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"Maybe the two worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset," (page 40).  Ponyboy uses this example throughout the book, it is a key part of how he understands the world around him and figures out that people are not that different.

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Ponyboy used to believe that the Socs had it easy and that the Greasers were the only ones struggling.  But after he talked to Cherry and Randy he learned that "Things are rough all over," (page 35).  Cherry and Randy helped Ponyboy to understand that the Socs were people too and that they felt pain and had hardships of their own, but they were different hardships than the ones the Greasers had.

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How does S.E. Hinton develop the theme through setting, characters, and plot over the course of the text?
S.E. Hinton develops the theme through setting, characters, and plot over the course of the text by revealing the internal struggles of the characters and the world they lived in.  She develops the theme through setting by having parts of the plot happen in places that were relevant to who the characters were; like in Soc cars (in Randy's car), or Greaser hangouts (the dingo).  She develops the theme through the characters by revealing the perspectives and prejudices the characters had towards each other and the world around them.  One example of this would be when Cherry said, "All Socs aren't like that...Not all of us are like that," (page 34).  She develops the theme through the plot by making the story about characters that struggled because of social inequality and difficult circumstances.

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When Ponyboy talks to Randy, Randy tells him, "You can't win, even if you whip us.  You'll still be where you were before-at the bottom.  And we'll still be the lucky ones with all the breaks.  So it doesn't do any good, the fighting and the killing," (page 117).  Randy understood that the struggle between the Greasers and the Socs was unnecessary, and that it only caused pain.  The two social classes took out their emotions from their various problems on each other, which only worsened the prejudices and hate they had towards each other.

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This picture displays the underlying struggles of each social class.  The crack going through all of them symbolizes that none of them are perfect and that all of them have problems and flaws.

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Before the rumble starts, Ponyboy thought, "...but people usually go by looks," (page 141).   After Ponyboy had talked to Randy and Cherry, he was beginning to understand that the prejudices the people in his town had were wrong.  He was developing a new perspective on life and on people.  By listening to the Socs' side of the story he understood that people are more than just their appearance and social class, even if many people never bothered to look past that.

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This picture displays the effect that prejudice has on a person.  Prejudice is often a result of ignorance and lazy thinking.  It causes people to hate each other without a real reason to.   Both the Greasers and the Socs had prejudices against each other that neither group had ever tried to see past.  The result was the conflict between Greasers and Socs that occurred throughout the book.

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This picture displays the struggle between the Socs and the Greasers.  They fight with each other to try to prove one of them is better, when in reality the fighting is useless and proves nothing.

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The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about social class inequality and prejudice and reveals that all people no matter the social class have problems and struggles.