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1. What was your opinion of Dallas’ actions in this chapter? Some people think it was quite dramatic, while others criticized it. How did you feel about it? I think Dallas’ actions in this chapter were not the right choices. I totally understand that he had just lost his friend but that doesn’t mean he had to make all those bad decisions. He robbed a store and then asked the greasers to help him hide but then when the police caught him he pulls out his fake gun which then gets him shot and killed. This could have gone a totally differently like he could have just gone home and mourned but instead he made those bad decisions. 2. Throughout the story, the greasers are portrayed as decent kids, who occasionally get into trouble, while the Socs are bad kids who …show more content…

I do not think this is fair because not all Socs are bad and society doesn’t see them as bad. The Greasers are not that bad either they do have some good in them. Yes, they make bad decisions but they still deserve a good chance in society and shouldn’t be seen as all bad, because I believe they all have some good in them. Yes, I think the author’s sympathies’ the Greasers. 3. Consider the author’s point of view and discuss whether you think the author grew up a greaser or a Soc. Provide examples which support your point. I think the author grew up being a greaser. I think this because the book talks a lot more about the Greasers than the Socs which probably means she hanged out with the greasers a lot more. The author also knows a lot more about more about the Socs than the greasers like what they like, what they do, and what their past is but this does not apply to the Socs. They are only given a few minor details about them. 4. The Outsiders deals with the trials and tribulations of growing up. Consider where you are in your life and discuss whether or not you feel this book accurately portrays adolescents. How are their problems the same as the one you and your friends have; how are they

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