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 that people usually go by looks. I think so, because it is the first impression that people have of your character. Most people judge by appearance, saying this person looks dumb, and this person looks smart. If you have all these top-of-the-line merchandise, people would think you are rich, arrogant, or someone with those characteristics. If someone looks evil, no one would think that the person is very nice, or something other than what their appearance suggests.
I am not sure if I agree. Maybe in a really distinct regard that Ponyboy is talking about, like the difference between a hood and a relatively-wealthy kid. That is likely true, because even I sometimes consider random people I see walking across the street depending on looks. Though I don't think that applies in small sense like in school. But if you go to big cities and see guys in jeans and jackets and with long hair and such, you would probably think of them as hoods more than people wearing T-shirts and shorts with medium to short hair. I agree with Ponyboy on that.
I do agree that many people are judged by how you are externally because people who do not know you only have what you look like and who you hang out with as a base for what your personality is like. Darry, even though he acts and dresses like a Soc, he gets treated like a greaser just because of the gang he hangs out with, and the fact that he does not have the money or the situation to go to college.
Ponyboy, even though he is really smart and skipped a grade, is classified as a greaser because of his friends and how he dresses. His grades are completely skipped over and ignored because most people who just look at him do not know he is smart, and think that he probably is just about as smart as his friends.
Yes, I do agree, since many people do judge people by their looks. Most of the people seems to not to realize that you have to look deep into them to really know who they are. Especially at school, many people will try to ignore people that looks "non-decent" compared to them. However, if you really look deep into those people and get to know them just a little, they can be "decent" and really nice, clearly different from what they look like. And yet still, people go by looks, and still not understand what that truly means,how it is not the right way to judge people.
I disagree because some people dress like other people to fit in. If you assume someone looks like a bad person but is just trying to fit it it is not fair. Many greasers became greasers because they were born on the wrong side of town or they are just poor. Some Soc's do not want to jump greasers but since everyone else does they tag along. They just want to live an innocent life and not have a criminal record. Some greasers are also like that, they do not want to be known as the poor people. Even though they are poor they want to achieve goals in their life and make it better for their family. Dally was a good student and a great athlete but his family was a major setback in his life after his parents died. So he had to give up his scholarship and had to work two jobs just to keep his family alive. I don't think it is fair for your life to be decided not by fate but by the amount of money you have or the your academic abilities.
Yes, I agree. It's easiest for most people just to assume a person's personality by judging from their looks. They usually don't bother to actually get to know the person since it's too troublesome. Pony was actually biased against people with green eyes at the beginning of the book, too. After reading the book so far, I've come to see most of the greasers aren't nearly as bad as they may seem. Also, they usually start slouching and smoking in order to look tougher when Socs come. This could cause a lot of people to misunderstand them, thinking that they looked and acted like that all the time. While Socs have nothing to do, they spend their time jumping greasers and ganging upon them so it's not a fair fight.
I agree with Ponyboy when he says people judge each other by looks. I think this is true because they think if some of them are bad then all of them are. This is not true because even within their own group there are good and bad people and if you make assumptions on some of the people based on the others it will not always be accurate. Ponyboy understands this because he stats that half of the hoods he knows are actually good people underneath. He still understands there are good and bad people everywhere and you can't judge a person until you know them.
I agree. People assume others' personalities by how they look. Socs look like good people, because they are well-dressed and have lots of money. But they jump greasers for fun. They are not the good people that others think they are. Greasers on the other hand, look bad because they dress with long T shirts and greasy long hair, but they have good sides. For example, Darry keeps his door unlocked for other greasers to come in. The greasers don't hold grudges against each other, and Dally, who looks like a criminal, cares for Johnny. Greasers look like they are bad people and Socs look the opposite, but people who think that greasers are all bad are wrong. Greasers aren't bad at all and the Socs aren't that great either.
I agree because sometimes people just see and base their opinion on the person and how they look like. Pony also knows hoods which are pretty decent all that grease. People judge through what people wear and jump to conclusions. The Socs look decent and greasers look hoody and so people assume greasers are more likely to blamed. And sometimes people dislike people who look or are different from them, and think that they are superior or right.
I agree with what Ponyboy says because most people don't get to know the real person before making a stereotype about them. Most people think that the greasers are mean and don't care about anything, and just break the rules, but in reality, a lot of the greasers do care about the things going on around them, and they all have their own troubles, but nobody ever paid enough attention to them to notice. The Socs are often perceived as the best of society, but people never notice that the Socs are the real heartless ones, not the greasers. Since the greasers look sloppy and walk like hoods, people automatically assume that they are exactly like hoods, whereas the Socs look very proper, but their personality doesn't match their appearance at all.
I mainly agree. I think that some people judge what they think of others based on their first look at them. They do not get to know others well before they decide things about them. Sometimes people also base individuals on stereotypical info of a group that he or she belongs to, or they base that individual on information of another person within the same group. A few other people take time to know someone before judging them. Those people do not go by looks or first appearances. Mainly, though, people base their judgment on first opinion.
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