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                                                                      AUTHOR: S.E. Hinton

             THE OUTSIDERS

Have you ever been in a gang? The story The Outsiders is all about gang activity, violence murders, and a lot of mistakes. In this thrilling novel the main character Ponyboy Curtise and his best friend Johnny are victims of a murder done including gang activity. Ponyboy is a fourteen year old orphan who had lost his parents during a car crash. His older brother Darrel takes care of Ponyboy and his second older brother Soda Pop. There are two gangs. First, the Greasers.  The Greasers are low class teens who live on the east side. These young people are ordinary people who have (mostly) long blond hair thats greased back. The Greasers love coarse language and swear words. Ponyboy and Johnny are apart of this gang. The other gang is the Socials also known as the Socs. They are very rich and wealthy people who are clean and love drinking beer at a small age. Unlike the greasers the Socs are a wear of what they dress in. they like wearing dress pants and shirts. Not leather jackets.

One night Ponyboy and Johnny go to the drive in movie place with Dally, the head of the gang. At the place Ponyboy strikes a conversation with one of the girls. He then learns the names of the two girls, Cherry Valance and Marcia, also discovers that their Socs. When the movie is done Ponyboy, Cherry, Johnny, and Marcia decide to walk home. On the way back, the Socs and their leader spot the Greasers with their girlfriends. That night Ponyboy arrived home late and got slapped from Darrel the first time. Johnny and Ponyboy then go to the park so Ponyboy could calm down. At the park the boys were stalked by drunken Socs. When the Socs tried drowning Ponyboy, Johnny had stabbed Bob the leader of the Socials gang in the back with his pocket knife. The fountain that Bob was trying to drown Ponyboy in had no longer fresh water in it but was full of blood.

This story is an outstanding and realistic New York Times best sellers novel. All theres left for you is to sink your eyes in this fabulous book about solutions rather than violence, relationships, and about how people are treated among their class. I recommend this novel to any teen that wants to learn a better way to handle conflicts in a way without violence.

                                                                                    
                                                                               By: Noblejot 8-4