Overcoming Social Challenges In The Outsiders, By S. E. Hinton

Have you ever been in a group and still felt left out? This is actually more common than you think. Most people will probably experience this at least one time in their life which could be when they're a kid, teen, and an adult. I really think it is more difficult to overcome social challenges than physical challenges. Inequality and poverty can create social challenges and could put people in different groups or classes. Social anxiety could also affect a person without sympathy due to social challenges. Bullying is a severe social challenge that follows serious issues. These social challenges could really affect people's life opportunities. A reason backing up my claim would be economic inequality and poverty can lead to social challenges and move people into different groups. In the book, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Ponyboy says, “Do you think that your spying for us makes up for the fact that you're sitting there in a corvette while my brother drops out of high school to get a job? Don't you ever try to give us handouts and then feel high and mighty about it.” Ponyboy lashes out at Cherry when she refuses to visit

The poem, Oranges by Gary Soto, notes, “Cold, and weighted down/With two oranges in my jacket./December. Frost cracking/Beneath my steps, my breath/ Before me, then gone.” These musical lines appear early in “Oranges,” as the speaker makes his way to the girl’s house for their first date. This moment helps to build the scene of the first date. The weather emphasizes the importance of the moment-the boy and the girl are going on a walk despite the cold-as well as the awkwardness between the boy and the girl. Throughout the date, the speaker and the girl dont say anything to each other, and instead the landscape around them takes center stage. These verse lines set the moos. On this date, the boy is challenged by his anxiety and poverty while trying to prove his love to the