Give a detailed 5 paragraph comparison of greasers and Socs in the novel, The Outsiders. Include specific examples from the novel. Plus answer...

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questions.

THE
HEATER.  A heater is, of course, slang for a gun. We know
that Dally possesses one, and Pony and Johnny will return it to him after they return
home. It foreshadows Dally's own death, when he commits "suicide by cop" by waving an
unloaded gun at the police.

BEGINNING
& END.  The beginning of the story
starts with the line "When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of
the movie house..." The last chapter of the novel ends the same way. We find in the end
that the story we are reading is Pony's essay for his English
class.

LOYALTY.  (1) Johnny
uses his knife to save Pony from drowning by the Socs. (2) Johnny follows Pony into the
burning church; Dally follows later to save them. (3) Pony helps Dally during the
rumble, and then Dally helps to fight off a Soc who is beating
Pony.

LOSS.  (1) The Curtis
brothers, particularly Pony, mourn the loss of their parents, who were killed in an auto
accident. (2) The boys mourn the deaths of Johnny and Dally. (3) Cherry mourns the loss
of her boyfriend, Bob. (4) Soda misses his girlfriend, who has moved to
Florida.