Within every character, in every scene, on either side of town, important lessons can be learned to turn the community around. In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, several roles portrayed could use some lessons being depicted in the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” written by Robert Frost. Tough hoods on the East Side of town and the snobs of the West Side, also known as Greasers and Socs have very different stories but could learn a lot from each other if they were willing to put aside their differences. “Nothing Gold Can Stay” is all about the diminishing of the gold soul you had the chance to keep. A mass group of characters from the novel can take the themes presented in the poem to heart, whether they’re from the East or West side. The most important …show more content…
Almost none of the characters take the time to think long and hard about the line “Nature’s first green is gold”, its meaning much deeper than what you might view as the first impression. East Side Greasers, tough and have to uphold the reputation of leather jackets, slicked back hair, and not really be cared about much until it came down to a life or death fight between them and the enemies-they don’t seem like the type of people to give a care in the world about a “pointless” poem. Well in some cases you’d be right, and others you’d be nothing but wrong. Meet Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade, the only two boys capable of seeing the deep meaning in what others might just sweep under the rug. They’re a small part of the gang, but resemble the most of what the poem’s words are trying to express. The rest of the gang (including Soda, Darry, Two-Bit, Dally, Steve and the Brumly boys), well they wouldn’t really care unless Pony and Johnny forced them to be interested. Oh, and then we’re left with Socs-a rich, preppy, snobby mix of boys and girls. The same rules apply to those of the West Side but they’re held to different standards. “It wasn’t fair for the Socs to have everything.” They had good cars, good grades and good girls, which seemed unfair in the sense that they were able to have anything they wished for, or at least that’s how it seemed. Socs also had the impression of they were all more innocent …show more content…
From this, we along with the characters in The Outsiders can learn many lessons and use them in our everyday life. As we’ve explored the different problems from the different sides of town, we can hopefully conclude that innocence is not something worth being lost. Innocence isn’t going to be found everywhere, so don’t take it for
Chapter 1 Lorde- Team We live in cities you'll never see on screen Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run things Living in ruins of a palace within my dreams And you know, we're on each other's team
An important theme explored in the novel ‘The Outsiders'' is wealth disparity and inequality. Throughout the novel, the author (S.E Hinton) attempts to convey the message that ‘Life isn’t fair’ by creating conflicts and violent actions that ultimately lead the ‘Gangs’ to understand each other. The forming of ‘The Greasers’ mainly occurred due to the violent bullying of one of the members known as ‘Johnny Cade’. Johnny Cade gives the greasers (Non Wealthy) a sense of purpose causing them to protect him with their lives and justify their reverse abusive actions against ‘the Socs’. The Socs would underestimate the ‘Greasers’ because of their appearance and vulnerability as most of their parents were either killed or conflicted.
Johnny, Pony and Dally are a vast example that innocence doesn’t stay forever as they all, in a certain point in the book, lost some or most of their innocence. Ponyboy is one of the leading example of not staying gold for many
If you think back to the time when there wasn't money, no currency of any sort, when having designer jeans compared to Target jeans did not immediately make you more classy, what did define you? In a world like ours today what matters is your house size, your shoe brand, your expensive meals, your exotic vacation spots, whether you're wearing Chanel or Gucci it's all about your social class. In the book the Outsiders I noticed how much the social class made the gangs, the characters in the gangs didn't get to select which one they were a part of. If you were wealthy and very financially stable, you were in the Soc's group if you were not, you were in the Greasers' gang, you didn't have much of a choice. I think that the story would have
The Outsiders Final 5 Paragraph Essay In S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, two different gangs, the Greasers and the Socs detested each other. Using Ponyboy Curtis, the author demonstrates a Greaser’s opinion of the Socs. Ponyboy had an evolving conception of the Socs. At the beginning, he disliked the Socs because they are rich and he thinks they have no problems.
Then there 's the Greasers, who live poorly and get blamed for most of the things that go down in the city. Ponyboy, and Johnny, two Greasers, that at first, clang to the fact that they hated Socs. All they wanted to do was fight the other gang to look tough and earn respect. In the beginning of the story, Ponyboy wishes he looked tough.
The Outsiders Have you ever wished you could be rich? Or have a bigger house? Do you think that those who are not rich are a menace? Well in the book The Oustiders by S.E Hinton, The socs are more of a menace than the greasers because of the money they have, their parents mindset, and the society’s popular choice.
“Not like the Socs, who jump Greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to society the next.” This shows that the public eye are more biased towards the Socs. Even though most of the
Another way they compare each other is there is always tomorrow you might make tomorrow wonderful or you might improve the things that you did yesterday to make this day much better than yesterday or it might get worse, but you will learn each day about your mistakes and it might not be you making the mistakes it might be people that you are hanging around with or someone that’s around you. In “Nothing gold can stay “ it states “dawn goes down today” and what I think what that means is that today was a day that was something out there tomorrow will be more extraordinary. In “Outsiders” it states that “Ponyboy and two gang members went to a drive in movie” I thought that this was one of the quotes that I found because yesterday ponyboy got beat up and today for him was the next day and he went to a move with his two gang and I thought that that was a good idea because he learned his lesson that he will never see those people or hang out in that area that he went yesterday and this is compared to the poem because ponyboy because Ponyboy went to the movies to make his day not to be a problem and go to the movie. In conclusion there is always tomorrow life isn 't always going to be spent in one day, maybe tomorrow you improve things, avoid people that are not that good, or maybe
I understand the outsiders, but I also understand the insiders. The outsiders act with their heart and be themselves. Even though, sometimes they have to act out the way other will like. But it is different to the insiders, insiders act the way they are, they know their friend. They know how to act and make friend still be a friend.
The socs, also known as the socials, are the rich kids who live on the west side of New York and love to beat up the greasers. The greasers are poor and tough kids who live on the east side of New York. Ponyboy and his two brothers Darry and Sodapop are apart of a gang. Within the gang are Steve, Two-bit, Johnny, and Dallas. The gang is like a family to all of them, because their
Picture being so scared walking home alone that you had to carry a switchblade around. In The Outsiders Ponyboy, and his friends who are called the greasers, live in a violent, bad neighborhood without their parents. They are against a group called Socs who are a higher class, in a much better neighborhood and they jump the greasers all the time out of nowhere. The setting causes the characters to be tense and anxious, for example, Johnny and Darry who can never calm down and loosen up. They always have to look behind their back everywhere they go.
In the story, ‘The Gilded Six – Bits’ revolves around the two main characters, Missie May and Joe. They both reside in a predominantly black neighborhood or community. Joe works at G and G Fertilizer. He is the one completes the financial duties.
Innocence is something that can only be lost once. Within both The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley there are various characters that lose their innocence in very dramatic ways. A character can lose their innocence due to the death of someone else. They can also lose their innocence by just being looked at from a different perspective by others, this can be seen through the characters Bernard and Rachel. When a person is introduced to something new it can also affect their innocence.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald chronicles the debaucherous jazz age through the narration of Nick Carraway. Carraway moves from the Midwest to the West Egg of Long Island, where witnesses the hollowness of the upper class. A color that plays a significant role in Gatsby is gold. The evening Gatsby and Daisy reunite is seeped in gold: Gatsby’s car, Gatsby’s dresser, Daisy’s dress buttons, lemon cakes , even the plum blossoms bear a “pale gold odor.” It is not coincidental that novel centering around wealth in excess places such significance around the color gold.