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. ...

• Word Count: 1470
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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