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Violence In S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders

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Two totally different groups of people. The rich kids; Socs, and the not so lucky kids; Greasers. Author S. E. Hinton, made a book called “The Outsiders” in her teens. The Outsiders gives great examples of experiences of life, that actually happen. Like, Violence and appearances. The violence was between the greasers and Socs but, everybody judges everyone else's appearances. Socs and Greasers were always fighting or having arguments. Violence is always between the two gangs. One time when Johnny was walking home from the movies, a couple of Socs started to beat him up badly. Johnny was severely hurt, he had bruises, and blood coming out from his head. They said that he would carry those scars for the rest of his life. The Socs would wait for the right moment to jump a …show more content…

What makes the Greasers the Greasers, is there hair. There hair makes them, them. “It was my pride. It was long and silky, just like Soda's, only a little redder. Our hair was tuff - we didn't have to use much grease on it. Our hair labeled us greasers, too - it was our trademark.”(71) It wasn't just there hair that was greasy that made them the greasers. It was where they where from and there past. And because of that, that is what they appeared like. “No, you wouldn't. I'm a Soc. You get little money and the whole world hates you”(117) Even the Socs know that they are separated into different gangs. Randy was saying that they are totally different. The only reason they are different is because of their appearances and how people mark them in the socal group. People with a subconscious mind tend to judge others on their appearances more than others. Sadly, that is a lot of people today in this world. People can't help judging others by their appearances. It just comes to our minds of how they look and depending on if we want to be around them. Sometimes people judge and they don't even mean

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In “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton, we are introduced to a wide range of characters whose actions and personalities are widely affected by the environment in which they grew up in. This is a very pervasive theme in the book, as the main element of the story is the rivalry between the street gangs “The Socs” (short for Socials), and “The Greasers' ' In Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Socs are depicted as a gang of well-off rich kids who aren’t afraid to show it off, and the Greasers are the polar opposite of this, most of the Greaers grew up impoverished, without one or both of their parents, or grew up in abusive households. This dynamic and disparancy between the individuals of the gangs leads to some interesting interactions between the characters.

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There is still going to be hate between the greasers and the Socs. The rumble is over but that does not mean so if the fight between the two gangs. It did not help it just hurt people and probably made the Socs hate the greasers more because they

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The greasers live on the bad side of town. This evidence proves that they can’t have nice houses and finer things like the Socs and the middle class. The greasers are mistreated because cannot afford to have what others do. The greasers can 't walk alone without looking over their shoulders.

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Maybe it’s just that they don’t show it often, or in a different way. So it leads to the question: Is there honor among the lawless? Yes, there is: this is due to the fact that the greasers are loyal to each other, they are willing to sacrifice their lives (even if they don’t seem like it), and they are kind even when their outward appearance says otherwise. To begin with, the greasers care about each other. In particular, when Johnny was jumped by a small group of Socs, the gang immediately knew something was wrong.

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The Outsiders written by S.E Hinton , published in 1967. This novel tells a story about the Greasers and the Socs which are two opposing gangs that are in constant fights and do not get along. The greasers get treated poorly and disrespected constantly since the socs look down on them and treat them differently since they are not as privileged as the socs. The socs are rich kids that live on the west side of Tulsa , Oklahoma and the greasers were poor kids that lived on the East side providing for each other's needs. The conflict between the Greasers and the Socs is one of the most important themes in the novel.

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In this situation, the Socs were fueled with anger due to Bob’s death and the Greasers were determined to “get even with the Socs. For Johnny” and we're later crowned victorious in the ramble. S.E. Hinton has effectively showcased multiple themes in The Outsiders with violence being a central

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In the story The Outsiders written by S.E Hinton, there are two rival groups/ gangs, the greasers and the Socs. A young boy named Ponyboy explained his journey being a greaser and the sacrifices, consequences, and decisions he had to manage with. This story reminds me of William Shakespeare's story Romeo and Juliet of their similarities which are they gangs, fights, and loyalty and differences that are the wealthiness, behaviors, and between the two books. One of the similarities of the two books is the groups/ gangs, because in Romeo and Juliet there are the Montague and Capulets and in The Outsiders there are the greasers and the Socs. They are both enemies and try to sabotage and fight each other when every they have the chance to.

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Who struggles more in life the rich or poor? The book The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton is about two groups of teenagers the Greasers and the Socs and how they struggle in life. The two informational articles offer facts about how two groups of teenagers struggle in life because wealthy kids have money to pay bills and food as well as feel pressure from their parents’ about school while low income teenagers have to drop out of school to help their families by working to help pay the bills and buy food. Some people believe that the Socs struggled more in The Outsiders because they are rich so everyone thinks they have everything they want, but really they do not have their parents attention, yet that’s really all they want and others believe the Greasers struggled more in The Outsiders because they have no money and have to work for what they want in life. In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, both the Greasers and the Socs face different struggles in life, however, the Greasers have more difficult lives because they get jumped, lack of money,they get put down by the Socs and have titles over their heads.

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The Book That most people in Highschool have read would be The Outsiders . This book begins the story by telling us of two groups of teenagers who differences lead them in to bad stuff and them having to deal with consquences. However, the author Hinton tells of how these differences in social class do not tend to make natural enemies of the two groups. Though they are different groups who go by the greasers and Socs they actually do share some things in common.

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They know they can do what they want, and then gain back their respect for simply nothing. They can beat up the greasers because society cares nothing for them, and would side with the socs instead. The cops also see good in the socs more than the greasers, they are threatened by the the money of the socs. They aren't threatened by what they see to be poor teens, that steel and smoke. In general everyone in society is threatened by their money, they feel helpless against their money.

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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.

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Soda turned him over gently and I nearly got sick. Someone had beaten him badly.” This shows that when violence is used, it can either help or harm others. Sometimes, it could help you, but not in a good way, because while it’s a solution, it is also a problem. The socs are doing that so the greasers would know which gang is better and to show them who is boss, but did they gain anything.

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First, the symbol of a Greaser’s hair is used. “It was my pride. It was long and silky, just like Soda's, only a little redder. Our hair was tuff--- we didn't have to use much grease on it.

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