Ponyboy Curtis, a 14 year old greaser, tells the story. ... The socs go around looking for trouble and greasers to beat up, and then the greasers are blamed for it, because they are poor and cannot affect the authorities. ... When the socs talk to greasers, the viewer can feel their dislike to them. ... He is a bit naive sometimes, like when he tried to convince himself that the only difference between socs and greasers is that greasers like Elvis and do not like the Beatles and socs like the Beatles and do not like Elvis. ... A good example for it was that Ponyboy thought the big differe...

• Word Count: 1782
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Ponyboy is a smart, bright boy living in the wrong side of town and consequently a member of a gang called the "Greasers". ... He thinks life is unjust for them greaser. ... "Don't be so bugged over being a greaser" and should make the most of what he has left, he writes all this, and explains his story in a essay for school, hoping to make a difference to all the hopeless boys that might have similar problems. ...

• Word Count: 522
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

E Hinton is an early novel based on two waring juvenile gangs, divided by economical and social background,the lower East side Greasers and the upper West side Socs. ... It is a novel written in first person by a 14 year old Greaser, Ponyboy Curtis who allows us an insight into the lifestyles of these distinct worlds. ...

• Word Count: 488
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

GANGS A gang is defined in Webster's dictionary as group of persons working to unlawful or antisocial ends; for example, a band of antisocial adolescents or a group of persons having informal and close relations. Generally a gang may be defined as people who share a common Identity, usually throu...

• Word Count: 558
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School