"I am a greaser. I am a JD and a hood. I blacken the name of our fair city. I beat up people. I rob gas stations. I am a menace to society. Man, do I have fun!"
Hello, class 702 today I will be talking about the all time classic novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton. The book revolves around the rivalry between the poor who are called the greasers and the rich who are called socs(which stands for socials). The book takes place back in the 1960’s. The main character and narrator is
Ponyboy Curtis belongs to a lower-class group of Tulsa Oklahoma youths who call themselves greasers because of their greasy long hair. Walking home from a movie, Ponyboy 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. Now I know what you must be thinking, why on earth would people just jump someone? Well, getting beat up and getting into fights was a normal everyday thing for the greasers and Socs, they hated each other and would do anything to hurt each other. Luckily a group of greasers come and chase the bullies away, saving Ponyboy. Ponyboy’s rescuers include his brother Sodapop, a charming, handsome high-school dropout, and Darry, Ponyboy’s oldest brother The
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Later that night, Ponyboy and Johnny accidentally fall asleep in their favorite vacant lot. Sitting peacefully in the parking lot Ponyboy and Johnny hear a car driving up. It’s the socials and they weren’t up to no good they were looking for a midnight fight like they always do. Just when Johnny and Ponyboy try to run away the Socs throw Johnny down and take Ponyboy and start drowning him in the fountain. Ponyboy is almost about to pass out until the Socs let him go. He notices Johnny, his face is greenish- white his eyes were bigger than ever he had a bloody knife in his