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The Outsiders: Theme
The Outsiders, an enthralling tale by S.E. Hinton, is an excellent story
about the hardships and triumphs experienced by the Greasers and the Socs, two
rival gangs. This novel suggests the stories' content because the Greasers are
a gang of social outcasts and misfits. This novel's theme is very specific;
people ....
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.... in the hospital. When Dally finds out he goes out and robs a
grocery store. When the cops pull up he pulls out an empty gun so the cops
shoot him.
The theme of this novel is that all people are set back at times and
they all want the same basic things. This theme is expressed in the novel
several times. Disappointments are shown when Bob dies and the Socs grieve
for him, when Ponyboy's parents die and they are upset, and when Johnny dies and
it disturbs the Greasers. It is shown that the Greasers and Socs strive for
the same goals when Darry, Ponyboy's older brother, tells him th ....
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