The clear rivals of the story are the Socs and the Greasers. They are rivals because they are complete opposites. The Socs are rich and drive nice cars but the greasers don’t have a lot of money. The Greasers are jealous of the Socs and the way they have everything handed to them and don’t have to work for it. They are also annoyed because they get blamed for all the things the Socs do because of the Greaser stereotype.
Afterwards, Via explains that Miranda was feeling “sick” and couldn’t do it, so she let Olivia do it. On a scale from one to ten, I would give this book an 8 because it is one of the most touching books I’ve ever read but it is too touching in my opinion. My favorite part of the book was when Auggie won the award for overcoming so many heartbreaking times and having the most courage. A person who likes books that should be award winners would really like this
Ponyboy first response to the socs was “I couldn’t see what socs have to sweat about good grades, good cars, good girls, madras,mustangs and corvairs. Man I thought if i had no worries that I’d consider myself lucky.” (p.36) This is important because Ponyboy just thought Socs were spoiled rich kids that got anything they wanted. Also Ponyboy was joining in with all the other greasers with the feud with the socs. Later after the fire and rescue, his talk with Randy leads him to understand that the Socs are just people who happen to be rich. Everyone has the same feelings and
I thought reading was boring and I could never get into any book I would read. I figured if I found a book that I really liked I would start to read more. in fact I now have a favorite book call Zeitoun. It became my favorite book because it was of the setting, characters, and the outcome. One reason Zeitoun became one of my favorite book is because of its setting.
There are always two sides: the good ones and the bad ones. Obviously it is not possible to define each one because there are different ways of setting a preference for who is the good or the bad. The Socs are the privileged kids from the Westside that as the word Soc means society, they have nice cars, they are rich and they live for bluffing. The Greasers are the unprivileged ones who live in the poor side and have to put up with the Soc’s attacks, in both moral and physical ways. A special detail to look at are the changes the protagonist undergoes during the novel which I think is one of the main purposes the author wants us to pay special attention to, since the entire plot is based on Pony’s feelings and expectation for his life.
200). This is taking place when Mr. Lindner has come to bribe the family to leave Clybourne Park after Walter has decided to accept the money. Even though Lena convinces Walter not to take the bribe, it still shows the heavy effect that racial prejudice can have on people. It shows how racial prejudice can lead to fighting within the family and emotional distress or degrading effects. The quote also illustrates how racial prejudice oppresses people into staying in their current social status.
The assumption can be draw is that they are privileged living in an area of wealth where not much occurs because they day they were bored most of the time. They lived in a town with “housing developments and shopping malls and street lights,”(396). They wanted people to think they were the bad kids in this small town. But when they meet their match at Greasy Lake one evening they realize the stranger is a real bad character and he may cause problems. The narrator beats him too it, and it is three to one.
But although it is the shortest it is also the most important part, because that is the first time you get a sense on what Biss actually feel. She expresses her own feelings to the subject, and it is also the passage that moves you to Biss’s thoughts and ideas behind the essay. Then she goes on telling the story her dad had passed on to her about her grandfather falling from a telephone pole and breaking his back. The innocent stories from her childhood and how she thought the poles were beautiful. “Now, I tell my sister, these poles, there wires do not look the same to me.
Gold diggers are one of my pet peeves for the simple fact that the concept along is stupid. Why would any female want to have to depend on a man for anything? I think that a female is just as strong as a man and just as capable of getting a job and making her own money. To me the concept of being independent sounds much better than being a gold digger any day. Another pet peeve of mine is high class “acting” people.
Myrtle is poor she does not have any extra money and hates her life with Wilson. Nick Harroway was middle class and had a little extra money but was not rich. Tom and Daisy were wealthy. They both came from rich families and had a lot of extra money. Gatsby was extremely rich.