Banned Book Report The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton was written in 1967. This novel tells the story of the conflict between two different social groups‚ the greasers and the socs. The socs were the socials who lived in the rich part of town‚ and the greasers were the lower class youths. This novel tackles issues such as violence‚ class conflict‚ and prejudice. The novel takes place in the early sixties. The Outsiders examines how two different groups compete‚ and unite for survival‚ which is often
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The Outsiders INTRODUCTION: "The Outsiders" by S. E Hinton is an early novel based on two waring juvenile gangs‚ divided by economical and social background‚ the lower East side Greasers and the upper West side Socs. The novel is set in 1966 in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma. It is a novel written in first person by a 14 year old Greaser‚ Ponyboy Curtis who allows us an insight into the lifestyles of these distinct worlds. I chose the novel "The Outsiders" as a text for year 10 for the following reasons: It
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Greasers Subculture Values and Beliefs: History- Greasers originated in the early 1950’s increasingly popular toward the 1960’s. They originated in the young northeaster and southern united states street gangs and changed rapidly unto other type of individuals. Initially it arose from working class families that didn’t have access to the greatest educational resources. They existed before gangs were dependent on violence and drugs. The greasers of the 1950s took their name from the “Greaser Act”
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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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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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Background does not matter when you are a hero. In the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton‚ the author argues that heroism defines a person by their actions not by their background‚ history‚ or looks. The events at the church‚ the incidents that happened before the church and the aftermath all show the changes that happened over time that would eventually negate Ponyboy’s history and background and regard him as a hero. There are different points of heroism in the story and different forms of heroism
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a car crash. These three brothers were part of a group called the Greasers. The Greasers were a lower class group of people in a town who didn’t have much money‚ nice cars or clothes. There was another group known as the Socials. They were known for having a fair amount of money‚ nice cars‚ houses and clothes. Throughout this story the Greasers and Socials have many conflicts because the Socials believe they are above the Greasers due to their way of life. After some time things start to change.
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in the book "Ponyboy‚" the Socs‚ socialites or social rich kids from the west‚ are more of a disgrace and menace to society than the "greasers‚" the poorer students from the east. The Socs’ idea of fun is throwing big parties‚ including beer blasts‚ and jumping greasers. They drive Mustangs‚ Corvairs and Corvettes. "Greasers are almost like hoods. They steals things‚ drive souped- up old cars‚ hold up gas stations and have gang fights once in a while." Page 3’. Socs wear madras shirts‚ wine coloured
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and met up with Dally and we talked about some good things we done together‚ like when we went into the dinner and ate together. Some of other things that we did is when we saved the kids and the press called you a here they called a Greaser a hero and that Greaser was you Johnny. Johnny was a good man who had the most funny humor and had an amazing smile‚ even though he lived a rough life he was still a great man he was an amazing guy just like Dallas who loved you very much and he was very mad
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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 point
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