Group A Outsiders

The quote that is present within the novel The Outsiders by the author S.E. Hinton that best represents the theme of violence is ,” In New York, Dally blew off steam in gang fights, but here, organized gangs are rarities and the warfare is between the social classes (Hinton 10). In this quote, the theme of violence is clear and gives a reason why the book Gone with the Wind is referenced in Hinton’s novel. Gone with the Wind is about a civil war that is taking place in America due to different ideologies. In The Outsiders, there is a fight between two different gangs who are socially different. They are each a part of their own civil war in Oklahoma and they go to the same schools and live in the same town. The only difference between these two gangs is that the Greasers are poor while the Socs are exactly the opposite and are quite wealthy. These two groups constantly fight each other and struggle for total power which inevitably causes both gangs to lose their members. Violence separates people and since the quote refers to social classes it means that the rich and poor could never get along with each other despite the common similarities they share. This quote is taken from an electronic version of the novel since I do not have the hard copy.