Stereotyping In The Outsiders

Randy, Bob, and Cherry were classified as socs. The stereotypical behavior of greasers usually has something to do with breaking the law, or being uneducated, lower class criminals. The behavioral stereotype for socs was usually rich snobs that enjoy picking on people with less money. The gang were outsiders in this book. They were greasers, but they didn’t really act like it, especially Darry.

In the outsiders, the group ‘The Greaser’ are the outsiders to the rest of society. The name that the outsider boys have “greasers” shows that they aren’t as wealthy as others. The outsider boys are family to each other both literary and figuratively. There is a gang near the outsider neighbourhood called the Socials also known as the “Soc”. There are gang wars between these two gangs that will probably never end.

The fault is the Socs. Have you ever thought about why there are gangs? The author In the novel The Outsiders by S.E.Hinton is talking about the Greaser and the Socs. They are gangs that are enemies. The greaser are poor and the socs are popular and rich.

I ain't got nobody” Johnny claims (51). This allows the reader to understand that Johnny feels very alone and feels like he doesn't have any special bonds with anyone like Pony did with Soda. So being part of a group isn't always a good thing you can still very much feel alone just like Johnny and Pony did. Johnny and Ponyboys journey creates and understanding for why that sometimes is, but despite that, a smart girl once said “things are rough all over” ~Cherry

In particular, the Ponyboy, Dally, and Johnny showed their love for stealing and making fun of others when they went to the store to hang out before watching the movie. Ponyboy states, “We bought Cokes and blew straws at the waitress and walked around eyeing things that were lying out in the open until the manager got wise to us and suggested we leave” (19). Somebody who believes that the Greasers are dishonorable would say that this proves how disrespectful the Greasers are to others excluding people among themselves. However, the Greasers actually are honorable because they do respect others outside of their gang. Specifically, they showed respect and care for other people when they chose to risk their own lives to save the kids in the church.

The Socs don’t know Ponyboy personally. They assume he is bad because he is a Greaser. This proves that the Socs judge and stereotype Greasers. Another example is when Bob states, ‘“You know what a greaser is?" Bob asked.

For insance, people have opinions, biases, and experiences that will always affect how they act and think. So even though Gadamer insists that players must forget themselves to be truly involved in the game, it is unrealistic to believe that people can control how their own thoughts influence their character and conduct. Still, Gadamer and his advocates might say that a person just attempting to lose oneself, even if they do not completely succeed in doing so, fufills the main purpose of forgetting oneself. If they try to remove all prior biases and inhabitions, they will accomplish committing to the game in their own terms. However, prejuducie might prevail regardless of what a person thinks they are doing because someone cannot always recognize their own moments of partiality.

With this being said, those who do nothing to help are just letting negative people and negative activities take over. It seems that bystanders today can be so heartless and very undependable at times. Things like this should not be taking advanced of nor should it be tolerated. It is serious and undoubtedly important to not be a bystander at any point. However, if one so happens to be a bystander take action and help the victim.

Many people do not have the privilege to be able to gain systematic instruction; therefore, when given the opportunity, people should be able to take action and begin to expand their minds in various ways. Having the quality of being able to further explain a situation “enables [one] to step aside asses the rights and wrongs of [their] actions and regulate [themselves]” (Kumar 1). Many people today are making terrible decisions that not only affect themselves but others also due to the lack of proper education. Fazlullah misinterpreted the Quran; As a result, those who were uneducated started to believe what he had to say due to their inability to understand the Quran on their own. As E. Ravi Kumar stated, “[one] knowing the true value of education will understand “a clear knowledge of human value” and not follow the “opposite values”” (Kumar 6).

Suffering-- unfulfilled hopes, dreams, or expectations-- is unavoidable; one can try to minimize suffering, but it may have the opposite results since one has to become a shut-in: one has to shut themselves away from the world and keep social interactions to a bare minimum all to avoid being hurt. A lot of these shut-ins, including Oreki, are depressed and suicidal. Therefore, avoiding pain will just lead to pain--a catch-22 situation--; however, pain is essential because without experiencing pain one will never understand the true meaning of happiness. In fact, taking on challenges is a big learning experience. For instance, if I didn’t take English Honors, I probably wouldn’t have become a better writer.

Others believe that we should get rid of it because if humans make these mistakes you will be label to harshly for what you have done. Its as simple as if you don 't do the crime you won 't do the time. The

In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, it talks about a gang with not much money called the greasers, that goes up against a wealthy gang called the socs. The greasers have a big disadvantage here since they do not have very much money and can’t get off the hook as easily as the socs. Showing that the law is unfair for the greasers because they are poor. Dally gave Ponyboy and Johnny a gun and got put in jail for it. Johnny killed a guy in self defense, and said that if he ever got caught, he would get the electric chair, and if Ponyboy ever got caught he would be sent to the reformatory.

To recover sovereignty and regain control of your mind, Percy suggests rejecting formal education and tried and true methods of execution. He says the best way to rebound from the loss is to take the bull by the horns, and get your own free-thinking mind back. Morris says that your personal beliefs need to be taken with a grain of salt, and awareness of general truths is what really cannot be lost. If you wish to take part in Percy’s solution, Morris suggests you can lose rationality and the ability to differentiate your thoughts and opinions from reality. This could quickly lead to you making incorrect assumptions, and believing things solely based on your eyesight, which consistently lies to you.

If you are not letting your voice be heard, because you are constantly in fear of being attacked, criticized, dehumanized and/or vilified, that is also another way of being niggerized. When you downplay your own belittlement because you’re realities of life are too much to take,

And, at the same time, keeps people from discussing important issues, while the fabric of this society is being changed. " The issue on being politically correct has kept many people from saying what they want to say or feel like saying for risk of being seen as a prejudiced person. We must stand up for what we believe in and not suppress our thoughts, and feelings. According to LifeCourse Associates, magazine article “Another factor is widespread disaffection with the political establishment. Voters fed up with years of public-sector paralysis are buying into the argument that political correctness stifles the ability of our nation’s leaders to speak freely and act decisively “(Why do millennials love political correctness?