Cars represent the Socs power and the Greasers vulnerability. ... This shows how the Greasers must service and care for Soc possessions. ... The Greasers on the other hand are on the bottom rung of society. ... For example, the Greasers have long hair. ... Also by having long hair, the Greasers form an identity. ...
Ponyboy Curtis, a 14 year old greaser, tells the story. ... This story deals with two forms of social classes: the socs, the rich kids, and the greasers, the poor kids. 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 influence the authorities. ... When the socs talk to greasers, the reader can feel their aversion to them. ... A good example for it was that Ponyboy thought the big difference between socs and greasers was that the greasers loved Elvis and the socs loved the Beatles. ...
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...
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. ...
The Socs are the rich form the west side of town, and the Greasers are the poor boys from the east side. ... He lives in the poor part of town ,and joins a group called the greasers. ... THEMES: Major Theme: Pony resents the fact that the Socs have nicer things than the Greasers. ... Then the story changes to really angry because the Greasers are tired of being picked on by the Socs. ... All three brothers belong to a gang of poor teenagers called the Greasers, named for their long, oily hair. ...
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. ...
It follows the rivalry between the Greasers, a group of young boys from a poor community, and the rich, high-class Socs of the same age through the view of Pony, a 14-year-old Greaser. ... The Socs and Greasers have a hostile relationship which causes a problem in the neighborhood. Gang rivalry isn't the only problem the Greasers face, they also have to deal with the never ending battle of life. Johnny, a member of the group of Greasers, struggles with having parents that don't like him. ...
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...
