The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton

Poverty strikes the streets you live in. Everywhere around you you see people starving, crying or begging for money. This is what Ponyboy has to live with being a greaser. “The Outsiders” is a book by S.E Hinton. The poem “Poverty and Wealth” is a poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. What do these two pieces of literature have in common? Well, more than you’d initially think, because I’m here to share with you some of the similarities with “The Outsiders” and “Poverty and Wealth”

First the king’s son is a lot like the Socs. In the poem it states “My son shall be a lordly ruler o’er land and sea.” Which relates to the Socs in the book because they are the more powerful. The socs don’t have to try to get wealthy or have the upper class. This is just