Social Groups In The Outsiders

Who is the True Outsider?
Wherever they are groups, there are outsiders. Written in 1967 “The Outsiders” in Tulsa, Oklahoma by S.E. Hinton. In the novel, which characters are set part from the rest of society? In the novel, two groups are divided known as the greasers and the socs. The social groups both feel as though they are the outsiders however, the true outsider are those who can further see them.
The greasers are presented to be a more excluded group from the rest of the socs and are more known for being the outsiders of the town. When Ponyboy takes out his switchblade to dissect a worm in his biology class, a soc girl next to him gasped and said “They are right. You are a hood” (DOC B). Ponyboy at this point is called after a name that

society has come to know to call the greasers. Ponyboy is assumed to be a hoodlum, excluding him from the rest of society
However, the socs are presented as smart and rich they too feel as the outsiders but, are not seen or expected to be the outsiders. When Cherry, a Soc explains to Ponyboy how the Socs and the greasers are different, Ponyboy thinks “That was the truth. Socs were always behind a wall of aloofness, careful not to let their real selves show through” (DOC C). Again, Socs can never show their true selves, making them outsiders towards real experiences.
On the contrary, the true outsiders are those who see beyond them. When Ponyboy recites the poem to Johnny, Johnny feels different from the greasers making him the outside of the gang “I guess we’re different” (DOC D). Later, when Ponyboy talks to Bob’s friend, Randy the soc, Randy is able to separate Ponyboy as an individual rather than being greaser “Thanks greaser, I didn’t mean that I meant, thanks kid” (DOC E). Finally, Johnny realizes Ponyboy is somehow different from the rest of the greasers “Stay gold, Ponyboy, Stay gold” (DOC F). Johnny tells Ponyboy to stay himself.
In the novel “The Outsiders” can be interpreted in many ways. If both the greasers and the socs are outsiders, perhaps everyone is the true outsider in some way.