Period-4 English HonorsLiterary Criticism: The OutsiderGreasers will be greasers and the Socs will always be plowshares. Sometimes I think it's those in the middle who are really lucky. Throughout history and even today, there has been and still is a gap between the rich and the poor. When there are two different types of people living completely different lives, there are bound to be problems within society. People who are in the middle and do not belong to any social class are the ones who live the best way because they do not have to face problems. In the novel The Outsiders by SE Hinton, the theme of the gap between rich and poor is revealed by the two different social classes, the Socs who are rich and the greasers who are poor. The Outsider is narrated in the first person by Ponyboy, who is a Greaser. In the novel, there are two social classes, the Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers come from a poor background and are not very rich. Then there's the Socs, which is short for Socials, they're the rich kids from the West Side. The main characters in this novel include Ponyboy Curtis who narrates the book, Darrel "Darry" Curtis and Sodapop Curtis who are Ponytail's brothers. The other Greasers in the book are Two-Bit Matthews who is the prankster of the group, Steve Randle who is Sodapop's best friend, Dallas "Dally" Winston who is the toughest guy in the group Greasers and Johnny Cade who has abusive parents and alcoholics. that doesn't interest him. Johnny is sensitive and nervous. So the older boys in the group usually took care of him, especially Dally. The last Greaser is Sandy who has no voice in the book and is usually brought up when boys talk about her, she So...... middle of paper ...... recommend this book because Out of the many books I have, this is one of my favorites. This book has been credited not only by myself, but also by famous organizations, for example the National Observer said: “What is it like to live alone, unwanted and cornered by circumstances… There is cruelty and violence here, but also honest hope. Another example is the Chicago Tribune which states "Tense with tension, filled with drama." This book is about the world and lives of teenagers in particular because today there are social classes like popular kids, cool kids, and nerds. All of these groups have their own social status and they don't have much relationship with each other, like the Greasers and the Socs didn't have much relationship with each other. Then there are people like Ponyboy who are part of a certain group but don't fit in because they are different and either themselves or an outsider..