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Wealth Disparity And Inequality In 'The Outsiders'

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An important theme explored in the novel ‘The Outsiders'' is wealth disparity and inequality. Throughout the novel, the author (S.E Hinton) attempts to convey the message that ‘Life isn’t fair’ by creating conflicts and violent actions that ultimately lead the ‘Gangs’ to understand each other. The forming of ‘The Greasers’ mainly occurred due to the violent bullying of one of the members known as ‘Johnny Cade’. Johnny Cade gives the greasers (Non Wealthy) a sense of purpose causing them to protect him with their lives and justify their reverse abusive actions against ‘the Socs’. The Socs would underestimate the ‘Greasers’ because of their appearance and vulnerability as most of their parents were either killed or conflicted. Inequality can
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