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Greasers In The Outsiders
The greasers have it hard! But so do the socs. In the novel the Outsiders the greasers seem to have all the troubles but the soc do to many of the things that the greasers deal with the socs deal with too. Some things that they both deal with is stereotyping, money, and smoking habits.

One common struggle that both of them face is the money. For example, “It's not just money, part of it is but not all.”. This shows that money is a problem for both of them. It also shows that not all of their differences come from money.
Another common struggle that they both face is stereotyping. “You're more emotional, we’re more sophisticated.”. This shows that the socs stereotype the greasers to be emotional which may not be true. Also, it shows that the
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