The outsiders vocabulary on a separate sheet of paper list and define each of the following words for the novel. Johnny cade is a vulnerable sixteenyearold greaser in a group defined by toughness and a sense of invincibility. The socs seem to have everything in the beginning of the book. The other members of the greaser gang are johnny cade, dally winston, twobit mathews, and steve randle. Twobit, whose real name is keith, is a wisecracking greaser who regularly shoplifts. He instigates the hostilities between the socs and the greasers by flirting with marcia, the girlfriend of a soc. The book follows two rival groups, the greasers and the socs who are divided by their socioeconomic status. What is the difference between the socs and the greasers. Socs have fast cars, and greasers have broken down cars. Asked in the outsiders what was ponyboys opinion of the socs. The outsiders is very clear that the violence is serious and real.
He comes from an abusive home, and he takes to the greasers because they are his only reliable family. The outsiders vocabulary district 6 pages 1 12 text. This story is about a guy names ponyboy who is a greaser, a member of a. While johnny needs the greasers, the greasers also need johnny, for protecting him gives them a sense of purpose and justifies. Both peanut romano and norton williams occupy positions of authority in the clique as well. A good friend of francis ford coppola, waits has worked with him on several films, including an appearance in rumble fish, and writing the score for. He liked it so much that he seemed to be more upset over losing the blade than. Hinton tells the story of 14yearold ponyboy curtis and his. Nov 27, 2018 the socs are a group of rich teenagers of the outsiders who were mainly around the west side of the town. Dally is the toughest, greasiest, roughest, most juvenile greaser of the bunch. She tries to explain to ponyboy the differences between the socs and greasers isnt money, but how they view the world.
He has lightbrown, almostred hair and greenishgray eyes, and wears his hair longer than a lot of boys wear theirs, squared off in the back and long at the front and sides. Are there still greasers, like in the outsiders, today. The greasers are ponyboy, sodapop soda, and darryl darry curtis, keith twobit matthews, dallas dally winston, johnny. The greasers always thought the socs had a better life them them because they got very thing they wanted. In the outsiders, how do the greasers and socs dress. Bobs best friend and a fellow soc, randy is one of the characters who sees the futility in the ongoing fight between socs and greasers. T he socs go out looking for greasers when they are drinking and jump unsuspecting members for fun. Rat race is a perfect name for it, were always going and going, and never. E hinton that is set in the 1960s in a city close to new york. Songs i thought suited each character on the outsiders. The narrator of i the outsiders, ponyboy is fourteen years old and a greaser. The book is set in the 1960s, and the two groups reflect the two different cultures of the time. Some of the socs like to beat up younger greasers, like johnny and ponyboy.
Where do the greasers sit when they are at the drivein. Jan 06, 2014 songs i thought suited each character on the outsiders. On occasion, while starting a fight with a greaser, he may say heads up, ponyboy. Socs like to jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get. In the outsiders, how do the greasers and socs dress style is an important distinction between greasers and socs. The greasers are the main groupgang in the novel with all the characters. Greasers wear blue jeans and tshirts, leather jackets, and sneakers or boots. The socs which is not pronounced socks is short for socials. As ponyboy, his brothers, and the lowerclass gang of greasers battle the socs, the rich kids, hinton touches on social issues that were just gaining notice during the 1960s and that are still relevant to todays teens, making the outsiders as pertinent today as it was a halfcentury ago. They were known for having money, cars, and futures, according to ponyboy curtis. The gang could have possibly existed before then, not as the greasers but as childhood friends, before then moving on to becoming a greaser gang. Sep 21, 2016 the outsiders was released just before waits released the album swordfishtrombones, an album more forwardlooking and experimental and quite simply better than anything hed created before.
Greasers are a social clique that started off in the 1950s its dwindled a lot since then but theres a sort of undergr. The greasers are a gang of poor and lowermiddle class teens and young adults in tulsa, oklahoma. What is the names of all the greasers in the book the outsiders. What is the names of all the greasers in the book the. The original greasers were aligned by a feeling of disillusionment with american popular culture, either through a lack of economic opportunity in spite of the postwar. Another name the socs called greasers in the outsiders.
It is about the conflict between the rich people, the upperclass, the westside kids, called the socs and the lower class, poorer people, called the greasers. They serve as the main protagonists of the outsiders. The socs are a group of rich teenagers of the outsiders who were mainly around the west side of the town. Syme expresses concern over ponyboys falling grades. Cherry is a socs who tries to break out of her own social group, to find common ground with the greasers. Socs greasers the blackhandled switchblade the black handled switch blade represents the greasers. The socs had beer blasts and jumped their rival gang, the greasers for fun. This assignment inspires ponyboy to write about the greasers and the socs, and his autobiographical theme turns. Many of the characters feel like outsiders and believe that life isnt fair to them, but. They were described as having money, cars, and futures, according to. The outsiders the title of the story is the outsiders. Also they are described as being social and meanrude in the novel.
If youre talking groups youll be pretty strapped to find any were still kicking but about as rare as a unicorn these days. The rivalry between two gangs, the poor greasers and the rich socs, only heats up when one gang member kills a member of the other. Both are seen giving orders to the clique, and both might be johnny. They were described as havingmoney, cars, and futures, according to ponyboy curtis. Tim shepard a fellow greaser, but not a member of the main characters gang. Not like the socs, who 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 an asset to society the next.
List some reasons why socs might get their names in the. Theyre all except tim greasers who have rivals named the socs. I also need some reasons why a greaser might get their names in the paper as well. The greasers appear in mid1965, the time of the story. Socs do not feel anything, and greasers are too emotional. He offers to raise ponyboys grade if he turns in a wellwritten autobiographical theme. Hintons book the outsiders, socs is the name for the rich, cool kids, and greasers is what the kids from the wrong part of town are called. According to cherry and randy, socs had their own challenges and their names would appear in the newspaper because some of the male socs like to beat up. The greasers cannot afford rings, cars, or other physical trappings of power that the socs.
What are the names of the girls ponyboy and the greasers meet at the drivein. The socs are always looking to get in fights with the greasers. The outsiders vocabulary on a separate sheet of paper list and define each of. The outsiders vocabulary district 6 published by guset user, 20150414 00. Hinton according to wikipedia, the outsiders is a comingofage novel by s. The greaser subculture may have emerged in the post world war ii era among the motorcycle clubs and gangs of the late 1940s, though it was certainly established by the 1950s.
In rockstar vancouverrockstar games 2006 game canis canem edit a. The greasers are one of the five school cliques at bullworth academy. The greasers are at the bottom, then there is a middle class, and at the top of the chain is the socs. Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel, but did most of the work when she was sixteen and a junior in high school. The main characters include ponyboy, darry, soadapop, dally winston, johnny, cherry, twobit, and marcia.
Socs get good grades, and greasers drop out of school. The narrator of ithe outsiders, ponyboy is fourteen years old and a greaser. This feisty redhead soc stands out from the crowd to both socs and greasers. E hinton, cherry tells pony, that s probably why we take turns getting our names in the paper. Ponyboy, sodapop and darry are all greasers the outsiders who realize that the most important thing in life is family. I believe that, in the book ponyboy, the socs, socialites or social rich kids from the west, are more of a disgrace and menace to society than the greasers, the poorer students from the east. They are the rivals to the greasers, who are the protagonists of the book. Thomas howell, matt dillon, ralph macchio, patrick swayze. Hinton and a popular choice for elementary students. The socs and a group of rich kids that are the enemys of the greasers. She thinks the socs are emotionless and the greasers are too emotional. Twobit is very proud of the switch blade that he stole from a store.
However, the main character, ponyboy, learns from cherry that it is truly rough all over. Why is ponyboy embarrassed by dally when they sit near the soc girls. The greasers contain ponyboy, sodapop, dallas, darry, johnny, and twobit. Other than being financially and socially disadvantaged, the greasers main problem is getting jumped by the socs, the rich kids from the west side. Hinton, there are two gangs, the greasers and the socs. What are some reasons why socs might get their names in the.
In the beginning of the novel ponyboy focuses on how different the greasers and socs are. This assignment inspires ponyboy to write about the greasers and the socs, and his autobiographical theme turns into the novel the outsiders. Ponyboy, the narrator, is a 14yearold boy who happens to come from a dangerous neighborhood on the poor side of town. They were mainly around the west side of town the south side in the film. Socs is, an abbreviation for socials, the jet set, the westside rich kids. The socs are the westside rich kids from the outsiders book by s. Peanut is said to be secondincommand according to game data files and the strategy guide, but this isnt stated in game. Twobit tells them that the greasersoc rivalry is to be settled in a final rumble. Jan 15, 2019 i believe that, in the book ponyboy, the socs, socialites or social rich kids from the west, are more of a disgrace and menace to society than the greasers, the poorer students from the east. The socs have lost their friend bob to violence with the greasers. The socs social climbers, socialites are the west side rich kids. Its like the term greaser, which is used to class all us boys on the east side. Greasers cant walk alone too much or theyll get jumped, or someone will come by and scream greaser. For fun they like to jump greasers and throw beer blasts.