The Outsiders, By S. E. Hinton

The Outsiders “When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home” (Hinton 1). This was the sentence that started the craziest week of Ponyboy’s life. Ponyboy is a 14 year old kid who lived a normal life just like everybody else. He went to school, watch movies, and disliked the Socs. However one night after getting in a fight with his older brother Darry, he ran of with Johnny, his best friend, and got into some major trouble. Johnny stabbed a Soc who tried to drown Pony and killed him. They hid in a church for the next few days while the cops were out looking for them. One night the church caught on fire and a couple of kids were trapped inside.
Dally has dark brown hair and brown eyes. Dally continually annoys Cherry, a Soc with red hair, during the movie. He later storms off after Johnny and Pony stick up for her. Pony and Cherry begin talking about what it's like in the different parts of town that they live in. “Things are bad all over” (Coppola, The Outsiders). Pony remembers his parents, and how they died in a train accident. That night Pony gets in a fight with Darry and he pushes Pony hard and he falls on the ground. Pony then runs out and finds Johnny at the park. They both see the blue mustang that the Socs drive and try not to pay attention. They both climb up onto a jungle gym, but were forced to get down to protect themselves from the Socs. After the fight, the next few days were spent at the church where Johnny and Pony both pass the time by playing with rabbits that hop around the church area. In the movie the feelings and emotions were not expressed or shown in depth, which made it harder to realize the importance of some scenarios that would have a big impact in later parts of the
In both instances it starts with Pony worrying about a ride home. Later, him and his buddies go to the movies where they meet two Soc girls and they become friends. They all walk home after the movie and are met by more Socs who threaten Pony and his friends for talking to their girls. That night pony and Johnny accidentally fall asleep while watching the stars. Pony rushed back to his house but gets into an intense argument with Darry. He storms out and gets into a deadly fight with the Socs that he clashed with earlier. Another thing the book and movie have in common is that they discuss how Johnny was almost killed by the same Soc that he