How Does Ponyboy's Journey Teaches Us That It Better To Be A Conformist

Could you live with fights, girls, people smoking, and getting drunk? In the novel, The Outsiders By S.E Hinton, you will find out how two gangs, in 1960’s Oklahoma survive. These two groups are the Greasers and the Soc’s. The Greasers do not have any nice clothes and cars.

We do not realize how much someone else can affect our own life, and Ponyboy is about to find out. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton is a coming-of-age novel where the 13 year old main character Ponyboy Curtis runs away with his best friend Johnny. Ponyboy experiences a lot of death and impermanence in this story. From his parents, to his enemies, to his best friends. He is forced to let all these people go.

The Outsiders is a book made in 1967 based on a young boy named Ponyboy, his story includes his two brothers Sodapop and Darrell along with his other friends. Ponyboy is a part of a gang known as the “Greasers”, the main group consists of Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darrell, Johnny, Steve, Two-bit, Dally, and Tim. However, this gang has a specific enemy, a gang called the “Socs”. The main members of the Socs are Cherry, Martia, Bob, Randy, and Paul. Both gangs are opposite from each other, but maybe they aren’t so different as people think they are?

The novel “The Outsiders”, is a novel written by S.E Hinton, that follows the journeys, relationships and struggles of a gang of young boys, called the Greasers. Ponyboy, who is the narrator of the story, tells the story of his life, along with his two brothers, Sodapop, and Darrel. When things go wrong for Pony, and his friend and fellow Greaser Johnny, things get complicated, and people get hurt. With Ponyboys brothers, and friends always looking out for each other, they will never back down from a fight, even if someone dies.

‘I know,’ I said. ‘We couldn’t let our parents see us with you all . You’re a nice boy and everything . . .’” (Hinton 45). To clarify, association between the Socs and Greasers was forbidden because of stereotypical perceptions.

The Outsiders Comprehension Questions Ch. 1-3 How were the Socs and the Greasers alike? Give two ways. p. 3, 34-36 The Socs and the Greasers were alike because they both acted like they were tough. They both were in gangs, and the gangs had kids that acted like they were tough; the same with the Greasers.

“A snarling, distrustful, bickering pack like the Socs in their social clubs or the street gangs in New York or the wolves in the timber. ”(Hinton 26) The Socs should stick together like the greasers, not worry about themselves or how they look like. The Socs have to try to stick together, which would make their lives easier and the Socs have it way easier because they also have money. “If you don’t stick up for them, stick together, make like brothers, it isn’t a gang any more.

In the case of Ponyboy’s gang, he and Johnny were the outsiders, the outcasts. They were the ones that were much quieter than the rest of the gang. They were also the youngest and stuck to themselves. When they started to stick to themselves, they would realize that they needed help from the gang. They might still be the outsiders, though, just like Cherry Valance, a SOC, helped Ponyboy and his

In the first example, we are shown that fights between Socs and Greasers are a result of social classes and their belief in stereotypes of each other. Very early in the novel, Ponyboy is jumped by a group of Socs, but his friends

Life of the Greasers Ponyboy has grown up in a rough society, but when he finally breaks, things get from bad to terrifying in a matter of minutes. Ponyboy is the protagonist of The Outsiders, a book by S.E. Hinton. Ponyboy is considered as a normal boy in his neighborhood, he is part of a gang and lives with his two older brothers. Ponyboy and his gang stick together through everything, allowing them to survive their rough lives. The bond of loyalty between Ponyboy and his gang is vital for survival, shown by the way that the gang responds to the violence between the classes, what Ponyboy and his gang do to survive, and how they help each other survive their social class rivalries.

Ponyboy and his gang are constantly getting into fights with the Socs. This causes Ponyboy to think poorly of all socs. He thinks they are rich kids who have perfect lives. By the end of the book, he realizes that not all SOCS are the same when he meets Cherry and Randy. When Cherry treats Ponyboy well and when Randy talks to Ponyboy like he is a human and not anything less, he realizes that not all socs

Ponyboy’s attitude to violence changes over the course of S.E Hinton’s novel The Outsiders’; he goes from being naive, innocent and reluctant to use violence to someone prepared to defend himself. At the start of the novel, Ponyboy is portrayed as a timid, sensitive and ignorant character. He is still grieving his parents death and relies on his brothers to keep him optimistic. Ponyboy experiences many challenges and discovers more of what role he plays in his society.

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 as being the “mean types” that slack off at school. Then there are the Socs who are 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 to becoming the father of the gang, and overall being someone to look up to.

As the story progresses, Ponyboy finds himself in the car of Randy, a member of the privileged gang called the "socs" group. During their conversation, Randy expresses his disapproval of being involved in a gang, stating, "greasers will still be greasers and socs will still be socs. Sometimes I think it's the ones in the middle that are

To unpack this, greasers are viewed as juvenile delinquents because of their reputation. Their different living styles and their dressing styles, their hair (which is inconsequential) and even the way they walk. The society also sees gang violence as disproportionately affected by theft, economic change, vandalism, assault and last but not least drugs. Ultimately, society views gang violence as horrendous and increases the level of crime which affect the view of society. Society totally views gang violence