But, they do have quite some differences.
The movie and novel both share some of the same things.For example, they novel and movie both take place in the same town.
They lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Johnny and Ponyboy saved the kids at the church when it was burning down.
Johnny got hurt by a wooden board falling on him and he later died.Although, the movie and the novel have their similarities they also had their differences.
One of the differences was Ponyboy got jumped in the beginning of the novel by the Socs. In the movie it never said, or showed