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Summary Of The Novel 'The Outsiders'
The novel "The outsiders" by S.E Hinton is about a young Greaser name Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy is part of a gang, called the Greasers. He and his gang are bullied all the time by a gang called Socs- the rich white folks. The Socs hate the greasers, the reason why they pick on Ponyboy a lot. Ponyboy's brother has also been hurt by the Socs pretty bad, worst. One day Ponyboy walked back home as the rich kids were following him and yelled things to him. They entered into a alley just to pulverize him and place a knife by his throat, he later then was found by his brother knock around.

Although the Greasers and the Socs have a battle of blood, Ponyboy considers stepping up for himself since the rich kids are everywhere and there is no way out of

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