In the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, there is a conflict between two Greasers and five Socs. The Greasers are named Ponyboy and Johnny. These boys were hanging with two girls named Cherry and Marcia. These girls are the girlfriends of Bob and Randy who are part of the Socs. During the conflict Bob and Randy come with the 3 other unknown Socs around 2:30.
Socs would often “jump” or assault the Greasers with no motive. That night would have been a regular jumping of two greasers, Johnny Cade and Ponyboy Curtis. Because of this evidence that I will expand on later, I believe that Johnny Cade should rest in peace knowing he is innocent, because he did it in self defense. He should be found absolutely innocent of murder.
The chapters 1-5 of the Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, is about two gangs the greasers and the Socs, who are always causing trouble. In the greaser gang, the protagonist, Ponyboy, is always getting good grades and is the smartest in the gang. Dally is one of the members in the gang, Ponyboy 's brother, has been in jail multiple times. Sodapop is also Ponyboy’s brother. He works at a gas station.
The Outsiders is a novel created by S.E. Hinton in 1967, which follows the lives of Greasers and Socs, two different social classes. The Greasers were generally the economically disadvantaged youngsters of Tulsa, Oklahoma and were known for their long hair, leather jackets and rebellious attitudes, while the Socs were the wealthy teenagers, privileged with “money, cars and futures”. This thought-provoking novel specifically focuses on a teenager, Ponyboy Curtis and his experiences with his gang members. The book was written by Hinton in an attempt to showcase that Greasers deserved respect, despite their economic and social status. She also wanted to display that Socs face challenges quite frequently even though they have an easier life.
It’s no secret that the Greasers and the Socials don’t like each other. And it’s no secret that their resentment of each other leads to serious problems. But who’s to blame for these problems? In S.E. Hinton’s novel, The Outsiders, much of the turmoil and conflict in the community is caused by the Socials. Their are 2 reason the Socs are at fault for many problems in the novel.
The killer’s name was Johnny Cade, the other, a local hoodlum, Ponyboy Curtis was a bystander who didn’t report.
The Greasers Struggle In Life No one can go through life without struggle. Unlike others, people struggle more than others. In the realistic fiction story The Outsiders, S.E.Hinton shows how the life of the Socs and the Greasers are imperfect. The Greasers, poor from the west side of town, and the Socs from the rich side, both have struggle in life. Unlike the Socs, the Greasers have more struggles than the Socs.
When people make choices that could drastically change their life, the decision they make is based on the influence of others. In the novel, The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton a gang called the Greasers is stereotyped for being the "mean types" that slack off at school. Then there are the Socials who are know as the rich kids with cool cars that happen to like "jumping" Greasers. As these two gangs are rivaling, they both go through some dramatic events that change their perspectives on life. In the novel The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton the character Darrel Curtis is unquestionably influenced by his gang as it prevents him from being successful, leading him to becoming the father of the gang, and overall being someone to look up to.
In the novel The Outsiders , there are two social groups, the Greasers” and the Socs. Greasers are considered stupid, dirty, rowdy, and overall horrible. Socs think all Greasers are the same. Greasers think that all of the Socs have perfect lives and they are all happy with no struggles. Neither of them are right, there are struggles on both sides of town.
Murder!There were two greasers(Ponyboy and Johnny)at the park and five Soc(Two were Bob and Randy)were drunk came there and one of them named David started to drown Ponyboy. Than Johnny killed Bob so the Soc would stop drowning Ponyboy. In conclusion,I say that Johnny didn’t commit murder,because he didn’t mean to kill Bob so it was a act of manslaughter. First,Johnny didn’t do murder,because he was doing self-defense. For example,in page 65 in The Outsiders it said,”I had to.
In this essay, we will be discussing the historical context of The Outsiders. The time period when this book was being written was when the United States was increasing its activity in Vietnam, and the civil rights movement was gaining momentum, and the Beats movement of the 1950s was transitioning into the hippie movement of the 1960s. But yet not one of these political and social movements was referenced in the book. The focus of the novel is instead on class and the way it affects these specific teenagers. When the United States were getting involved in the Vietnam war, they were afraid that communism would have spread to South Vietnam and the rest of Asia.
Johnny, the second youngest Greaser, gets jumped by Socs, and has feared them since the incident. Johnny, the loyal gang member, gets described as the gang 's pet. Yet, he still believed in doing the right thing and was the most law-abiding kid in the group. For example, one
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools,” Martin Luther King Jr. The Outsiders has lots of violence and love in it, making it a shaky, twisty and turny experience for the reader. Violence and love are a vital element of the plot in The Outsiders; the book relies on violence to further the plot, and love to solve problems. Violence is never the answer between the Socs and Greasers, yet they like fighting.
Violence was much more powerful than we imagine not only because it led tremendous dis- aster, but also due to the deep impact on individuals. In the book of the Outsiders, the violence of Johnny’s family, the other greasers, and their opposing gangs, the Socials, strongly affected Johnny. The Violence of Johnny’s family impacts Johny’s natural instincts, which means that some of his characteristics were already fixed since he was born, and influenced him in daily life. Johnny grew up in a family without care, love, and understanding.
I read 2 very different books this summer. I read “Death Cloud” by Andrew Lane, and “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton. I enjoyed getting to know the character and their morals in the different books. Both book had very different time frames, very different neighborhoods, and very different people. I enjoyed getting to know the gang’s idea of family in “The Outsiders.”
