Judgment And Isolation In The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton

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The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton describes the need for people to belong because one sticking out causes bad judgment and isolation . In daily life, people try to make themselves socially appropriate. When the Greasers locate themselves near the Socs, the Greasers try their best not to draw attention, so the Socs do not start joking about them as usual. Ponyboy, one of the smartest Greasers, recalls, "One time in biology…I forgot what I was doing, or I would never have done it…this girl right beside me kind of gasped, and said, ‘They are right. You are a hood.’…that didn't make me feel so hot. There were a lot of Socs in that class" (15). Since the Socs have much more money and more opportunities, Greasers appear less in the Socs' school classes.