Hate And Violence In The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton

S.E. Hinton uses the conflicts between two rival gangs during her high school year as an influence to write The Outsiders. Through the problems they face, Hinton was able to show how both gang groups are very different yet slightly similar. Their differences lead to hate and violence. Without their conflicts, the members go their own separate way.
S.E. Hinton grew up living in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Reading and writing became her pastime since there were few activities for girls in Oklahoma. She wanted to become a cattle rancher until her love for writing took over. She first started writing about cowboys, gun fighting, and horses. In her teen years, nothing interested her as much as she wanted it to. The ‘typical girl meets boy' never got her attention;

The narrator of this novel is a fourteen-year-old boy named Ponyboy who is part of a gang called Greasers. The Greasers were from the middle class with their rival group being the Socs, from the upper class. The Socs are from the West side meanwhile, the Greasers are from the East side. The west side is considered for the rich while the east side is considered for the poor. When Ponyboy is talking to Cherry he mentions, “Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.” It's saying both groups live differently but are still humans who live in the same world and have similar

The Socs have their problem just like the Greasers. They both have issues with their parents. For the Socs, their parents got them anything they wanted so they wouldn’t be bothered. Because of this, the Socs become bored and don’t know what to do with themselves. They are always looking for something to satisfy them. They don’t show emotions because their parents never truly showed emotions towards them. For the Greasers, many of their parents are gone, for example, Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry’s parents died in a car accident and the other parents never questioned their kids. Overall, all of their parents never paid attention to them. The Socs lose their friend Bob while the Greasers lose Dallas and Johnny. Throughout the novel, they are all trying to find their way in