What Does Ponyboy Say Are The Differences Between The Greasers And The Socs In Chapter 1?

Ponyboy says of the greasers, “We’re poorer than the Socs and the middle class. I reckon we’re wilder, too. Not like the Socs, who jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks. . . .”

What makes Ponyboy different from other Greasers in Chapter 1?

Ponyboy is different from the other Greasers because: He doesn’t believe in fighting unless it is self defence. Unlike the other Greasers, he doesn’t fight out of hatred, or pride, or for fun. He is sensitivity and a higher level of intelligence.

How does Ponyboy describe the Greasers and the Socs?

Ponyboy says that greasers are poorer and wilder than the Socs, whom the newspapers condemn one day for throwing parties and praise the next day for good citizenship. Greasers wear their hair long and put grease in it. They dress tough, steal, and get into gang fights.

What are the differences between the Greasers and the Socs?

The gangs are divided by social class into the Greasers and the Socs. The main difference between the two gangs is that the Socs have money, and the Greasers do not.

What difference does Ponyboy see between some of the Greasers?

As the greasers gather together at the vacant lot, Pony compares the other greasers to his own gang. His gang never uses weapons and has never really hurt anyone. Pony realizes that they (his gang) are not hoods, and they don’t belong with this group of future convicts.

What happens between Ponyboy and the Socs in chapter 1?

As if foreshadowing Ponyboy’s own poor decision to walk alone, a carload of four Socs arrives, and one pulls a knife on him. As he attempts to fend off his attackers, Ponyboy hears the pounding of footsteps and the attack turns into an all-out fight as his gang arrives to rescue him from the Socs’ attack.

Who gets jumped by Socs in chapter 1?

Johnny Cade
Sure enough, Ponyboy notices he is being followed by some Soc boys in a Corvair. He walks faster, remembering what happened when some boys had jumped his friend Johnny Cade. Johnny was beaten badly, and emotionally it scarred him. Five boys get out of the Corvair and surround Ponyboy.

What does Ponyboy say about the Socs?

Over the course of the novel, Ponyboy’s opinion of the Socs shifts. As his understanding of them changes, Ponyboy sees the Socs either in a negative light or more sympathetically. At the beginning of the novel, Ponyboy, like all of the greasers, hates and fears the Socs. He thinks of them as dangerous enemies.

Is Ponyboy A SOC or a greaser?

Ponyboy is a fourteen-year old greaser who lives with his two older brothers, Sodapop and Darry on the lower-class east side of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

What is the conflict in Chapter 1 of The Outsiders?

Conflicts: Internal conflicts within Ponyboy in relation to his brothers, to gang violence, and to his own identity; external conflicts between the Greasers and the Socs, a rival gang, and between the Greasers and the police.

What age is Ponyboy?

14-year-old
Ponyboy Curtis is a 14-year-old boy whose world has been turned upside down. His parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months before The Outsiders story takes place. He lives with his oldest brother, Darry, who is 20 years old and has legal custody of him and his other brother, Sodapop, who is 16.

Is Bob a Greaser or a SOC?

Bob is the dark-haired Soc who beats up Johnny before the novel begins. Bob has a set of three heavy rings, which he wears when he fights greasers. Bob’s indulgent parents have never disciplined him.

What does Cherry and pony decide are the differences between the Socs and the Greasers?

They decide that the main difference between Socs and greasers is that Socs are too cool and aloof to acknowledge their emotions and that they live their lives trying to fill up their emotional void, while the greasers feel everything too intensely.

Who does Ponyboy love most?

4. Who does Ponyboy love the most out of anyone? Soda. 5.

Is Ponyboy handsome?

Ponyboy is described as handsome, much like his older brother Sodapop. He has an athletic build, the Greaser trademark hairstyle of long, greasy, brown hair, and green-gray eyes.

What does Ponyboy think separates the greasers and the Socs?

What does Cherry tell Ponyboy about what separates the Socs from the Greasers? Cherry tells Ponyboy that not only money separates Socs from greasers, but that greasers have different sets of values, (according to Cherry, Socs are more sophisticated, opposed to the greaser who are more emotional).

What is a quote from The Outsiders chapter 1?

“We’re gonna do you a favor, greaser. We’re gonna cut all that long greasy hair off.”

Who killed the SOC in The Outsiders?

Johnny tells Ponyboy that he (Johnny) killed Bob because the Socs were going to drown Ponyboy and beat up Johnny. Desperate and terrified, Ponyboy and Johnny hurry to find Dally Winston, the one person they think might be able to help them.

Why did the Socs beat up Ponyboy in chapter 1?

Why did the Socs beat up Ponyboy? – When Ponyboy walks home from the movies, the Socs beat him up because he is a Greaser and he is an easy target because he is alone, as well as being the smallest of the Greasers.

Who is the SOC Johnny killed?

Bob
Johnny and Ponyboy fled, but were caught near a fountain. Johnny was pushed to the ground, and then the Socs dunked Ponyboy multiple times in the fountain, and he almost drowned. Johnny then pulled out his switchblade and stabbed Bob, killing him.

Who is the oldest Socs in The Outsiders?

Keith (Two-Bit) Mathews The oldest of the gang, except for Darry, and still a junior in high school at age 18. He is the wisecracking comedian of the gang. Sherri (Cherry) Valance A cheerleader and the girlfriend of Bob, the Soc who is killed. Cherry and Ponyboy meet at the drive-in and become friends.