In the movie “The Outsiders” and the article “The Saints and the Roughnecks”, there are two types of classes; a lower class considered deviant and a middle class considered perfect. These two classes are defined by different statuses, titles and symbols. They are also labeled differently by government officials, police, and their respective social classes. Placing a label of “deviant” on a certain social class almost always causes the labeled class to fulfill its “fulfilled prophecy.” The tension between classes further reinforces what happens when we apply labels to groups in society, labels that will cause pain, suffering, and unequal treatment of other classes. The film “The Outsiders” takes a look at the lives of the two social classes of the era (mid-60s) of the plowshares and the greasers. Socs are pretentious and consider themselves superior to other classes (especially greasers, they are part of the upper classes). “Do you know what greasers are? Rednecks with long, greasy hair” (film). Socs have a hatred/rivalry with greasers, likely due to differences in their perceived status, as well as their different values ​​and sociological niches. Socs seem to be able to get away with almost anything, they are held in higher esteem by important societal judges like the police and schools. They are often found drinking and causing more trouble than the Greasers, they also enjoy fighting, especially their rivals. Greasers are labeled as deviants by the police and the public, they are part of the lower/working class. They often face discrimination due to their low education, income level and family stability. Unfortunately, sometimes the greasers seem to accept their "fate" and continue to strengthen middle of paper... the church and save several children, performing a non-deviant act and showing the potential of his class. Socs/Saints appear to be more deviant in the sense that they engage in as many, if not more, deviant activities than greasers, but are able to get away with it due to their high social status. Social class had a lot to do with the public's perception of them and how the public perceived their acts of deviance. The thugs/greasers had heard for so long that they would never get anything done and they behaved according to the negative expectations others had of them. Works Cited Henslin, James M. "Ch 6". Foundations of sociology: a down-to-earth approach. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2006. 141-42. Print. Foreigners. Real. François Coppola. Perf. Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Carlos Estevez. Zoetrope Studios, 1983. Video cassette.