*…“ The Outsiders is a short novel written by S.E. Hinton. The novel is about a group of
friends which are considered greasers. According to Pony Boy, there are two kinds of
people in this world, greasers and socs. A soc has money, can get away with just about
anything. A greaser, on the other hand, always live outside which mean they always have
to watch their back because of enemies. Pony Boy is a greaser and his gang and him
always have battles with the socs.
For instance one time after going to a movie, Pony Boy and his friend Johnny went to the
park to hang out. Then wouldnt you know it the socs showed up unannounced, and started
trouble then they began to drown Pony Boy and tried to beat up Johnny. In self-defense,
Johnny killed one of the Socs crew members. When attempting to flee the scene so the
police wouldnt catch them, but their friend Dally told them to hop a freight train and go to
Jay Mountain and hide in the church till everything died down. They passed time by
playing cards and reading “Gone With the Wind”. When Dally finally came to get them,
they filled up on food, and Johnny decided to turn himself in. Having no criminal record
Johnny would come out with a warning.
While Dally, Johnny and Pony Boy drove by a church on their way back from eating
breakfast, they realized that the church was on fire, and that there were little kids inside of
