"The Outsiders" is a 1980's melodrama, based on teenage behavior in the 1950's. The film is about two groups of teenagers who attend the same high school and live in the same town, but lead radically different lives. One group, known as The South-Side Socials (more casually called "socs"), is the more privileged group. The second group, The Greasers, are the less privileged kids, who just so happen to live on the wrong side of town. These two groups have had rivalry against each other for many years, but on one particular night, this rivalry turns deadly as one of the greasers, Johnny, stabs and kills a soc, Bob, in defense of his friend, Pony boy Curtis. The rivalry becomes more severe on both sides after the murder; the socs" trying to avenge the death of their friend; the greasers trying to get the town to understand that the socs" are at fault also. .
Coppola's film is a vivid depiction of how social groups can define our behavior, and how deviance and crime are viewed in relation to our social group. In the text "Sociology in our Times: Second Edition", A social group is defined as a collection of two or more people who interact frequently with one another, share a sense of belonging and have a feeling of interdependence. It is obvious that both the socs" and the greasers care deeply for each member of the respective group. Towards the end of the film, as Johnny is being hospitalized for severe burns and is near death, Pony Boy tells him that he doesn't think that he could get along with out him. These boys have formed such strong social bonds with one another that even the thought of losing one of their group causes a severe emotional reaction. .
An "In-group" is best defined as a group to which a person belongs with and which the person feels a sense of identity. Conversely, an "out-group" is a group in which that same person does not belong and toward which the person may feel a sense of competitiveness or hostility.
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Outsiders All of the people in "Of mice and men" are outsiders in there own right, they have all been disallowed, or to a certain extent not wanted to have certain rights because of things such a sex, race and different disabilities. ... The language used to talk to Crooks for example "Nigger", is offensive; it also labels him in to a different group from them making him an outsider. Curley's wife is an outsider because she is a woman; there are no other women on the ranch so she is an outsider. ... Because he is crippled (he has no right hand) he cannot work like the other men, he ...
The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton S.E. Hinton was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At the age of sixteen she wrote her First novel, The Outsiders. I t was this book that allowed Hinton to attend the University Of Tulsa. While attending the University of Tulsa, Hinton fell in love...
The Outsiders "The Outsiders" by S. ... I chose the novel "The Outsiders" as a text for year 10 for the following reasons: It is a novel which draws the reader in and allows the reader to understand a lifestyle alien to them. ... I believe "The Outsiders" is a relevant novel to study as in today's society the concept of violence is an ever present theme. ...
The Outsiders takes place in a rough city that consists of two sections. ... The Outsider moved around a young murderer Johnny. ... I believe the main conflict in The Outsiders is "Greaser" versus "Socs." ... I also believe the climax of The Outsiders occurs when Johnny dies. ...
In the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, Ponyboy Curtis is perceived as an "outsider" or someone who does not belong within the group. In the novel Hinton, takes Ponyboy one step further by showing different situations in which he is really shown as an outsider. The novel is about two different groups, the greasers which are more known as the outsiders and the Soc's which is short for Socials or the more popular crowd. ... Even though he was a greaser; an outsider he was always thinking and knew that some of the things he did were not right and would get him in trouble. ... He knows...
"Outsiders- The movie. After viewing the movie "The Outsiders- I will discuss character development. ... The Outsiders is about a gang. ... Setting In this part of the movie analysis about the "The Outsiders- I will discuss the setting. ... I think "The Outsiders- is an average movie. ...
The Outsiders is an outstanding novel by S.E Hinton about two gangs, the Greasers and the Socs. ... In The Outsiders the Greasers made belonging very clear to both Pony and Johnny. ... In The Outsiders novel, the Greasers show responsibility towards Ponyboy and Johnny. ... Johnny showed responsibility when he told Dally and Pony that he was going to turn himself in to the fuzz so that no one else had to suffer anymore à said we're going to turn ourselves in-, Johnny repeated - (page 95) The Greasers showed responsibility to Johnny when the Greasers were going to go all the w...
The book of "The Outsiders" is taught in school for students to learn the diversity between different groups, it teaches true friendship & family love, and the book tells the negatives of dropping out of school. ... The second reason that the "The Outsiders" should be taught in school is that the book teaches you the true friendship and family love between people. ... The book of " The Outsiders" should be taught in school for many good reasons. ...
