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Who Is The Broken Family In S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders

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The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton is a book about a boy named Ponyboy and his friends, the Greasers. The Greasers are always in a battle with the Socs. The Socs are the richest kids in town that look down at the Greasers. The Greasers always stick together through thick and thin because they are all that they have. The Greasers have it worse than the Socs because they have broken families, everyone thinks very low of them, and they’re always getting jumped by the Socs. The Greasers have broken families. Johnny’s dad beats him and his mom just ignores him. Dally’s parents don’t care about him, but atleast they have parents. Ponyboy and his brothers, Sodapop and Darry, lost their parents due to a car accident. All that they have is eachother. “Since

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