The Greasers Dialectical Journal

Entry 1:Passage: “We get jumped by the Socs. I’m not sure how you spell it, but it’s the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids. It’s like the term “greaser,” which is used to class all us boys on the East Side.” pg 2
Situation: This is still the very beginning of the book and readers are still being troduced to the characters and what their lives are like. This passage is found on page 2 in Chapter 1.
Importance: This passage is important to the book because it explains what lives are like for the greasers. This is a significant passage because it foreshadows that bad things will happen to the greasers later on in the book. It also gives the reader an idea of the things they have already gone through.
Analysis:

Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.” pg 40-41
Situation: Ponyboy is talking to a Soc named Cherry and they were talking about how he enjoys watching the sunset and that how she used to but now she can’t because she doesn’t have the time to. This happened in chapter 2.
Importance: This passage is important because it shows that Ponyboy is able to get along with Cherry, a Soc, just fine. This is significant to the story because this chapter is the first time we get a glimpse of a Soc, and the two Socs actually enjoy talking to them. It shows that maybe they’re not all bad.
Analysis: This impacts the story because it builds more curiosity and hope for the reader. It builds curiosity because the 2 Socs are actually being nice to Ponyboy and the gang. It also creates some hope because you can see that they’re not all that different. This impacts the understanding of the book because readers can understand the point of views of some of the Socs and that they’re lives aren’t as good as they seem from the outside. You can understand this through Cherry’s and Ponyboy’s

Because of Ponyboy’s guilt for thinking he started the fire, he ran in the building and saved the kids. He risked his life because he has nothing else to lose. Jail is most likely in both Ponyboy and Johnny’s future now.This impacts the reader's understanding of the book because the reader gets an insight into how much Ponyboy is willing to risk his life for someone he doesn’t even know. He’s brave but he doesn’t care that much about himself. This whole chapter makes the reader have even more sympathy for Ponyboy and Johnny because the reader knows their good