The Outsiders

The Socs and the Greasers

Ponyboy Curtis

In an unnamed city, possibly inspired by Tulsa, Oklahoma

<p>The Socs drive cars such as Corvairs and Mustangs, the Socs like the Beatles while the Greasers like Elvis, teenagers spend their evenings at the drive-in movie theater where a movie costs a quarter, Ponyboy watches a Paul Newman movie at the matinee.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The West Side represents wealth and opportunity while the East Side represents poverty and lack of opportunity. The social divide between the teenagers from the West Side and the teenagers from the East Side provides the crux of the story.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Day One: Ponyboy gets attacked by the Socs, Day Two: Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally meet the Soc girls at the movies, Ponyboy and Johnny fall asleep on the curb, Ponyboy and Johnny end up walking to the park where the Socs surround them and try to drown Ponyboy in the fountain, Johnny stabs Bob and kills him.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Dally tells Ponyboy and Johnny to hide in an abandoned church in Windrixville.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ponyboy and Johnny cut their hair.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Dally arrives at the church and tells them that they are safe.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Johnny, Ponyboy, and Dally are injured and they are transported to the hospital.</p> Signup and view all the answers