The Movie "The Outsiders"

The movie "The Outsiders" is based around a group of boys from "the wrong side of town". This side of town is considered the poor side of town and the characters can fall under many labeling theories. The first theory, Tannenbaum's Dramatization of Evil, deals with how the community shifts their focus of evil acts (their definition of) to defining the individual. In the movie, Pony, Two-bit, Johnny and others are a part of a gang called the greasers. The community around them defines them as different by being a part of a gang along with presenting themselves in a rugged manner by wear…