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Social Groups In The Outsiders
In the novel The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton there are two social groups. The Socs and The Greasers. They are rival gangs. The Greasers have it worst off because they have to hideout from the police, they are poor, and they get jumped by The Socs.
The boys, Johnny and Ponyboy, have to hide from the police because Johnny killed somebody to save Ponyboy’s life. “We gotta get outta here. Get somewhere. Run away. The police’ll be here soon,” ( Hinton pg. 57). If it were The Socs that killed one of The Greasers, they could just buy their way out instead of hiding.
The Greasers are very poor in the book. “ We’re poorer than The Socs and middle class,” (Hinton pg. 3). The Socs have lots of money to just blow. The Greasers are really poor, but they’re
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