Examples Of Socs Vs Greasers

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The Socs are more of a contempt to society because THEY ARE AGGRESSIVE, THEY GET DRUNK, and THEY GET AWAY WITH THINGS. These were just a few examples of Socs(Socials) life. Well, there are many reasons that Socs are more of a shame and threat to the community than the Greasers. First of all, Socs were more of an insult and danger to society than the Greasers because they knew that they were more fortune than the Greasers and they used that adjacent . The Rich gang could calmly make anything discontent and fault it on the Greasers because the police saw them as a cuss to society. They were known as the warning of a history, but is all that really true? Certainly , they don’t look like the decent people in hometown, merely there is more to them than what meets the target. …show more content…

Some parts include during pages sixty-six to sixty-eight when Randy, Bob, and three other Socs attacked grease territory and attached them; they did this only because they were drunk, bored and Ponyboy & Johnny had been talking to their ex-girlfriends in a friendly manner. Another situation was explained during pages thirty-nine to forty-three where the same gang violated Johnny for no reason except probably because they had the power to do it. My final example was at the start of the book on pages five and six were a group of five Socs abducted Ponyboy and attempted to cut his hair without his permission, they probably would have if Ponyboy’s friends hadn't shown up and scared the Socs away. None of these situations had valid reasons for starting a fight, therefore, making them more of a hazard than the greasers. Another matter that Socs is a bigger scandal to society is that the Greasers aren’t that bad themselves. For example, Ponyboy Curtis tries to act all tough but on the inside, but really he is a quiet guy who likes poetry and