novel‚ The Outsiders‚ appearance is a very important theme to the book. One example of this in the book is when the Greasers thought that the Socs had everything going great because of what they owned. Some things that made the Greasers think this was the fact that the Socs had really nice cars and they had nice clothes. The Greasers didn’t know that the Socs had some of the same problems that they did and they went through hard times just like them. Another example of appearance being an important
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and housework. He is very strong‚ principled and grumpy. Pony tells us that before their parents died‚ Darry “had been real popular in high school; he was captain of the football team and he had been voted Boy of the Year”. Darry could have been a Soc any day. Darry had sacrificed going to college and working to make sure the family sticks together. Darry is very strict towards Ponyboy as he knows that Ponyboy can have a better opportunity then he did but Pony does not like it. Sodapop and Ponyboy
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the ‘Greasers’ and the ‘Socs’. The ‘Greasers’ are tough and as‚ they steal from the shops‚ rob cars‚ jump people‚ sneak into drive in movies and don’t do well in school. The Greasers wear- long oily hair and scruffy clothes. The Socs are tough‚ cold- blood and mean trouble-makers. The Soc’s do well in school; the Soc’s wear- short hairs‚ nice clothes‚ and have expensive cars. "How’d you like that haircut to begin just below the neck…?" (Dialogue). This reveals that the Socs are attacking Ponyboy and
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internal struggle‚ Johnny Cade’s choices impacts Pony’s life‚ self-concept‚ and relationships with his peers the most. A choice made by Johnny affects Pony because Johnny killed the soc Bob. This is perhaps the least impactful of Johnny’s choices but it still had a big affect on Pony. While Johnny and Pony are at the park the Socs attack them and try to drown Pony. Then to save Pony‚ Johnny kills Bob. After Pony
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that set a blaze to the cigarette caught a sparkle of blue reflection in Ponyboy eyes‚ as chills ran down his spine. The “Socs” a gang Ponyboy and his gang “The Greasers” feared the most the “Socs” oh‚ the fiercest‚ fearless‚ gang they were not afraid to pick a fight. Then the flash of sparkling blue came again but seemed closer. Pony and Johnny stood their ground‚ then the “Socs” began tumbling out of the car one by one there possibly could have been four or five. Suddenly a chase began Johnny caught
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his friend Ponyboy from a group of Socs that had jumped them. Johnny may have had killed one of the Socs‚ Bob‚ but he saved his friend Ponyboy from drowning. Just like in super hero movies where a hero may have killed a villain‚ but saves others’ lives from the danger the villain was causing. Another way Johnny shows courage was by talking back to Dally‚ a mean vicious greaser who was harassing
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Hinton‚ is a coming-of-age story that compels readers to question society’s stereotyping of people and expresses the need for people to always have hope. Based on two rival teenage gangs‚ the poor‚ east-side Greasers‚ and the rich‚ west-side Socials (Socs)‚ The Outsiders is told through the eyes of sensitive‚ 14-year-old Greaser‚ Ponyboy Curtis. The novel explores the choices people make when faced with adversity‚ sending an important message to readers that everyone is an individual‚ regardless of
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Darry could have gone to college‚ get a high-paying job‚ and he could have either been middle-class or even a soc. I think Ponyboy is an outsider to the greasers because he was more of an emotional person and had more knowledge than the others in the gang did. He was still in school‚ he watched sunsets‚ and he also had a writing talent to him too. He was also friendlier to the socs than anyone else in the novel. He was also one of the heroes in the story when his “kind” was not common for being
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e SOC 1502 Unit 5 332016 Written Assignment Unit 5: Global Inequality Global inequality is analyzed by sociologists in terms of three different theories: modernization theory‚ dependency theory and the theory of globalization. The dependency theory is viewed as a revolutionary ideology of Eurocentrism that is best expressed by modernization theory. Modernization theory is regarded as equally Eurocentric and has been so from the start of its implementation. With the failure of national development
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clothing. The clothing that the Greasers wore were old clothes which were dirty; their outfits typically included jeans and jean jackets. The clothing the Socs wore was very nice and clean clothing. They mostly wore
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