Answer: Life is being compared to cold winter and to spring. Cold winter being one that elicits feelings of being isolated, hopeless, unfeeling/numb, lifeless. Spring being a life that is fresh, full of new beginnings, beauty,
and hope.
Explanation: The author is describing his/her life as hopeless/isolated/unfeeling/numb with no positivity or hope in the past, present or future.
The Socs and the Greasers they have a whole different way of life
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Simile is using a comparison using like or as
