Particularly, in the Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, he shows that growing up is tough, especially for the Greasers. The novel takes place in a modest town in Oklahoma. This was where the “Socs” and “Greasers” were split due to the way the community saw them. The characters are affected by the setting due to style. If they lived any place else they wouldn 't talk the way they do or wear what they wear. Furthermore, Two-Bit (the oldest) was sometimes out drinking. He was the wisecracker of the gang, who took life as one big joke. As well as Dally, who was the big brother of the group and the unofficial leader. “ I couldn’t tell if Two-Bit was drunk or not. It’s hard to tell with him-he acts boozed up sometimes even when he’s sober.” To put