Greasers and their rivalry against the high class Socs. In the beginning of the book the characters values and attitudes are revealed to the reader through the point of view of Ponyboy. As the book progresses and the lives of the characters take a turn for the worse there is a significant impact on the characters resulting in an alteration of their values and attitudes. Ponyboy‚ Dally and Johnny experience these changes due to the death of Bob the Soc and the chain of events that follow. Ponyboy is
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this is true to an extent‚ they are simply trying to protect their family of other traumatized kids. Their capability to look past the social class system of Socs and Greasers allows them and the people around them to have a better quality of life‚ making them heroes. John Barth once
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The Significance of Innocence “‘Stay gold‚ Ponyboy. Stay gold…’” (Hinton 148). The last words of Johnny Cade indicates that he is telling Ponyboy Curtis to retain his innocence. In The Outsiders‚ the author‚ S.E. Hinton‚ suggests that Ponyboy and Johnny are trying to keep hold of their innocence. They go through many challenges and obstacles and in the end they realize that innocence can be cherished but there is a time when you have to grow up. Oddly‚ Hinton proves just the opposite; she proves
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The movie and the “outsiders” are interesting. Johnny kills‚ bob in the book and in the movie.There’s only one socs in the book and in the movie there’s way more. The movie and the book “outsiders” are like in some ways.All the characters are the same way in their personality.Dally is mean and cool liked described in the book in the movie. The grocery store that dally robbed Thoe he got killed. Thoe they share similar things the book is still different from the movie. The book and the movie
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about 2 gangs‚ the Socs and the Greasers. The Socs are the rich kids from the West side. The Greasers are from the East side‚ they are considered juvenile delinquents by other people. One night two Greasers (Ponyboy and Johnny) talk to some Socs (Cherry and Marcia) at the movies. Later that night‚ the two boys fall asleep in the lot. When Ponyboy runs home‚ his brother and guardian‚ Darry‚ slaps him and Ponyboy runs away to find Johnny. A big fight happens between the boys and the Socs at the park‚ which
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quote is that all in all‚ Greasers (Thugs)‚ and Socs (Rich Kids)‚ live in the same world‚ and each has problems of their own‚ or in our terms‚ every single type of person‚ whether he or she be American‚ African American‚ Indian‚ Asian‚ or Muslim‚ all of the above and more have their own set of problems‚ it is how they respond that makes the difference. For the Greasers‚ it is having enough of an education and earning enough money. Whereas for a Soc they have to pretend to be someone they are not
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Belonging can be defined as the process of the association with the human race as socially active characters. It is part of the human condition which exemplifies the need for security‚ safety and acceptance. Aspects of belonging such as alienation and isolation can be associated with the concept of belonging‚ as not belonging is a reciprocal process of belonging. Belonging allows for the substantiation of characters through the formation of identity and connections. Belonging is the human need
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hope . When he realized that it was gone he quickly told Soc how he wants to return. This is a mind trip that Dan experienced the awaking of the mind. Becoming a namer and a knower someone who looks for facts in life to learn what is in and can pin point certain aspects of it . Instead of Dan is placed in
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A ZERO BECOMES A HERO! Early this morning in Windrixville‚ Jay Mountain two Greasers named Johnny Cade and Ponyboy Curtis‚ showed great courage and bravery by saving young Socs that were trapped inside a burning church. The two boys asked the people around the church what was happening. Apparently the group of Socs around the area were having a school picnic and suddenly they saw the church on fire. A worried woman ran to the leader of the trip‚ Jerry‚ and told him that a couple of kids are
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within the community are clear in the storyline and portrayed. A few negative examples and consequences from the gangs include: violence‚ fear‚ isolation‚ and retaliation. One such time was when Ponyboy was “jumped” returning home from the movies. The Socs pulled a knife on him‚ threatened to cut his throat and his “pride” by cutting his hair. This act of terror fueled the hate and violence‚ creating a
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