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Looks like we have another Curtis on our hands today. Its about whether to send Mr. Ponyboy to foster care or to stay with his two brothers. He's been staying with his brothers for the past 8 months, and their has been complaints that he has been acting up with the gang which from my point of view he is doing fine.

Ponyboy is at the age 14, lives with his 2 brothers, Darrel Curtis, who goes by the name of Darry, and is at the age of 20 and Sodapop Curtis who is 16 and happens to be a high school drop out. He lives in a environment where his brothers smoke and so does the rest of the gang. He faces a lot of fights with The Socs; due to that he is a greaser. On the half of Ponyboy's words; he says he lives with people who watch over him,

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