Outsiders By S E Hinton
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Ponyboy Curtis is the main character who lives with his two brothers' Darry and Sodapop. Both of Ponyboy's parents died when their car was plowed into by a train. Ponyboy is being taken care of by his oldest brother Darry. Darry, Sodapop and Ponyboy are all greasers that live on the bad side of town. The book described Darry as the strong silent type, Sodapop as the cute ladies man, Ponyboy as the smart one. Darry loves Ponyboy, but he has trouble showing it, because he worries about Ponyboy getting jumped by a Soc. Soc is short for social; kind-of like a prep or a rich kid. The socs and the greasers are always getting into fights because the socs think they're better than the greasers, and the greasers hate the socs because they have ever thing handed to them.
The story begins with Pony walking to the movies with a couple of his friends Jonny and Dally. Jonny is just a little timid guy; timid because he got jumped by a couple of socs awhile back...