Group Struggles In The Outsiders

Will problems exist if one is in higher class? In the real world, no matter who you are you will have problems as seen in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. In the book, for the both groups struggles and they could never avoid them. With The Outsiders and two other sources sources, “The Allure of Gangs”, and “A Generation Struggling: Rich Kids are Losing” the problems of the wealthy class, why people join gangs, and how do both groups act when there is no supervision on them. First, rich kids such as the Socs are supposed to be perfect, who have it all and do not have problems. “Socs were always behind a wall of aloofness, careful not to let their real selves show through” (Hinton 38). This shows that Socs are not allowed to by society or their peers to express their real feelings. This also shows that the Socs can never be true to themselves because of their parents and society. In addition, according to the article “A Generation Struggling: Rich Kids are Losing,” “Seeing the success of their

“ ...while the Socs had so much spare time and money that they jumped us and each other for kicks, had beer blasts and river bottom parties because they didn’t know what else to do” (Hinton 43). This shows that Greasers have problems with wealth and why they are in groups such as gangs. This also shows that they do not have anything what the Socs have as they come from poor families with parents that neglect them or they passed away. Moreover, in the article “The Allure of Gangs,” “Feelings of being caught in a trap in a hopeless situation, in a poor neighborhood with no way out…,” (para 7). This shows that kids in poverty are and why they join gangs. This also shows why kids would join a gang to escape society and the world they live in. The kids who come from the poor side of town join gangs to escape their problems they