Bullying In The Outsiders

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A book that has helped me understand bullying and why someone would do this is The Outsiders by H.E. Hinton. The Outsiders is based on two separate groups around the same age that hate each other because of how they were raised. This novel has made me understand that some children who bully others have grown up being bullied and that’s their life now. For example, in the book, the teenagers fought each other because they grew up differently and dress differently so they feel they are better than each other. The preppie group’s families were still intact and they had expensive clothes and cars in addition to having money unlike the greasers who had rough home lives, no parents, and old things. Reading this book, The Outsiders, has shown me why