The Outsiders Compare And Contrast

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“He ain’t a Soc, he’s just a guy.” -Ponyboy Curtis pg. 118. In the novel, “The Outsiders”,was written by S.E. Hinton, she displays two opposing sides of life, in a small city in the 1960’s of Midwest America. In this novel, Hinton introduces us to two teenage gangs called the Socials or “Socs” and the Greasers. These two rival gangs view each other with hate and contempt. The Socs were West-side rich kids with fancy cars and expensive clothing. On the other hand, the Greasers were proud of their greased back hair, jeans and t-shirts. Two of the main characters in the novel, Ponyboy Curtis and Randy Adderson, represented their two gangs and the opposing sides. Ponyboy, along with his brothers, were Greasers and Randy along with his fellow Socs represented the rich kids! In this story, Ponyboy’s attitude changes the way he sees Randy, the Soc, throughout the novel, and we see that Ponyboy's and Randy's feelings differ from the main attitudes displayed by the other Socs and Greasers. …show more content…

Ponyboy and Randy at first dislike one another very much, because there on opposite sides of one another. One evening, the greasers went to the movies, Ponyboy and his buddy Two-bit tried to pick up Cherry and Marcia, but the boys didn’t know that Marcia was Randy’s girl. Throughout the novel when both groups lose a member of each gang, Ponyboy and Randy feel for each other and they realize that the conflict between the gangs should stop and the groups should become closer. Continuing through the story, Ponyboy takes into consideration and stands up for what is