The Outsiders Research Paper

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There were 2 themes in "The Outsiders". One of these was society and class. The Greasers and the Socs were the same in almost every way except for their income. The first piece of evidence to support this is "We're poorer than the Socs and the middle class. I reckon we're wilder, too.". This is important because it shows just how different the two gangs are. Another piece of evidence to support this is the quote "Greaser… greaser… greaser…Oh victim of environment, underprivileged, rotten no-count hood.". Here, Randy is going on how the Greasers are unprivileged compared to the Socs like him, and he is right. Johnny's parents abuse him, Ponyboy, Darry and Sodapop have no parents, they are all making little money compared to the Socs.

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