Wealth Disparity And Inequality In 'The Outsiders'

Synapsis: The Outsiders is about two gangs who never get along, the greasers and the socs. The greasers are poor and are always blamed for what goes wrong, while the socs are the rich kids that can get away with anything. One night a greaser kills a soc and now all eyes are on Ponyboy and Johnny as they try to escape their mistake and guilt.

The setting is on the east side of a town where all the greasers live. Let's get to the book. In the book The Outsiders there are 2 rival gangs: The greasers and the socs(socials). The greasers hate the socs because they are more privileged than them and they are rich kids who boast about what they have.

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is a fictional young adult book with many conflicts covering themes such as: don’t judge a book by its cover, leave the past behind, you never know what someone’s going through, and more. It stars a group/gang called the Greasers, the main character and narrator being Ponyboy. This gang is a group of teenage boys/young adults who are on the poor side of this area. The members of the Greasers are Ponyboy, Johnny, Sodapop, Dally, Darry, Two-Bit, and Steve. There’re also the Socs which are the “rich and spoiled” kids in the book.

In The Outsiders, a timeless novel written by S.E. Hinton, the most prominent theme is that we are all just human regardless of the different social classes we live in. The story is set in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1965 and introduces two different social groups who are natural rivals: The Greasers and the Socs. Greasers are the poor kids from the east side who are known to steal and be violent; on the other hand, the Socs are the rich kids who drive nice cars and never get in trouble with the police, unlike the Greasers. Ponyboy and two Greaser friends, Dallas and Johnny, sneak into the Night Double drive-in theater where they meet a pair of Soc girls, Cherry and Marcia. Ponyboy is able to strike up a conversation with Cherry and begin to talk about

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton depicts a society of teens that are separated by wealth and social status. More specifically the Socials and the Greasers. Each group throughout the story has many difficulties they have to face including peer pressure, upholding a reputation, and tuffness. Ignorantly, the Greasers think these are issue that only apply to their gang. I created this drawing to show that “things are rough all over”( Hinton 35).

outsiders is a book that talks about 2 socioeconomic groups of teenagers the Socs [the rich kids ] and the Greasers [hood kids ] . In the

This novel by S.E Hinton, The Outsiders shows a crucial point that everybody is special in some way and should be known as who they are individuality not as a group. The Outsiders is a book that describes 2 gangs , the luxurious Socs, and the hoodlum Greasers. While they have conflicts with each other, the protaganist, Ponyboy, finds his identity outside of the gang. The important message of the story is that everyone has a unique personality that are developed by being in a group of people away from home, this identity can shape anyone’s way of life and the path they may take in the future. First of all, Socs and greasers have a trademark that showed who was part of their gang, Socs are know for Mustangs, Madras, and leather jackets;

Social inequality and differences in social class can be associated with criminal behavior and violence. However, in the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, these traits are not just associated with the lower-class Greasers, but also the upper-class Socs. This book follows a group of Greasers: Ponyboy, Johnny, Darry, Dallas, Sodapop, Two-bit, and Steve, through a series of unfortunate events that occur leading up to the rumble with the Socs, and the death of Johnny. Greasers are known to be tough. Dallas Winston or “Dally '' as his friends call him was one of the toughest, he was rude, reckless, and fearless, but also protective, reliable, and loving.

Outsiders Theme Justine Corti In our society, many people judge others based on race, gender, wealth, and more. With the stereotypes in which we label each other, we think that only certain people can succeed and do specific things. But when people learn to stand up to those stereotypes, everyone can reach their full potential, be heroes, and have many different experiences in life. In the young adult novel, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, two conflicting gangs, the greasers and the Socs, have many fights and conflicts.

Ponyboy Curtis, a young man from a working class family, is the main character of this narrative which follows him as he gets involved in a bloody fight between the Greasers and the Socs. The book examines issues of wealth and difficulty, identity, and friendship from Ponyboy’s point of view. Throughout the outsiders the stereotypes are challenging social class boundaries and disproving observation based stereotypes.

In the merit-worthy novel The Outsiders, society proves to be a challenging concept to understand as two gangs live in hatred of one another. The Greasers and Socials survive in two opposite sides of town and hold two opposite outlooks on life. The Greasers feel rejected from society, making them turn to violence as a resolution. The struggle between society and family come to play as the boys fight for their place in the community. Their vulnerability is stressed through discrimination from society, and violence is shown as a coping method.

They are always going at it with another gang known as the Socials. While some believe the strongest theme of The Outsiders is loyalty, I argue that the strongest theme is divided communities as supported by S.E Hinton’s use of conflict, characterization, and dialogue. S.E Hinton uses conflict between the Greasers and Socials to help the

In the novel The Outsiders , there are two social groups, the Greasers” and the Socs. Greasers are considered stupid, dirty, rowdy, and overall horrible. Socs think all Greasers are the same. Greasers think that all of the Socs have perfect lives and they are all happy with no struggles. Neither of them are right, there are struggles on both sides of town.

Inequality of conditions means the unequal distribution of income such as job income, wealth, and resources, etc. Inequality of opportunities means the unequal distribution of life chances such as education, find the better job, etc. (Ashley Crossman, 2017). There are some social inequalities revealed in the movie “Good Will Hunting” such as inequality in education, inequality of opportunities unequal distribution of resource, wealth and power which lead to poverty and social stratification. I will analyze these aspects by using functionalist perspective and conflict perspective in this paper and identify similar situations in Hong Kong.

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.