Outsiders A look at the major social problems
The novel I chose to read is called The Outsiders. The Outsiders is about a boy who is in a gang. The major social problem in this novel has to deal with two social classes. ... The theoretical perspective I chose to talk about is social conflict. ... What is the social conflict under analysis? The social conflict under analysis is the fighting between different social classes. ... They cause problems for the lower class group and never get into trouble for it. ... The people in this book can be separated in social class by certain points. With characteristics, the socs look more sophisticated with the way they dress and talk. ... The criticism to this is how the people in the town could let the difference in social class become so great is ridiculous. ... If the cops and schools would have looked at these kids as equals, these kids would not have fought at the end of the book and noone would have died because of difference in social class.