View Of People In The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton

What would you do if you were wanted for murder and everyone was trying to prove you are nothing but a violent greaser. One realistic fiction novel that touches on society's view of people is The Outsiders by S.E Hinton. There are two main groups of people in the book: the rich and the poor, or the soc’s and the greasers. Some key characters I will bring up in the essay are Jerry Woods, a school teacher, Randy Anderson, a soc, Ponyboy Curtis, Dallas Winston, and Johnny Cade which the three of them are greasers and our main protagonists. Although some people at school were afraid of Ponyboy, the opinion of greasers did change for the better because of Randy Anderson trying to stop the social divide, Jerry woods praising the Greasers for heroics,

When Randy wanted to talk to Ponyboy in the blue mustang he says, “‘I would have never believed a greaser could pull something like that”’(Hinton 115). In this quote Randy is referring to Ponyboy saving the kids from the fire in Windrixville. When Randy says that, it proves the opinion on greasers has changed because he never would’ve thought a Greaser would be so heroic and selfless. Another supporting quote is when Randy is thanking Pony, “‘Thanks grease, ‘he said trying to grin. Then he stopped. ‘I didn’t mean that I meant, thanks, kid”’(117). This shows that opinion on the greasers has changed because even though Randy is supposed to be a sworn enemy of the greasers he is thinking of Pony in a whole new light and is recognizing that he is just a human like him as well. Through Randy Anderson praising and thanking Pony even after their social divide this shows that the opinion on the greasers has changed for the better in the

Two quotes to support this are, “People I knew wouldn’t talk to me” and “My history teacher she acted scared of me” (Hinton 170). These quotes help the opposition's point because they show that people are more afraid of Pony after his trial and Bob’s murder. Although this is strong evidence against my claims I still think a stronger argument is that the newspaper featured Pony, Dally, and Johnny calling them heroes and news wanted to interview them. After saving the kids from the fire and getting taken to the hospital Ponyboy gets questions from reporters. On page 100 it states, “The reporters fired one question right after another at me and got me so confused I didn’t know what was coming off.” Another piece of evidence that supports my argument is when Steve shows Pony the newspaper, “On the front page of the second section was the headline: Juvenile Delinquents Turn Heroes” (107). This evidence is stronger than the oppositions because it is estimated that 54 million people read the newspaper nationwide in the 1960s. Why should a few people at school judging greasers matter when almost 54 million people saw them become