“Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.” -Anne Frank. In the book “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton there are two rival gangs, the Greasers and the Socs. The two gangs have two completely different appearances, mainly because of their social classes. The ‘boys on the East side’ are referred to as Greasers because they live in a lower class whereas the ‘West-side rich kids’ who are referred to as Socials. Both gangs faced being jumped to losing close friends. Both sides would say that they’re not responsible for the conflict between the two gangs but these things don’t happen on their own. Most of the turmoil and conflict in the community is caused by the Greasers.
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After the movie, the main character Ponyboy (a Greaser), and his friends ‘gallantly offered to walk’ (37) Cherry and Marcia home. Two Socs pull up in a blue Mustang and come out the car threatening Ponyboy and his friends for hanging around their girlfriends. Two-Bit, who is a greaser, made the situation worse when he “reached in his back pocket and flipped out his switchblade.” (45) Although the Socials threatened them by saying “Listen, greasers, we got four more of us in the back…”(45) Pulling out your pocket knife isn’t the smartest decision in this
After the movie, the main character Ponyboy (a Greaser), and his friends ‘gallantly offered to walk’ (37) Cherry and Marcia home. Two Socs pull up in a blue Mustang and come out the car threatening Ponyboy and his friends for hanging around their girlfriends. Two-Bit, who is a greaser, made the situation worse when he “reached in his back pocket and flipped out his switchblade.” (45) Although the Socials threatened them by saying “Listen, greasers, we got four more of us in the back…”(45) Pulling out your pocket knife isn’t the smartest decision in this