Differences In S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders

Similarities are Overlooked by Differences The Outsiders, a young adult fiction novel written by S.E. Hinton in 1967 tells the story of a group called “Greasers” and follows the life of Ponyboy, a fourteen-year-old Greaser who lives with his brothers after his parents had died. This novel shows how stereotypes play such a big role in whom you trust and how you think of others and how they see you. In one town, there are two different groups of people who seem to be the total opposite. The Greasers are a group of non-rich and unsophisticated boys who always want to look as tough as they can. The Socs think of them as exactly that. Nothing else, just poor and ugly boys. The Greasers always try to travel in groups to avoid getting jumped by Socs,

In this town there are two sides which house two different kinds of people. The Greasers and the Socs. They seem like the total opposite. Except they all LOVE to fight each other and fight in general. The Socs really like to “jump” Greasers; this means that the Socs like to follow Greasers around and jump out of their car and start pounding/fighting the Greasers, especially when they are alone. Ponyboy was jumped straight out in the beginning of the novel by four mean Socs. “The medium blond pulled out a knife out of his back pocket and flipped out the blade open.” “Need a haircut Greaser?” (Hinton 5) “No.” Ponyboy said to the Socs. He backed up away from the knife but ended up backing right into one of the Socs. They had him down in seconds. (Hinton 5) Because Ponyboy was alone, the group of Socs were confident in their chances of beating this Greaser up. They knew they could take him down. But when they least expected it, “there were shouts and the pounding of feet, and the Socs jumped up and left me lying there, gasping.” “Then someone had me under the armpits and was hauling me to my feet. It was Darry.” (Hinton 6) Then the Socs got scared and ran off yelling, “Greaser! Greaser!” Throughout the story, when fighting, both groups ALWAYS travel with other people. Often more than three. They

Hinton, the author of the young adult fiction novel, The Outsiders, wrote a story about how a group called the greasers and a group called the Socs are very different but how there are some similarities between them. First off, Socs have better things than the greasers. They have better cars that are more expensive than any car the greasers would have, and they always dress to impress. On the other hand, greasers have beaten up old cars, and wear “blue jean and T-shirt, or leave” their “shirttails out and wear leather jackets and tennis shoes or boots” (Hinton 3). But the one thing that brings them together, is who they hang out with in their cars and the feelings it causes. Both groups ride in cars with their girlfriend and always feel super happy and loved with them, both groups. Second off, greasers are super tough guys who only seem to care about how tough they look and fighting. On the other hand, there are the Socs. They are rich and (according to the greasers) don’t have any problems or struggles in their lives. But the truth is, both groups are much more than their stereotypes. They proved the stereotypes wrong. The greasers do truly love fighting the Socs and the Socs actually love to fight and jump the greaser! Both groups love fighting each other became it gives them that amount of dominance and winning feeling that proved how tough they are to the other group. Lastly, both groups have different hairstyles and different haircuts. This