The book The Outsiders By: S.E. Hinton. It is about a group of boys who are associated with “the greasers” and how they fight with “the socs” the main characters are two young boys named Johnny and Ponyboy. In the story Johnny got beat up by the socs when he was younger so he has been scared of them ever since. When Johnny and Ponyboy were at the park on day the socs rolled up in all their fancy cars and were threatening them. Ponyboy was getting drowned so Johnny freaked out and stabbed the top soc, Bob. The other soc’s ran. They sat there in shock and were deciding what to do. They had to evaluate a plan and make sure that they would be able to survive in the challenges they will face. This choice they made was smart but not right. They