Cherry and Ponyboy find they have a great deal in common but live in different worlds. She meets Ponyboy, who is a Greaser, at the drive-in movie when she and Marcia leave their boyfriends when they drink too much. Bob and his group had been drinking.Ĭherry is a cheerleader and is Bob's girlfriend.
Bob is later killed by Johnny when he and his friends are drowning Ponyboy in the fountain in the park. His parents are wealthy and for kicks he likes to beat up Greasers. They have beer blasts, drive Mustangs, and wear nice clothes, which include madras shirts.īob drives a Mustang, wears big rings, drinks heavily and gets away with quite a bit of mischief. This group is the rich-get-away-with-anything-because-daddy-has-money group at the Tulsa high school. The Socs (which is not pronounced "socks") is short for Socials. The Socs go out looking for Greasers when they are drinking and "jump" unsuspecting members for fun. However, the main character, Ponyboy, learns from Cherry that it is truly "rough all over." The Socs seem to have everything in the beginning of the book. The Outsiders focuses on the classic conflict of the rich, spoiled teens versus the poor kids from the wrong side of the tracks. He befriends Marcia, who is a Soc and Cherry's best friend, but he knows that he has no chance with a girl who is a Soc. However, he rarely uses the blade and likes to shoplift items. He likes to get drunk and to carry a switchblade. "Two-Bit" is always joking around and getting into trouble. He robs a store and is shot by the police after the rumble between the Socs and the Greasers. After Dally recovers from his injuries from the church fire, he loses his sense to live when Johnny dies. He even sends the police in the wrong direction when questioned. When Johnny and Ponyboy need to leave town after the Soc stabbing, he gives them money and directions to a place where they can hide. However, he truly loves Johnny and is always loyal to the Greaser gang. He has a more sinister side as compared to the other Greasers. "Dally" is from New York, where he has been to jail and is 17. In the hospital, Johnny refuses to see his mother and is surrounded by his Greaser gang.
Johnny becomes a hero when he suffers injuries from the burning church in which he, Ponyboy and Dally saved children.
Bob, the leader of the Socs, left scars on his face with his rings. "Johnnycake" is a quiet and sensitive 16-year-old boy whose parents argue, fight and neglect him.
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