The Transformation Of Characters In S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders

Imagine a 14 year old boy who is classified, the Greasers, and the Socs. This is the way Ponyboy lived, he lived life as a Greaser. In the book, The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton Ponyboy learned a lot. Throughout the book Ponyboy learned that everyone is the same even though they may look different, and not to judge someone by their appearance but by their actions. One of the first things Ponyboy learned was that everyone is somehow the same. Towards the beginning of the book Ponyboy said, “we get jumped by the Socs. I’m not sure how to spell it, but it’s the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids,” (2). Towards the end of the book Ponyboy says, “he ain’t a Soc,” I said, “he’s just a guy,” (118). These both go to show how Ponyboys perspective changed about how he thought about the Socs from the beginning to the end. Proving that they weren’t as bad as everyone thought, because they were just

That’s just what Ponyboy learned. In the beginning Ponyboy says, “the fast walking, I mean-even before the Corsair pulled up beside me and five Socs got out,” (4). At this point in the book Ponyboy was completely judging them about how much money they had to make themselves look good. But maybe the Greasers looked different to them, but I think everyone looked different making them all be judged by each other. The outcome of it all is just that they all acted the same, and they all just wanted someone to tell them to stop. He also learned something when he met Cherry. In the book Cherry said, “all Socs aren’t like that,” she said. “You have to believe me, Ponyboy. Not all of us are like that,” (34). But Ponyboy didn’t really believe her, and not most Greasers would have. Because he’s been jumped by the Socs, which showed their actions towards him. And he just had to take the pain of them bullying him about the way he looked, when in reality they knew nothing about