The Outsiders

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. This book is about two goups of people who live in the same large city, but who had completly different natures. The first group the "Socs"are mean, stuck up, rich snobs. For fun they beat up on the Greasers. Which leads me to the Geasers. They are "lower class" they come from the hood (the not so good part of town.) This book is a fiction story dealing with friendshp, loyalty, trust, and differences.

One night two of the Greasers, Johnny and Ponyboy

were walking in the park when suddenly five Socs showed up. One of the socs grabbed Ponyboy and put his head in a drinking fountain and was drowning him. Johnny was trying to save him and ended up stabbing a Socs named Bob. He killed him. Now they got some help from another Greaser, Dally. He gave them a gun and $50.00. they fled to Windrixville to hide out in an abandoned old church house. There was an accident at the house. A fire