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Character Analysis: The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
The Outsiders

Why do people fight?

In the fictional book The Outsiders, written by S.E Hinton, a 14 year old boy learns the way of street life by getting hurt. The story takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma during the 1960s. There are two gangs that live in Tulsa, the Socs and the Greasers. The characters Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darry, Sandy, Steve, Evie, Two-bit, Johnny, and Dally are all part of the Greasers gang. Cherry, Marcia, Sylvia, Bob, and Randy are in the Socs gang. Ponyboy, the main character, lives with his brothers Sodapop and Darry. One night the three brothers were fighting and Darry hit Ponyboy so ponyboy ran away and found that the church was on fire and he heard screaming in the church so he went into the church to save the kids

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