart‚ athletic‚ have an emotional barrier‚ and love to beat up the greasers. The three boys are different than their stereotypes and show us that being an outsider is fine
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associated with. *Everyone seems to be perfect in each others eyes but the whole world is polluted with issues. The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is novel about social classes. The two main classes are the Greasers and Socs. Greasers are knowns as the poor‚ dirty and delinquents. While the Socs are the rich‚ classy and worry-free.
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knew that wasn’t going to happen‚ not right now. I knew I was right when the Socs came towards us with their blue mustang and their loud obnoxious voices. They got out of the car and started staggering towards us. They were drunk and looked terrible. We had two options run away or fight back. I was leaning towards the first one but sadly I knew that wasn’t going to happen when I saw we were surrounded by five drunk Socs. They wanted to torture us‚ not only that but kill us‚ they wanted to get their
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Have you ever been in the lunchroom at school and seen that there are different types of groups?. Well if you have welcome to the greaser and socs lives. “The outsiders” is a story about two groups of boys name the Socs and the Greasers and it explains how the greaser get in trouble and likes to start fights with the Socs. All kids are in different groups in school and out of school Sometimes it is good to be different from others by being in different groups‚ Sometimes it is good to be different
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