S.E Hinton realistic fiction novel The Outsiders takes place in Tulsa Oklahoma, a divided community. Bob is a socs he dated cherry valance and he was a minor antagonist. Bob got in trouble a lot because his parents said no to him and blamed themselves. While some readers argue that the central theme is self-sacrifice I argue that it is a divided community as the evidence by Hinton uses descriptive language From the very beginning Pony boy walks out the movie theater with only two things on his mind Paul Newman and a ride home. There is two groups of people the greasers and the socs Bob is part of the socs and pony boy is part of the greasers. The socs and the greasers don’t get alone so the socs jumps the greasers Johnny got jumped really
