If you look at the Greasers, for example, we would think that they are a hood who just don’t care about anything (Ponyboy is an exception). When you take a closer look at the characters and the two different groups (Greasers and Socs), you can be able to tell that their appearance is not what you always want to see when looking for their reality. On a side note, I feel as if this book was an appropriate choice for our unit Appearances versus reality. This is because it shows us not only the identity of the Greasers but shows us how black and white (the cover was in black and white) this book really is. But as you read through the story, the cover makes a bit more sense. But as I continued to read through the story and looking back at the cover, I realized that it was symbolizing the Greasers and how they are perceived to be one of the many Outsiders of the story (therefore sparking my curiosity).
This was because It just had a picture of a person with a leather jacket (something a typical Greaser would wear). The cover, however, did not really spark any curiosity when I first saw it. It keeps changing its meaning as we continue to read through the book. And that is what makes the title so interesting that continues to spark my curiosity. But then, later in the book we learn that it applies to all young people (including the Socs). At first we thought the title applied to just the Greasers (the obvious). This could be supported by the following, (Hinton 152). And as the story comes to an end, Ponyboy learns that everyone is an outsider to something, it is just how we see it. He explains this discovery through the following lines, Maybe the two different worlds we live in were not so different. He realizes that they are similar, and even though they share such different identities and morales, that the Socs also have the perception of being Outsiders too. He found this out through the many conversations he had with other Soc’s such as Cherry and Randy. Ponyboy realizes this later in the book and tells us how similar both groups (Socs and Greasers) of the story are. We will write a “Greasers from the Outsiders” specifically for you! Want to get an original essay on this topic?
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