Read this excerpt from The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton.

We're poorer than the Socs and the middle class. I reckon we're wilder, too. Not like the Socs, who jump greasers and wreck houses . . . for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to society the next. Greasers are almost like hoods; we steal things and drive old souped-up cars and . . . have a gang fight once in a while. I don't mean I do things like that. Darry would kill me if I got into trouble with the police. Since Mom and Dad were killed in an auto wreck, the three of us get to stay together only as long as we behave. So Soda and I stay out of trouble as much as we can, and we're careful not to get caught when we can't. I only mean that most greasers do things like that, just like we wear our hair long and dress in blue jeans and T-shirts, or leave our shirttails out and wear leather jackets and tennis shoes or boots. I'm not saying that either Socs or greasers are better; that's just the way things are.

Which line from this excerpt best supports the author’s message that some things in life are out of people’s control?

The given excerpt is from “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton. The line from this excerpt that best supports the author’s message that some things in life are out of people’s control is, “Not like the Socs, who jump greasers and wreck houses . . . for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to the society the next.” Therefore, option D is the correct option.

What are “the outsiders”?

The outsider is a novel that was published in the year 1967. The novel was written by S.E. Hinton. The novel has an interesting story that revolved around a fourteen-year-old boy who struggles with the prevalent definitions of “rights” and “wrongs” in society. He struggles with these concepts of right and wrong because he feels that he does not belong to that society and he is an “outsider”.

The background in which the novel was written is equally interesting as its plot. S.E. Hinton was only fifteen years old when she started writing this novel and the book was published when she attained the age of 18.

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The given question is probably incomplete. the complete question is given below.

Which line from this excerpt best supports the author’s message that some things in life are out of people’s control?

1. “I'm not saying that either Socs or greasers are better; that's just the way things are.”

2. “Darry would kill me if I got into trouble with the police.”

3. “Greasers are almost like hoods; we steal things and drive old souped-up cars and . . . have a gang fight once in a while.”

4. “Not like the Socs, who jump greasers and wreck houses . . . for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to society the next.”