In this book the narrator is a boy named Ponyboy. Ponyboy is a fourteen year old living at home with his 2 older brothers. Pony's parents were killed in a car accident when Pony was a little boy. Pony's hair is light-brown. He likes to wear it longer than most boys his age. His eyes are a greenish-gray color. Pony introduces himself in the book by stating he likes being alone. He enjoys going to the movies alone because he feels if he takes someone else it is like having someone read over his shoulder. In the book, Pony has many things that he states that are very thoughtful. He says at one time, that watching the sunset makes him feel safe and it makes him happy he lives here, but at the same time he wonders if the sunset looks the same to other people that don't have the same kind of life he has. With everything he states, I conc

The Outsiders is a book about a group of guys who live on the poor side of town. On the other there is another group of guys who live in the big houses and have everything handed to them. These two groups are rival gangs because of the money difference. The poor boys are known as the greasers. The rich kids are known as socs. Each side gave the other these names. The main conflict starts when Ponyboy's best friend Johnny kills a member of the rival gang. Pony and Johnny flee in fear of being arrested for murder. The boys run to an abandoned church. They hide there for a week until Johnny's conscience catches up with him. One of the boys drops a cigarette on the wood floor before they go to lunch. When the boys return to pick up their stuff to leave, the church is on fire and there are kids in the church. Johnny and Pony run in to save them. All the children get out with no injuries but Johnny had the roof clasped on him and it broke his back. He had severe burns all over his body. When the boys are taken to the hospital, Pony finds out that there is a giant rumble set for that night, socs vs. greasers to determine who would be in charge of everything. Both sides thought this would solve everything. Johnny died in the hospital and Dally, another kid in the gang was shot by t

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Approximate Word count = 875
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)