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Personal Response For The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton

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Back in middle school about two years ago, I found my friend in a difficult situation with her friends. I tried to help her, but It was hard for me to help because I have never been in this situation before. They would invite her to things then they would end up ditching her. They also would just pick on her whenever they wanted. My friend is also a very nice person and I feel like she didn't deserve this at all. I ended up helping her with this situation even though it was hard to figure out why they were bullying her for no reason. Then I started to think about whether she was bullying my friend to fit in with her friends since supposedly her whole friend group doesn't like my friend. It made me realize why people bully others for no reason? …show more content…

While I was trying to help her figure out this situation, it reminded me about a book called The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. The Outsiders is a book about teenage boys called the socs and the greasers. The socs have quite some money and they are rude and snotty. Meanwhile,the greasers don't have as much and they dress differently from each other. Then they end up meeting each other but they end up fighting almost every time they come face to face. They end up struggling with right and wrong society. Ponyboy mostly struggled with this then he felt like he was an outsider. Ponyboy was very caring and he showed everyone how much he cared for them. But they all know that Ponyboy will never try to fight back so they always go for him. In this book, I feel like there was a lot of bullying. That's why it reminded me a lot of this situation. I felt like my friend was dealing with the same situation as Ponyboy and how he got bullied by the socs in the book The Outsiders. Johnny got hurt by the Socs which he was hurt for many days and he will never be the same again. Which shows how bullying can affect others when people …show more content…

Do they bully people to feel like they fit in? Do they bully people to look like they fit in? But it mainly answers my question: what motivates us as humans to feel the need to bully others in order to be more socially accepted? My friend's situation reminded me of The Outsiders where Johnny got attacked by the socs, he was hurt for quite a long time which made me realize bullying can be harmful. Then the Psychology book came to mind after reading it in class one day. I thought about the article We Believe people get what they deserve, since it really ties up the question and makes me realize that people do bully others to fit in. They usually will follow a group to look and feel like they fit in with them even though they might not even agree with them. Both of these really show how people bully others to fit in and to feel more socially

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