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How Is The Socs Used To Describe The Greasers
On a dark cold night during fall, that’s only lightened up by the starlights. Johnny and I were walking to his house from the drive-in theater. I would have walked to my house but he doesn’t feel comfortable walking alone because of what the Socs done. I found out on a cold night like this one, a blue mustang was creeping’ slowly behind him. At first he pretended not to notice it, but after a few blocks, five Socs got out of that car and jumped Johnny. Poor ole’ Johnny, they pulled a switchblade on him. But by that time the Greasers saw what the Socs were doing and ran after them. The Socs left a huge ugly scar on his cheek. Ever since then he’s been terrified of almost every human being besides the Greasers.
It was quiet outside, until the

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