Do Similar People Get Along

Social interaction is necessary in our society. It comes with making friends and staying in the company of others. Through this process, people with similar backgrounds and beliefs are brought together. Similarities in views and thoughts make it easier to communicate and work with others. People tend to get along with people who are similar to them because it is easier to relate and confine with them.

In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the author portrays the social divide amongst two classes living in a city milieu. The greasers, from the economically lower-class group have had difficult circumstances that have forced them in a comradeship to fight for their survival. Socials (Socs) come from affluent backgrounds and are sophisticated. Although greasers and Socs share the same human nature, the social divide and differences in their upbringing cause them to form two distinct groups. These two groups are comprised of people similar to them whether it is due to their economic standing or their past times. Greasers and Socs are brought together by similar backgrounds, however they do not get along with each other because the two groups have different thinking and find it hard to confine in each other. This novel shows how different people do not get along with each other, as it is hard to relate and understand each other’s situations.

As seen throughout history, there are many instances where people with similar beliefs come together to achieve a common aim. Colonists had been settling in America since the late 15th century. However, the real struggle for independence ignited in the late 18th century, uniting Patriots all throughout America. The British imposed a series of taxes on the colonists that ranged from the sugar act to the tea act which sparked a series of events such as the Boston Tea Party. These events founded the belief that it was necessary to separate from the British regime. Patriots in America were brought together by their