Many of the kids are struggling these days. In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ the main character Ponyboy Curtis is in a gang called Greasers who lives on the Eastside‚ and all they do is drink and smoke. Then there are Socs which are a group of rich‚ snobby kids who live on the West side and they also smoke and drink. In their society and in gangs‚ many underaged kids smoke and drink. In this society‚ underaged kids do the same. Also in the article‚” The Allure of Gangs” it talks about why
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normal and came back to a “peace” in the surface. The fights between Greasers and Socs seem over‚ and characters have changed to some degree: after a conversation in the end of the film‚ Greasers became more untied and like a family; Ponyboy decided to go to school to study; after Ponyboy and Johnny saved children‚ Randy from Socs‚ found Greasers are more brave and better than he thought before; Cherry did not like what Socs have done to Greasers and showed her sympathy to them…Although the death of Johnny
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The Outsiders‚ written by S.E Hinton‚ Ponyboy counts on his friends to be there for him as he gets into trouble on his path to adulthood. The book which is fiction focused on the main character‚ Ponyboy and his two brothers as they struggled with the socs and gangs. Ponyboy learns what it means to be a hero and the value of friendship. The three topics addressed in this meaningful novel are the power of friendship‚ what it means to be a hero‚ and the fight between rich and poor. First‚ ponyboy
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The Outsiders Outline-2 Chunk Thesis statement: The greasers struggle more than the Socs because they’re poor‚ everyone thinks stereotypical about them‚ and everyone thinks they’re trash. First supporting paragraph: The greasers struggle because they’re poorer than everybody else. Quote or paraphrase of evidence: “We’re poorer than the Socs and middle class.” Citation: (S.E. Hinton‚ 1965‚ Page 3) How is the evidence persuasive?: The quote given is persuasive because it tells us from the greasers
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Thesis: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ a novel which tells the story of conflict between the "greasers" and the "Socs‚" captures the voice of ponyboy and his friends in a realistic way that relates to boys and their gangs even today. This story has a lot of issues that are going to be talked about in this paper such as the realism‚ the conflicts‚ the characters‚ Hintons style‚ the themes‚ etc. This book is pretty interesting and brings up a lot of good issues. There are a lot of reasons for reading
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We’ve never see him being mean or mistreating others. He even challenges his idol‚ Dallas‚ when he sees how uncomfortable Dallas was is making Cherry and Marcia at the movies on pages 24. To make things even worse‚ Johnny was brutally beaten by the Socs last spring and now lives in a constant state of fear. On top of that‚ he doesn’t quite get enough to eat‚ he often sleeps outdoors‚ and is even contemplating suicide. After Johnny saved the children from the fire‚ he seems to be saying that he’s come
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that is used to injure or harm’ (Macquarie Pocket Dictionary Third Edition pg.1153). In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton published in 1972 violence is used quite regularly to answer difficulties. In this novel there are two Gangs called The Socs and The Greaser. The Socs are the rich kids on the north side of town and The Greaser are the middle class kids on the south side of town. Violence is never the answer. It may lead to damage to your mental and physical health. It also hurts your friends and families
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Dally (Matt Dillon)‚ Two-Bit (Emilio Estevez)‚ and Steve (Tom Cruise)‚ and brothers‚ Darry (Patrick Swayze) and Soda (Rob Lowe)‚ are always getting in fights with a gang called the Socs. One night‚ best friend Johnny‚ are attacked by Socs. The Socs almost drown Ponyboy‚ and Johnny‚ defending Ponyboy‚ stabs Bob (a Soc). Pony‚ and Johnny find a church to hide out in. A bunch of little kids are trapped inside the church which caught on fire‚ and Pony‚ Johnny‚ and Dally save them. Ponyboy gets out ok
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people. One day Pony learns that‚ “Things are rough all over‚” (Hinton‚ 35.) He learned this from his new friend Cherry valance‚(A soc) and ends up learning that both greasers and socs. are just normal people. He learned this over a week of losing two of his best pals. Her drunk boyfriend tried to kill them‚ and Johnny‚ Ponyboy’s best pal‚ ends up killing the drunk soc. They run away to a church and hide for four days until Pony’s other best pal‚ Who he doesn’t even like that much‚ comes and
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As kids Johnny and Ponyboy didn’t talk much‚ Ponyboy was 14 and Johnny was 16. Ponyboy was the youngest of the gang while Johnny was the gang’s little pet. In the beginning Ponyboy gets jumped by the Socs and is extremely scared‚ this changes him because now Ponyboy is more aware of how cruel the Socs are. Johnny was changed early in his life when his parents neglected him at an early age. Ponyboy and Johnny accidentally fell asleep at a outside theater‚ Johnny’s parents wouldn’t care but Darry would
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