In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, there are two gangs, the Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers contain Ponyboy, Sodapop, Dallas, Darry, Johnny, and Two-Bit. They are a gang from "the wrong side of the tracks." The other gang in the novel is the Socs. Their the "right" kind of people. They have everything. In the novel, these gangs are arch enemies. They fight all the time, and when Ponyboy talks to a Socs girl, its nothing but trouble. These two gangs differ in so many ways, from social class to roughness.

The Greasers, their dirty, rough, tough, and feisty. They get in fights, don't listen, start trouble, think their tough, and do what they want. Most of them are poor. Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry are all brothers, they live in a small house together, because their parents died. Tells you why their apart of a gang...