The story takes place in a big city where social class separates two territories. On the West Side, the rich and high class 'Socs' reside and on the East are the poor and filthy looking 'Greasers'. The town is full of alleys and small cramped homes while big mansion-like houses exist on the West Side. There is only one school in the whole area. The setting is what a normal city would look like with …
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…happy inside because everything is too easy to get. People only cherish things that they have earned by hard working. People want boundaries that way they can have a purpose in life and a goal instead of always wanting what they can never get. I would recommend this book to any person 12 years or older. A younger child may still find this book interesting but will not fully understand the story that is going on.