The Outsiders Pros Cons

CONFLICT ESSAY: “The Outsiders”

Your school makes a point to keep telling you that all the students are like one big family but are we really? What family divides itself into groups that all have their own cultural norms? Which family discludes you on the basis that you don’t meet their standards? The answer, obviously, is none. Our school is segregated into cliques that we form entirely on our own for reasons not understood; the Populars, Troublemakers, Pairs, Outcasts and the Average.

We’ve been distinctly separating ourselves into groups for as long as anyone can remember, but we’ve never bothered to ask ourselves why we do it. In school we begin to question our identity, starting with the question we’ve all asked ourselves at

The Outcasts of the school are what I would call “leftovers”. As unfortunate as it is, Outcasts are the people that no one else wanted just because they were a little different. The way I see it, Outcast don’t fit in anywhere else so they make a group filled with other kids who don’t fit in. The Outcast crew is always sitting together at lunch and even if they can disappear into their own world at times, they’re very close and loyal to one another. Outcasts contrast from the Troublemakers in the way they interact within their clique. The Troublemakers rarely talk about anything important to them whereas Outcasts aren’t afraid to converse about their passions and go very deep into their conversations. The Average is a group made up of people who are completely average, hence the name. I like to call this particular group the Plain Janes. The Average gang is a sort of mix of the other groups, they’re smart, fairly well known and they may do some bad things once in a while. Another thing about them is that their group isn’t large but it doesn’t consist of just two people either, it’s in between. The Average stick by each other through thick and thin. Their conversations can vary from absolute nonsense to very serious matters, they don’t get in too deep but they do talk about what’s important to them. The Average don’t aim to be like someone else, they just want to be