Beyond the outsiders

        The article I chose is called “self concept” and mainly just talks about how you feel about yourself and how you feel about what others think about you. This makes the book and the article that I read really similar. The first reason is because the article states, “Social Roles: We are all social beings whose behavior is shaped to some extent by the roles we play. Such roles as student, housewife, or member of the football team not only help others to recognize us but also help us to know what is expected of us in various situations.”  (Self concept section 1). This means that we all begin to shape ourselves into our roles for later in life. In the book, there were 2 kinds of people, socs and greasers. These two groups are now people mainly recognize other people.

Another reason that they are similar is the article talks about how we judge people just by how they look. This is true because the article states, “Mr. Clean - dressed in smart suit, carrying a briefcase opened to reveal a slide rule and books.
Mr. Dirty - dressed in an old T-shirt and jeans, slouched over a cheap sex novel.” (Self concept section 1). Like the article, the book says that socs dress in fancy clothes so that when they get in trouble with anybody, they would like the victim. Greasers dress in leather jackets and jeans to basically look “tuff” (cool), they also use grease to make their long hair look nicer (partially why they are called greasers).

Overall the these are a few reasons of why the article “self concept” and the outsiders are similar. Both talk about how they look and how we judge people based off how they look.