had preparing it.I found the book hard to relate to in some parts because of the different time it was written in-the 1950s. A good example for it was that Ponyboy thought the big difference between socs and greasers was that the greasers loved Elvis and the socs loved the Beatles. Since I was not born at Elvis' and the Beatles' time and I do not like either of them-I cannot relate to it. The were two other reasons for why it was hard to relate to the book: the first reason is that my life is not like the lives of the characters in the book. The things that Ponyboy and his brother did, I would never dream of doing. For example, I would not beat up people or gang up on people. The second reason is that I think it would be hard to live a life without parents as Ponyboy does.To conclude I would like to say that the book has made me see the way people that are living on the streets-in the wrong side of the town-behave and feel within themselves. It is like going "behind the scenes" of a gang....
