...One may think that children of different social class have differences, but do they share some similarities? These kids have their own conflicts to resolve in their lives, even if their rich or poor; It doesn’t matter. Both have similar problems that they need to resolve or just live through it. In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton, proves that Greasers, a gang who lives in bad neighborhoods and may have some financial issues, are similar to the Socs, who are rich and have lots of time in their hands. In addition to their gang rivalry, the individual characters each face problems of their own. Through depicting their personal conflicts, Hinton reveals that these young men, seemingly so different, share similar needs. Greasers face several problems in their lives, like getting abused or even joining a gang. In the Outsiders, Cherry asks Ponyboy, “Johnny… he’s been hurt bad sometime, hasn’t he?” and Ponyboy replied in agreement, “It was the Socs.” (Hinton 35). In other words, Cherry believes that Johnny has been beaten up or in another term, abused, before and Ponyboy confirms it. This shows that this is one of Johnny’s external conflicts that he...
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...whites are equal to blacks. Also, by developing Huck into a completely different character by the end of the novel, Twain is able to give the reader two viewpoints from one character, subsequently helping the reader understand the text better. In Othello, William Shakespeare uses foil characters to challenge the social class element of the status quo. An example of one of these characters is Othello. Being a black man in Venice, Othello is already considered an outsider by many. Combine that with his irrational thinking and uncontrollable anger and you have a character very unlike anyone in Venice. By giving such a prominent foil character such as Othello an important role in the novel, Shakespeare challenges the status quo that outsiders are not allowed to fit in with the rest of the population. That idea creates several problems for Othello, as he often believes that it is the cause of his problems. For example, during his famous soliloquy, Othello is pondering why Desdemona does not love him anymore and says, “Haply, for I am black/ And have not those soft parts of conversation/ That chamberers have” (3.3.304-306). By having Othello contemplate himself as an outsider, and providing the reader with a vastly different perspective, Shakespeare defies the status quo and ultimately benefits the reader. In...
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...Is the way people see others partly based on the social class that they fall in? Does it affect a person's feelings on success and the value of seeking out higher forms of education? Does success mean more than one thing, and how does a person know when they have achieved success? This issue has been bounced around throughout society and no one seems to be able to pinpoint exactly what the problem is and where it begins.That is what the authors of these papers are trying to determine, what is the link between social class and success. How is the way a person sees success a factor in obtaining that success and what is the cause for these people to go after it. What causes one person's failure while another one succeeds. Brink Lindsey believes that the reason for the more educated or higher class having more success is the fact that they are more motivated by their parents before them than anyone in the lower class. In Lindsey’s paper “Culture of Success” he tries to determine where this divide starts. He starts the paper by saying, “Something is holding back lower-income Americans from going to college. It’s not that there aren’t major incentives for them to go” (Lindsey 1). What Lindsey is saying is that the...
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...“Unity is strength….when there is teamwork marvelous things can be achieved” - Mattie Stepanek. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is a story about sacrifice, social classes, and coming of age. With loyal gangs going head to head so they can show who is the “Creme of the Crop.” Only one theme evident in The Outsiders is stay united, through sacrifice brings people together. Next In the chapters 1- 4 on The Outsiders, one way The Outsiders identifies sacrifice in the exposition. A quote that shows it that is “I killed him, I killed that boy”(49) he said the police are coming we gota’ go. Johnny knew what he was doing, he knew he was either going to watch someone die or kill someone ruining the rest of his life for Ponyboy. Which shows him sacrificing...
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...developed a political system which the state used until its decline in the thirteenth century. The state also developed a unique society during its existence. The Yuan dynasty was the dynasty in China to arise after the fall of the Song Dynasty. The Yuan dynasty was founded after the defeat of the Northern and Southern Song dynasty from the Mongols, by the Mongols. Kublai Khan became the ruler of this dynasty, which only lasted for about 100 years. The dynasty, because it was not ruled by the Chinese, was governed differently from older dynasties. The empire also developed a unique blend of cultures. While both the Kievan Rus and the Yuan Dynasty were similar politically and socially, they were also unique from each other in political and social terms. (Curtis, Art 12, 13, 14) The Kievan Rus and the Yuan Dynasty both existed during a time when monarchs ruled the land. Both the Kievan Rus and the Yuan Dynasty had monarchs which ruled. The Kievan Rus and the Yuan dynasty also had governments in the form of a bureaucracy. The Kievan Rus had a monarchy known as the Grand Prince. The Grand Prince ruled the entire state and had control over the other princes in the bureaucracy. However, the Grand Prince lived a leisurely life and let the...
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...A prediction is the main correspondent to shaping the people and their behavior. Within society, social class is an organization for the financial status of people. The definition of social class is: a status hierarchy in which individuals and groups are classified on the basis of esteem and prestige acquired mainly through economic success and accumulation of wealth. Although this definition describes what a social class is, it does not clearly state who categorizes the individuals. In “The Outsiders,” by S.E Hinton, society places people into these social classes. Society expects a simplified image of a social class, otherwise known as a stereotype. One of the two of the major social classes in the book are the Greasers, a group of people who value survival and in unity as protection for one another. The second are the Socials who are a contemptuous group of people and feel as if Greasers are unsuitable to walk among them. When society creates a certain idea of a person, they categorize them into social classes. When society allocates people to social classes, not only does it create separation between the Socs and the Greasers, but it also creates an obstacle. Many think of the Greasers are failures, criminals, and hoodlums. Because Socs feel a sense of authorization over Greasers, they decide to intimidate Greasers in their spare time. An example of expectation occurs when Ponyboy Curtis and Dally Winston speed to meet Johnny Cade at the hospital, and a police officer...
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...S.E. Hinton (Susan Eloise Hinton) was born on July 20,1950. She is 62 years old, and lives in Oklahoma with her husband call Dave and she has a son also call Nick. She went to Will Rogers High School and attended Tulsa University. The first book she wrote was “ The Outsiders” in 1965 when she was only 16 years old and it was published in her first year of university. In 1971, Hinton wrote second book named “ That was then, this is now” Hinton met her future husband, David Inhofe, in a freshman biology class, and it was because of him that she finished her second book “That Was Then, This is Now”. Hinton was suffering from writer's block, and he forced her to write two pages a day. If she didn’t finish during the day, they wouldn't go out that night. They were married in 1970, and That Was Then, This is Now was published in 1971....
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...Orleans uses visual appearance to contrast the social class of two people: a man in casual, possibly work-soiled clothes (note hardhat), and a man with a briefcase in a suit and tie. In so-called non-stratified societies or acephalous societies, there is no concept of social class, power, or hierarchy beyond temporary or limited social statuses. In such societies, every individual has a roughly equal social standing in most situations. In class societies a person's class status is a type of group membership. Theorists disagree about the elements determining membership, but common features appear in many accounts. Among these are: * Relationships of production, ownership and consumption * A common legal status, including ceremonial, occupational and reproductive rights * Family, kinship or tribal group structures or membership * Acculturation, including education Classes often have a distinct lifestyle that emphasizes their class. The most powerful class in a society often uses markers such as costume, grooming, manners and language codes that mark insiders and outsiders; unique political rights such as honorary titles; and, concepts of social honour or face that are claimed to only be applicable to the in group. But each class has distinctive features, often becoming defining elements of personal identity and uniting factors in group behaviour. French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu suggests a notion of high and low classes with a distinction between bourgeois tastes...
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...The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton is about gang rivalry between two social classes, the poor and powerless Greasers and the rich and appealing Socs. The Greasers disliked the Socs because they believed the Socs had everything easy with their money and privileges. On the other hand, the Socs have been always drunk and choose to pick fights with the Greasers. These gang fights, or “rumbles” would usually consist of violence, brutality, and competition, and result in bruises, wounds, and at times, death. Moreover, violence is a “behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.” Throughout this novel, there are many significant events that portray the theme of violence. To begin with, physical violence is represented in The Outsiders. The Greasers carry around and use weapons such as guns and switchblades whenever a Soc wanted to fight or jump them. As an example, in chapter 4, Johnny stabbed Bob with a switchblade at the park and stated that he had killed him in self- defense...
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...He suggests that three crucial factors have been integral to developing welfare states, which are “class mobilization, class-political coalition structures, and the historical legacy of regime institutionalization” (Esping-Andersen, 1990: 29). These factors, within a set socio-political context, have also been influential to institutionalising class preferences and political behaviour, whereby politically decisive classes that would form coalitional bodies to influence welfare policies were determined (Esping-Andersen, 1990: 29-32). Therefore, for instance, a state with a strong presence of the liberal market norm and middles class interests is more likely to promote welfare policies based on minimalist and residual approaches, rather than abrupt ones such as “drastic income-equalization”, which would induce reactionary entities to emerge (Esping-Andersen, 1990: 31). Therefore, observing historical political contexts of Australia is more likely to yield better studies about the significance of pressure groups in the Australian welfare policy domain, as the result will be more reflective of various socioeconomic factors which has influenced the development...
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...The Outsiders shows that teens join social groups to help create their identities. In joining these cliques, the adolescents take on both the positive and negative characteristics of them. Looking at life as an outsider and feeling as though one is being treated as an outsider is a matter of perspective or point of view. Adolescence is a time when teenagers may consider themselves to be adults, but in reality teens are still under the control of others. Parents, teachers, and other authority figures are always telling them how to live their lives. This loss of control inevitably leads to the feeling that life isn't fair. For example, Ponyboy knows that he is not safe walking the streets in his own neighborhood. He could be attacked solely...
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...The adolescents are struggling these days. In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton describes the main character Ponyboy also known as Curtis is in a gang called the Greasers. The Greasers always thought that the Socs had it better than them, but they found out that the Socs are cool to the point of not feeling anything. In the article, “The Allure of Gangs” it also describes why kids join gangs and what leads them into conflicts, like in The Outsiders. However in the article “Cool at 13, Adrift at 23” it shows how the influence of their childhood plays a role later in life. In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton it describes two groups of teenagers who have so many differences. In the book it says the Greasers were the poor kids and lived on the East Side. On the other hand, the Socs were the rich kids and lived on the West Side. The Socs were always getting drunk and looking for fights with the greasers. However to the public, the Socs were seen as good kids who didn't get into any trouble. On the other hand, the Greasers were seen unruly and unlawful to the...
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...to prevent security breaching within their company. One major preventive measure that was interesting in the article is that companies should prohibit employees on transmitting confidential information via email this prevents outsiders from breaching data within the company. Although it is important to use high security within company email does this really stop encrypted information going out into the wrong hands? It was also stated in this article that companies using database systems that are outside of the company are at a great risk. This great risk for example, is a company my employer uses that host several employees training classes and also the last four of each employee social security number. There was an instance when they had an issue with their server which placed our database at risk of losing thousands of data. The major issue is that their IT department stated to us that they had no backup of all the data that we entered in the system for the past year. If we had not saved all the data we input for the past year we would have had to start from scratch. Therefore it is better to be safe than sorry on saving data you enter on a daily base. There was also the discussion of how companies could use internal networks to prevent outsiders from gaining information from their companies. Many companies are becoming very creative by generating more positions in their IT departments to control breaching on any of their IT systems. Creating internal firewalls and external...
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...Insiders/Outsiders The religions of division; some see those who belong to a specific religion as having somewhat of an us versus them mentality thus creating an insiders and outsiders situation as the byproduct of such an atmosphere; this is often the result of any community of people who chose to categorize the population into those who belong to the group from those who don’t. In every religion, that has a law attached to it, there are certain rules and regulations you are expected to follow if you are to fit in. Most religions are more strict then others, the word religion comes from the Latin word, “religare”, which means ‘to bind tightly’, so religion could most definitely defined as something that either can bind tightly around you or you can bind tightly around it. Do they control their religion or does their religion control them. There is an element of separatism that is present in religions. In the religion of Judaism, the Pharisees were known as “the separated ones”, to be separated from the rest of the world, considered special. In the Christian religion, the character of Jesus took issue with these separated ones, who claimed to be speakers on behalf of God, he took issue with them because of their holier then though attitudes. We divide ourselves into groups as soon as we slap labels on each other, I am this and you are that. Although there are always acceptations to the rule, I believe for an organized religion to function, servants are needed to serve the...
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...Outsiders Essay The Outsiders is a novel by S.E Hinton that is set in the 1960’s in a city close to New York. It is about the conflict between the rich people, the upper-class, the west-side kids, called the Socs and the lower class, poorer people, called the Greasers. The conflict between the two social groups occurs because the Socs are too real and too demanding for things. The Greasers are being jumped by the Socs and that creates conflict and hatred between the two groups who aren’t really that different, but Socs see Greasers differently and Greasers see Socs differently too. Pg42 “Things are rough all over.” Things are rough all over for the Socs, as the Greasers see that they seem to not have a worry in the world, they have food, clothes, a home and people to love them. But they have problems that the Greasers haven’t even heard of. There is never real conflict, because when the guys are not there, conflict doesn’t exist. Bob is always doing what he wants and nothing is there to stop him, so that makes the Greasers hate him more and more conflict is created. The jealousy that the Greasers have toward the Socs also results to conflict, because the Socs have money, and the Greasers don’t. The Socs make the track team, Greasers don’t. The Socs go to college and Greasers drop out of school. There are many things that result to conflict between the Socs and the Greasers. Conflict between the Greasers ad Socs happen because of...
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