

Some of the Socs like to beat up younger Greasers, like Johnny and Ponyboy. Cherry also said their values were different. Ponyboy realizes that they and the greasers have economic and social differences, but they aren't all perfectly happy like they're said to be - they have their own struggles.

They wanted someone to tell them no, just once. They wanted boundaries, or limits - this is especially true for Robert Sheldon. They are the rivals to the Greasers, and were described as having 'money, cars, and futures', according to Ponyboy Curtis.Īccording to Cherry and Randy, Socs had their own challenges. The Socs (pronounced ˈsoʊʃɪz / so-shis, short form of Socials) are a group of rich teenagers who live on the west side, or the south side in the movie.

Cherry about Socs to Ponyboy in The Outsiders Did you ever hear of having more than you wanted? So that you couldn't want anything else and then you started looking for something else you want? It seems like we're always searching for something to satisfy us, and never finding it. Rat race is a perfect name for it, We're always going and going, and never asking where. We're sophisticated - cool to the point of not feeling anything. You greasers have a different set of values.
