Reflect on Ponyboy's words on p.141: "..half of the hoods I know are pretty decent guys underneath all the grease, and from what I've heard, a lot of Socs are just cold-blooded mean - but people usually go by looks." Do you agree? Why or why not? Be specific.
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I agree. People usually judge each other by appearance, and if someone seems cold or unfriendly, they usually stay away. Underneath that unnerving gaze, though, may or may not be a warm and caring person. One can never tell unless they make the move to get to know the other guy.
I agree with Ponyboy when he says people usually go by looks. Too many people, even me at times, out there in the world make assumptions based off of appearance. In this book especially, with the greasers and Socs, everyone assumes greasers are bad news and all of them are hoodlums looking for trouble and Socs are assets to society and are wonderful and good. But that's not true. There are good greasers, like Pony (Cherry has said it too, that Pony's a nice kid and that good kids are so scarse these days), his brothers, Johnny, and even Dallas (as Johnny said to Pony, he's gallant), but some Socs are bad and "cold-blooded mean" like Pony says. Just because greasers don't have enough money to "clean up all nice" like Socs and have proper clothes and everything doesn't mean they aren't as good, and just because Socs have money to make themselves LOOK neat and good doesn't mean they're good automatically. Our world would be a better place if we got rid of all of these things, these assumptions people make right when they see someone new...
I agree because most people get their first impression of people from their looks, "judging a book by its cover". If someone sees a homeless person dressed in rags on the street, they are much less likely to want to talk to or associate themselves with that person than a person dressed in expensive clothing. This is why most people who are just glance at them will think the Socs are helpful, or at least not troublesome, and the greasers are all no good at all. People are also more likely to believe the Socs than the greasers. After all, why would you listen to someone who you believe steals and lies over an "asset to society"?d
Yes, sometimes i think that people go by looks because if someone doesn't wear the new fashion style they are considered weird and a social outcast. They might be a nice person but just because of what they wear or how they look they aren't part of the popular group. I think that just because someone wears the right clothes or acts the right way that they are a good person. That person could be the meanest person on earth and that would not matter because they are part of the popular group or they are rich.Even if a person doesn't like a person they most probably will try to be friends so they can be popular and part of the group. Everybody will think that the socs are the best and it is the best to be friends with them but they really might be "cold-blooded mean". I don't think it is right or judge someone by how they look or who they hang out with because then they aren't your true friends that will stick up for you when ever you need then the most. I don't care if i don't hang out with the "coolest" people in school or a certain place, all I care is about whether the person is nice, caring and will stick up for me. I think in general that people do go by looks because you can tell when the whole class singles out a person by not including then in there groups. This is why I agree that people go by the looks.
I agree with Ponyboy when he says that people usually go by looks. since the Socs look decent, every time they do something wrong, people just blame the greasers because they look more like the people that would commit a crime. Darry always told Pony to be careful since greasers don't have it easy. They get blamed for everything. Pony also mentioned in page 141 that Socs never get blamed for anything because "they are rich, clean-cut, have nice madras jackets, and could just as easily have beer or go to the movies as opposed to being in a rumble." People blame the greasers because they seem like the people who would have nothing better to do than to fight. People should not judge a book by its cover. They should judge something by what is on the inside.
I believe Ponyboy is corrrect in saying that most people go by looks. People naturally evalute things and compare them to other things. Looks are often the first impression of another person one gets. Since this is true, looks are often what humans evalute another with. In turn, we associate people into groups simply by looking at them. If a person looks like a homeless person, first thing one probably thinks is that he lives a miserable life and is filthy in general, without considering any other things, like if he is a genuinely nice person. Since these judgements are made, the person will try to separate and hate the hobo-like person he considers below him, and they learn no more about another. This happens often even now, which is why Ponyboy is right in saying people judge another mostly by looks.
I agree that people do judge people by looks. They look at their clothes instead of who they are. Socs and greaser judge each other by what they are wearing. When a Socs sees a greaser they amedatly see of poor people and not the brights people around. When the greaser see Socs they think of wealthy people who like to jumped greasers for fun. When Pony get to know Bob better he realize that he was just like Pony except he was a Soc.
I agree with Ponyboy for the fact that people mainly judge people by looks with three main reason. First of all, I believe everyone judges people by how they look. Such as, if a man was sagging, and was smoking I would stay away from him. However he could be a nice guy without a belt, and with bad smoking habbits. Penultimately, in the book, The Outsides a group of wealthy teenagers called Socs jump people who look shabby and poor. And these poor, and shabby people may look at the Socs as bad people. Although there can be just as many good Socs as bad Socs. And these Socs could be attacking to another Soc who was dressed poorly. Lastly, a person who robbed a store may seem like a bad person, but may really actually be trying to support his family.
I don't entirely agree because some people want personality. A lot of people objectify people, that is why they go by looks. Cherry stated that not all Socs are bad. It goes by reputation to see how their personalities are. They might be mean if people don't know them well. Bob has another side, it is just how he wants to be seen against greasers. People like to objectify others because of their "special" interest. Everybody needs a good part of the personality or else the person objectifying the other person will get annoyed or possibly hate that person. Everybody wants a famous good looking person, even though most of them have half a brain. From this quote "but people usually go by looks." Well, a lot of people are two-faced, which means they are nice at first and show their true colors after they are done with using the victim. Usually the looks will be very alluring and the two-faced personality will be very effective so personality is very important.
I agree that it is true that many people go by looks. Many people tend to judge a book by its cover, and categorize a person by how they look. Sometimes that leads to stereotyping. For instance, people may call someone a 'nerd' just because they look like one(and I'm not saying that being a 'nerd' is a bad thing, because I know people who are proud of being 'nerds'. Including me.). Or calling people 'Goths', 'hippies','punks', and things like that just because they dress like it. That's stereotyping! and stereotyping isn't good. People assume mean things from clothes too much.
And also, I still think that nowadays, many rich people refuse to associate with poorer people; and people often judge wealth from clothes. Even though showing wealth isn't the point of clothes; clothes are there to keep you warm. That was the main point of clothes anyways.Cavemen started off with animal skins as clothes to keep warm and survive, not to show someone how pretty or rich they are. It's what you are inside that matters. Don't judge a book by its cover. Don't people think about that anymore? A lot of the 'poor' people are wonderful people underneath and rich in thought and wisdom, and the rich people may be poor in other ways. That's what Pony was trying to say. People just look at you, and they say: I know you, you're so-and-so and you are weird, poor, rich, whatever.
Anyways, I agree that people often go by looks, as Pony says.
Even though they shouldn't...
I agree with Ponyboy. I think that people do judge people by their looks. Like some people may seem mean, but are actually very nice guys if you get to know them. For example, Ponyboy hated people with green eyes and thought they were bad, but getting to know Cherry made his whole thought different from before. Another example is that Ponyboy thought that Dally was a tough, mean guy with no feelings because of his cold looking, but after listening to what Johnny thought about Dally, his comments about Dally totally changed, and he started to like Dally. The whole idea is that you can not judge people by their looks.
I agree with Ponyboy that people usually go by looks. Most first impressions are made by clothes, hairstyles, and accessories. Even though its based on stereotypes, people still see a greaser walking on one side of the street, and quickly cross to the other side so they won't have to walk by the greaser. But with Socs, its a different story. People will look upon the well-dressed, cool haircut guys, and will look upon them with repect, but just because of their appearances. Maybe some Socs are more decent then greasers, but its not true for all of them. People will assume that since they are rich, they have been brought up well, and have had decent educations. But with greasers, they will assume that all they do is fight and steal. This stereotype is not true at all. You shouldn't judge a book by its cover.
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