Friends & family

Do you really have a family? Are your mom and dad your family? In the book, The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, the Greasers are a family. They say nothing can change them, but is that really true?

The Greasers are a gang that struggle to survive. They have regular fights with the Soc’s. The fights are violent and people could even die. Everybody seems to hate the Greasers. Normal civilians see the Greasers as annoying, poor, and pointless. People swear at them, beat them, and really think the Greasers are just being jerks.

As a family, the Greasers are not surviving. For instance, Johnny died from a broken back and now Dally just killed himself. Poneyboy is sick and had a concussion. He was in the hospital and didn’t really know where he was. Poneyboy unfortunately can’t leave his bed. A life as a Greaser would be exceptionally hard.

Overall, the Greasers have no innocence and are one giant family. A family really is about people that care for each other and the Greasers are a perfect example. The Greasers have no mom or dad but they act like a family. What did the greasers ever do to make the Soc’s hate them? There isn’t really nothing they can do now.