A prediction is the main correspondent to shaping the people and their behavior. Within society, social class is an organization for the financial status of people. The definition of social class is: a status hierarchy in which individuals and groups are classified on the basis of esteem and prestige acquired mainly through economic success and accumulation of wealth. Although this definition describes what a social class is, it does not clearly state who categorizes the individuals.
In “The Outsiders,” by S.E Hinton, society places people into these social classes. Society expects a simplified image of a social class, otherwise known as a stereotype. One of the two of the major social classes in the book are the Greasers, a group of people who value survival and in unity as protection for one another. The second are the Socials who are a contemptuous group of people and feel as if Greasers are unsuitable to walk among them. When society creates a certain idea of a person, they categorize them into social classes.
When society allocates people to social classes, not only does it create separation between the Socs and the Greasers, but it also creates an obstacle. Many think of the Greasers are failures, criminals, and hoodlums. Because Socs feel a sense of authorization over Greasers, they decide to intimidate Greasers in their spare time. An example of expectation occurs when Ponyboy Curtis and Dally Winston speed to meet Johnny Cade at the hospital, and a police officer pulls them over for driving too fast. Initially, the officer assumed they were up to no good due to the fact that they were Greasers. However, he was then told otherwise. S.E Hinton wrote “The policemen looked disgusted. ‘All right buddy, where’s the fire?’” (146). Because of the expectation of no good, opportunity for the Greasers is constrained, whereas opportunity comes to the Socs. This