We Real Cool vs. The Outsiders

We Real Cool. A poem about a group of people who think they’re amazing. This poem connects to The Outsiders because it talks about a group of friends that lurk around and think they are all tough.

Some examples that they are similar is that in the poem it says “ We Real Cool.” During the whole novel of  The Outsiders both gangs the Greasers and the socs thought they were “tuff” meaning hot and cool. Another similarity that this poem and The Outsiders had in common was that in the poem it said “We Lurk late. We
Strike straight.” This is similar because many times before the greasers and the socs have gotten in trouble late at night, for example when Bob Sheldon got stabbed it was in the middle of the night.

This poem is similar to the novel The Outsiders because it stated all the things the Greasers and the socs did and acted like the statements said in the poem.