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Why Do Kids Join Gangs Related To The Outsiders?

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How are the kids dropping out of school compare and contrast to kids joining gangs relate to the novel, The Outsiders. Like in “The Allure of Gangs” Ponyboy, Johnny, Sodapop, Darry, and all the Socs were in gangs and they hated each other. “Alarming Number of Teens Are Quitting School to Go to Work” is related to The Outsiders because Sodapop quit school to provide food and shelter for Ponyboy and Darry. Three things that will discussed are why the Greasers and the Socs are in gangs, why Sodapop quit school, and why the Socs think that they are way better than the Greasers. Hope you enjoy this essay. In this first paragraph, what will be discussed is why the Greasers and the Socs are all in gangs. In “The Allure of Gangs” it states, “Often, kids who join kids feel alienated by their parents, and have lost the connection with them that they might have had when they were small.”(The Allure of Gangs,Paragraph 3). This shows that maybe Ponyboy, Dally, and Sodapop didn’t have a strong connection with their parents. Furthermore, …show more content…

In The Outsiders it states, “Hey, Grease,” one said in an over-friendly voice, “We’re going to do you a favor. We’re gonna cut all that greasy hair off.” (Hinton, pg.5). This shows that the Socs think that they are way better than the Greasers. It also shows that because the Socs have short hair, everyone else has to have long hair too. In “The Allure of Gangs” it states, “In some gangs, status is gained by having the most reputation (rep)... the more violent the member is the more reputation that they will get by fellow gang members.” This shows that are just trying to get even more reputation just by cutting his hair. It also proves that they are trying to act tough around other gang members so that they can gain more respect and more reputation. In conclusion, this is why the Socs think that they are tougher than the

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