High Class In Hinton's The Outsiders

High class or low class, people are people and everyone is the same. The Outsiders is a book about a boy named Ponyboy and his gang, The Greasers, fighting with the Soc’s. The Soc’s are preps, who, according to Ponyboy, “jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and asset to society the next.” (Hinton, pg. 3) Society classifies each group into low or high class. In this case, the Greasers are considered the lower class and the Socs are considered the higher class.
The Socs are the enemies in Ponyboy’s perspective. They love picking on greasers and starting fights, yet, they are the “higher” class out of the two. Society views them as rich and classy,

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