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The Outsiders is a fictional novel written regarding the conflict between two gangs, The Socs (which is slang for Socials) and the Greasers. The name the Greasers is given by the symbolism of the Greaser’s hair. This book is written in the point of view of the protagonist, Ponyboy. Ponyboy lives with his two brothers, Darry and Sodapop. Their parents passed away in a car crash a couple of years before this was written. The death of their parents took a detrimental impact on their lives, but primarily Ponyboy. This distraction caused his grades to plummet, and to be involved in fights that could put his life at risk. Dally and Johnny are two of their closest friends and are also a part of the Greasers. Soon after, Ponyboy and Johnny pick up two of the Soc’s girls at the drive in theater, infuriating two of the Soc’s, Bob and Randy. These four shortly had a second encounter at the park, where Ponyboy was being drowned by the two boys. Johnny couldn’t just watch his friend die in front of his own eyes, so he grabbed his switchblade and stabbed Bob. There rest of them ran off. Johnny was officially a criminal. His name made newspaper headlines, causing the town to believe he was a miscreant who wanted unnecessary attention. They ran over to Dallys’s house where they grabbed essential items and ran off to a rural, old church.
