“Nothing is real with us [Socs]. You know, sometimes I 'll catch myself talking to a girl-friend, and realize I don 't mean half of what I 'm saying. I don 't really think a beer blast on the river bottom is super-cool, but I 'll rave about one to a girl-friend just to be saying something,” said Cherry Valance, a renowned Soc in the novel The Outsiders. This quote better shows the great degree of artificiality and perennial sense of menace that thrive among the Socs. While viewed as the socially-elite in society, the Socs instead possess counterfeit, spurious dispositions that overwhelm the otherwise bona fide characteristics of the Greasers. The social barricade between the two groups serves as a mere diversion from the intense level of disgrace illustrated by the Socs, from their bogus personalities to their arrogant states. Serving as recurring motifs in the novel The Outsiders, disgrace and menace, by far, persevere in Socs to a greater degree, whether it be their spurious …show more content…
To conclude, the Socs unarguably epitomize disgrace, menace, and contempt on numerous occasions, giving way to their bogus temperaments. The level of ill-manner is exponentially greater among the Socs, as opposed to that of the Greasers: one of three primary reasons that explains why Socs are more of a disgrace to society. The Socs and Greasers alike ultimately draw comparisons to being two varying cultures, each with unique beliefs and moral ethics, possessing over-lapping similarities and conflicting traits. Society’s mannerism of viewing its fellow citizens displays the conspicuous bias that persists, in favor of the Socs. Looking at the big picture, two opposing backgrounds, the Socs and Greasers, most certainly diverge to a great degree, in lieu of the abundant similarities shared between both. The landmark differences in social stances and behavioral make-ups between the Socs and Greasers significantly outweigh the similarities of partying, intoxication, and exuberance shared