The Value Of Education In The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton

In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, there is always the question. Does wealth in a person’s life determines how their life will turn out? Most citizens in the book criticize people because of their wealth. The Greasers of being hoods with no education because of their low income, Socs being high class citizens with education. They’re people in this world that want to learn and want to succeed in life, but cannot afford for their own education. They’re people in this world that have the chance to succeed in life, but blow it because they think they can go without education because of their wealth. The Socs and the Greasers are a prime example that wealth does not determine the quality of life, because Darry is poor, but athletic, Bob is rich,

But some members of the Greaser’s gang are given the intelligence, but some of them don’t use it wisely to become successful like how others see their counterparts, and can barely afford the education for themselves. “I make good grader and have a high IQ and everything, but I don’t use my head” (4). Pony is a smart kid, but sometimes he just doesn’t use his intelligence on certain issues and ends up on the side of failure instead of success. Another example is Pony lives in a poor house hold with his brothers, but has the education to get accepted for colleges scholarships, and have the chance his brothers never had to excel in life, because of his intelligence. “Listen, with your brains and grades you could get a scholarship, and we could put you through college” (173). Pony is an intelligent person even though he is a Greaser. He can go to college if he works hard enough and uses his head unlike the Socs. The Socs can just pay for their college with no need a scholarship. The Greasers being poor, but still able to become successful in life, breaks them out if their stereotype that society has given