Ph Scale In 'The Outsiders' By S. E. Hinton

“The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton relate to the pH scale. But what is a pH scale. It is a scale that is logarithmic , which means 4 is 10 times as acidic than 5. Anyways the person that would be neutral is Ponyboy. He is right in between the greasers and the socs. The acidic people would be the greasers. Dally on the pH scale would be a 1, and because of that he died. You need to be a 7 to survive and he was way too far from being neutral. Darry, Sodapop, Two-bit, and Steve were a 6, they were not neutral but they were getting there.

The socs were alkaline. Bob was a 14 on the pH scale. He was too alkaline to survive. Randy was an 8. He was about to be a 7. Cherry was a 7 just like Ponyboy. They rest of them were like a 9 or 10. There are lots