“That kid you killed had plenty of friends and all over town it’s Soc against Grease”. “The Socs and us are having all-out warfare all over the city. This effects the story because the rivalry between the two classes motivates the characters behaviour and their decisions. Time is significant to the novel because that was when the two classes, the Greasers and the Socs existed. The Outsiders takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the mid-1960s. Ponyboy finally comes to the realization that even though there may be social classes that divide us, we are all just regular people. After all the trouble and challenges, the three brothers begin to grow much closer together. Ponyboy is not charged by the police for the death of the Soc. Shortly after Johnny dies from his injuries in the fire and Dallas gets himself shot by the police. At the same time, the Greasers and Socs are planning a big rumble to settle things. Johnny gets hurt, and they both go to the hospital. Unfortunately, the church they are staying at catches on fire and some of the local children are trapped in the fire, Ponyboy and Johnny went into the fire to rescue the children. They hide in an abandoned church until Dallas comes to get them. Ponyboy and Johnny are scared and run to the countryside to hide. Ponyboy is almost about to die in the fight but Johnny stabs one of them and the rest run away. Members of the Greaser Gang include Johnny, Dally, Two-bit Matthews and Steve Randle.Īfter the Greaser's meet Cherry and Marcia two Soc girls, they get beat up by a group of Socs. There are constant rivalries and fighting between the two different classes in the novel. The Greasers are loathed by the Socs (Socials) who are known as the west side rich kids. Ponyboy is part of a crowd who are gangsters known as the Greasers, who are poor and live on the east side of town. The novel conveys the story of Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes he is an outsider. Since his parents have passed away, Darry is forced to work two jobs to support his two younger brothers Sodapop has dropped out of school, and the greasers are perceived as "white trash." The Outsiders is about a life of a fourteen-year-old boy. In the novel The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton, PonyBoy, the protagonist sees injustice on a day-to-day basis.
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