greasers and socs

Greasers come from low socio-economic backgrounds while the Socs generally come from wealthy backgrounds. The Socs flaunt their wealth while the Greasers display a working class toughness. The Greasers come from the "East" side of the tracks and the Socs come from the "West" side of the tracks. There is a rivalry between the two based on group identity and economic based value systems. 

the difrence in socs and greasers are, the greasers feall more then the socs. Charry discribes it as a rat race.