![]() ![]() His hair is his pride and joy, and it is a painful identity change for him to cut it off when he and Johnny try to disguise themselves. longer than a lot of boys wear theirs, squared off in back and long at the front and sides, but I am a greaser and most of my neighborhood rarely bothers to get a haircut." In the first paragraph of Chapter 1, he says, "I have light-brown, almost-red hair. Ponyboy demonstrates his belief in hair's importance by including it in his character descriptions. The Greasers' hairstyle is what distinguishes them as hoods, and part of the appearance that keeps them relegated to the margins of society. ![]() Ponyboy realizes that the reason the Socs never get blamed for causing trouble is because "We look hoody and they look decent." Although most of the Greasers are "pretty decent guys underneath all that grease," and the Socs are "just cold-blooded mean," it doesn't matter because "people usually go by looks." Hair The theme of appearances is linked to the conflict between the Socs and the Greasers, and its importance is underlined when the Socs arrive at the rumble in Chapter 9. Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs." We'll forget it if you win, or if you don't. So it doesn't do any good, the fighting and the killing. And we'll still be the lucky ones with all the breaks. You'll still be where you were before - at the bottom. In Chapter 7, as he explains why he is leaving town instead of attending the rumble, Randy explains the lose-lose situation to Ponyboy: Nothing is real with us." And Ponyboy agrees that "It's not money, it's feeling - you don't feel anything and we feel too violently." We're sophisticated - cool to the point of not feeling anything. Cherry says, "You greasers have a different set of values. In Chapter 3, a conversation between Ponyboy and Cherry defines a distinction between the two groups that goes beyond money. almost like hoods we steal things and rive old souped-up cars and hold up gas stations and have a gang fight once in a while." In contrast, the Socs are "the jet set, the West-side rich kids," who "jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to society the next." The Greasers are "poorer than the Socs and the middle class. The conflict between Socs and Greasers is introduced in Chapter 1, and escalates throughout the book. ![]()
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