The outsiders
By:Molly Donaghy
The characters
Ponyboy Curtis-main character
Sodapop Curtis- Poneyboy's brother
Darrell Curtis- Poneyboy's oldest brother
Johnny- Poneyboy's best friend
Dallas- friend
Keith "two bit" Matthews- friend
Steve- soda best friend
Summary
The Outsiders is a award winning, gratifying novel that tells a story about how back in the 1060's people were often divide into 3 groups socs, average , greaser. The story manly starts out with the readers meeting each character in a series of events. it then talks about the difficulties the greasers handle. After meeting Cherry and Marcia Poneyboy then has to face the boyfriends that come with them. Then after a couple run ins with the socs Bob, Randy, and there gang start to cause a little trouble with the greasers. Then one night Poneyboy and Johnny have A very serious run-in with the socs which then leads to them beating each other up. What will happen next? Read to find out.
Darrell Curtis
Guardian and oldest brother to bothe sodapop and Poneyboy
Sodapop Curtis
The middle child of the Curtis family
Poneyboy Curtis
Main character of the novel
Quotes from the novel
"When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had two things on my mind: a ride home." (Pg.1)
"Stay gold poneyboy" (pg.148)