Personality. Ponyboy is a fourteen-year old greaser who lives with his two older brothers, Sodapop and Darry on the lower-class east side of Tulsa, Oklahoma. His parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months before The Outsiders takes place.
Q. What are the gang names in the outsiders?
The book details the conflict between two rival gangs divided by their socioeconomic status: the working-class “greasers” and the upper-class “Socs” (pronounced /ˈsoʊʃɪz/—short for Socials). The story is told in first-person perspective by teenage protagonist Ponyboy Curtis.
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Q. Who are the main greasers in the outsiders?
In 1960s Tulsa, Oklahoma, greasers Ponyboy Curtis and his brothers, Darry, and Soda, as well as Johnny Cade, “Dally”, “Two-Bit”, and Steve Randle hang out. Their rivals are the socs (short for socials), wealthier kids from the other side of town.
Q. How many SOCS are there?
Twenty two Socs show up for the rumble; there are only twenty Greasers, but they manage to win this battle in the turf war. The opening punches are thrown by Darry and his friend from high school, Paul Holden, who had also been his teammate when the two played football together.
Q. Why does Darry now hate Paul?
Darry hates Paul Holden because Paul was given the opportunity to attend college and play football, and he was not. Ponyboy mentions that Darry wasn’t only jealous of Paul Holden; he was also ashamed to be representing the Greasers. He is now a working man who struggles each day to make ends meet – a Greaser.
Q. Does ponyboy pass out after Dally died?
In Chapter 9, Johnny dies. A little later, after Dally is shot dead by the police, Ponyboy faints. He faints because of the extraordinary amount of emotional and physical trauma to which he has been subjected in a brief period of time. His friends are dead, and he carries wounds from the rumble.
Q. Did Marcia have a crush on dally?
Marcia and Two-Bit joke around with each other. It’s implied that she has a crush on Two-Bit. Dallas becomes their topic of conversation once again. Marcia says that if he gets killed in a fight, they could bury him easily.
Q. Who died in the outsiders?
The soc, Bob Sheldon, dies first. When Ponyboy and Johnny flee after Darry hit Ponyboy they run into their rivals Bob and his best friend Randy Adderson. Bob takes Ponyboy and starts drowning him until Johnny gets his switchblade out and kills Bob. After this, Johnny dies.
