The Outsiders Essay

The book The Outsiders is a classic that most children read in middle school for class. The book has been created into a movie that captured the hearts of many and created a visual for what everyone had read in the book. It is set in 1960s America at the peak of the Cold War and Civil Rights Movement. Focusing on the movie version of The Outsiders can reflect many events or feelings during the Cold War. The movie isn’t specifically about the Cold War and doesn’t show the specific events that happened during the Cold War, but it allows the viewers to get a sense of America during that time. With tensions high in America due to violence between races, the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, political assassinations, and many more people

You can see how the inequality played out in the book I've Been Bunked and I've Been Scorned when it says “African Americans were inferior to white people, and any attempt to topple this natural racial order undermined white political power, removed whites from their proper place, and gave African Americans false hope about their potential and ability to be free and equal to whites.” which puts into perspective how things were in the United States. You could also look at it as the inequalities between those in power, and those who were not. The Cold War had an abundance of issues with the division of power, and wars were even fought over

In America during the Cold War, it was divided into multiple issues, one being the Civil Rights Movement. Americans felt different ways about the movement and that can be seen in The Outsiders and how citizens felt about the Greasers and Socs. Overall society during the Cold War was divided and it can be seen in The Outsiders. The Outsiders also shows the frustrations that the American Citizens felt during the Cold War. There was little room to grow and the American people felt stuck, and had no hope, which the same could be said about the Greasers who could barely get out of the “bad” part of town they lived in. Many factors in both the movie and America caused the blockage of moving up in society, and the frustrations were high on both sides. Overall The Outsiders was influenced by many events, a few being the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, and the youth counterculture. The inequality in the film is related to that of the Civil Rights Movement, the conflict could be related to the conflict that was being faced in the Vietnam War, and the need for friendships and trust can be seen throughout the world during the Cold