THE OUTSIDERS

SUMMARY

• Ponyboy runs away from home
• Johnny kills a Soc and him and Pony have to run away
• Johnny breaks his back saving kids from a church fire
• The Socs and Greasers have a final rumble

REVIEW

• Recommend to everyone

SIGNIFIGANCE OF THE TITLE

• Society treats the greasers like outcasts
• Johnny and Ponyboy are different from the rest of the gang

CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE

• Ponyboy and Johnny kill Bob

PONYBOY

• 14 year old Greaser
• lives with his older brothers
• kind, smart, athletic
• narrator

HUMAN NATURE

• People judge others before they get to know them
• Everyone loves something