The Outsiders a book by S.E Hinton. In Tulsa, Oklahoma is where this story lives. There is an intense and long-standing rivalry between the high-class Socs, and the rugged Greasers. First, it starts off as a rough play but then turns for the worse. When a Soc dies, it affects everyone. Two Greasers run away to an abandoned church, the police on the search for the killer, and a fire that leaves its mark. Through the character's thoughts, S.E Hinton proves that things are rough all over.
By using characters' thoughts, Hinton proves that things are rough all over. In the start of the book, Ponyboy explains the rivalry between the Greasers and the Socs is in their town. “... Someone will come by and scream Greaser at them, which doesn't make you feel so hot…” (Hinton, 2). In the real world, people get mistreated for their social groups especially when Hitler controlled Germany. If they are in that group people or fit the “ description” some people assume who there are. It shows how lots of people believe in different things and how there is bias against a broad spectrum of things.…show more content… Cherry and Ponyboy are at the drive-in movie theater and Ponyboy, Dally, and Johnny run into some soc girls and start to hang out with them. One of the soc girls (Cherry) and Ponyboy start chatting Ponyboy is saying how the Socs have it good. Cherry disagrees and she says, “We're always searching for something to satisfy us, and never finding it.” (Hinton, 38). In the real world, people have struggles that others don't understand and that can be hard for them. It shows how people have an empty hole that they can never
