Throughout the whole book, the Greasers are viewed as a group of low lives with no goals or purpose. Once you read on you find that there is more than what meets the eye. The Greasers, even if it doesn't show at the surface, really do cherish and support each other. They’ve created bonds as strong as a family would. Before Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally go to church Johnny says that he’d rather go to jail than make the mess worse than it already is. Dally then becomes extremely frustrated and irritated. Since he knows that going to prison would make Johnny turn into a guy like himself. If Dally didn’t care about Johnny he would have just listened to Johnny’s proposal, but he evidently wants what he sees best for Johnny. All this shows that everyone …show more content…
You can see that in almost every scene of the book one of the guys is smoking. Smoking can lead to an almost endless series of effects. Smoking can cause cancer in the lungs, liver, blood, stomach, mouth, throat, and many other places. It can also heighten the chances of getting another disease. In many cases, smoking can lead to a stroke and make you have high blood pressure. The worst part of it all is the fact that they do not only smoke just one cigarette per day, it was said that they smoke almost one pack per day. So the rate of effects would almost double, thus making the chance of death for the Greasers much higher than the normal. The Curtis brothers are also not also financially stable.So if one of the brothers (especially Ponyboy) where to get sick, they wouldn't be financially capable to keep their brother healthy. It was also said that they at some points drink. So with the combination of smoking and drinking at the same time of being a young adult, it could lead some mental issues. Some of the mental issues that could arise would be difficulty in memory and also trouble with coordination. In the end, it does not help that Greasers could have these effects, and not be able to fix the