The Outsiders Characterization

Socs vs. greasers

Tyler,

You completely fit into our Soc clique. You’ll have fun hanging out with us and you don’t want to be a greaser. We’re the popular ones, unlike them – they’re losers.

Socs have more opportunities than greasers do. We can go to any college we want to go to, because of our money and rep. Greasers are all dropouts, they’ll never get anywhere in life. Our parents are all successful and they make sure society prefers us to greasers. Greasers don’t get any breaks. They’re just dirty and drunk like their parents.

We have Corvettes and Mustangs, because our parents give us whatever we want. Since we have really good reps, our parents trust us and let us stay out late at night. Socs host the coolest parties in town, and beer bashes down at the lake. Greasers like to steal alcohol for their parties and they do everything the illegal way. They’re all lying, no good hoods, and society hates them. They have such trashy reps that whenever the police investigate a case, greasers always get blamed - never us. Greaser criminal records are miles long.

Socs are popular, and our girls look like movie stars. Most of them are cheerleaders and they come to all our parties. No greasers ever get a chance with them. Soc girls are scared of greasers, because they look terrible and are on the run from the police most of the time. Greasers are stuck with their trashy girls. They’re drunken tramps and so ugly even most of the greaser guys hate them.

Join us, we get all the breaks. We have the rep, the cars, the girls, the money, everything. You know you belong with us.

Your buddy,

Charley