Outsiers

Jamie West-1

Book report

Outsiders: S.E. Hinton

Ponyboy Curtis belongs to a lower-class group of Oklahoma kids who call themselves greasers because of their greasy long hair. When was walking home from a movie, he is attacked by a group of Socs, the greasers' rivals, who are upper-class youths from the West Side of town. The Socs, short for Socials, gang up on Ponyboy and threaten to slit his throat. A group of greasers comes and chases the Socs away, saving Ponyboy from getting killed. Ponyboy's got rescued by his brother Sodapop and Darry, his older brother, and the rest of the greasers, Johnny, Dally, Steve, and Two-bit. The next night Johnny and Ponyboy meet two girls named Cherry and Marcia. They were Socs girlfriends. The greasers find out that they have a lot in common with them and the Socs Bob and Randy get jealous and threaten the two. That's what started everything. That night Soda and Johnny were walking home and get jumped by the Socs while they were drunk. The two greasers had no way to defend themselves so Johnny stabbed Bob. When Ponyboy woke up from getting beaten Johnny told him that he stabbed Bob. They get scared and run away. They go to another greaser for help named Dallas Winston. He gave them a gun and told them wear to go and they went to hide out. They went to an abandon church and they accidentally set it on fire. Johnny and Pony got into the flaming church to save the kids that were taking a fieldtrip and they get severely injured. They both end up in the hospital and Johnny ends up dieing. The greasers and Socs rumble for respect. They all are fight and the Socs run away and the greasers win. When Pony wakes up from getting kicked in the head he sees Dallas getting chased by the cops and gunned down. Now two of his closest friends have dies, and he is left with his two brothers and decides to put his whole story into