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Reader reviewed by Noblejot

                                                                  AUTHOR: S.E. Hinton

THE OUTSIDERS

 

 Have
you ever been in a gang? The story The Outsiders is all about gang
activity, violence murders, and a lot of mistakes. In this thrilling
novel the main character Ponyboy Curtise and his best friend Johnny are
victims of a murder done including gang activity. Ponyboy is a fourteen
year old orphan who had lost his parents during a car crash. His older
brother Darrel takes care of Ponyboy and his second older brother Soda
Pop. There are two gangs. First, the Greasers.  The
Greasers are low class teens who live on the east side. These young
people are ordinary people who have (mostly) long blond hair thats
greased back. The Greasers love coarse language and swear words.
Ponyboy and Johnny are apart of this gang. The other gang is the
Socials also known as the Socs. They are very rich and wealthy
people who are clean and love drinking beer at a small age. Unlike the
greasers the Socs are a wear of what they dress in. they like wearing
dress pants and shirts. Not leather jackets.

 One
night Ponyboy and Johnny go to the drive in movie place with Dally, the
head of the gang. At the place Ponyboy strikes a conversation with one
of the girls. He then learns the names of the two girls, Cherry Valance
and Marcia, also discovers that their Socs. When the movie is done
Ponyboy, Cherry, Johnny, and Marcia decide to walk home. On the way
back, the Socs and their leader spot the Greasers with their
girlfriends. That night Ponyboy arrived home late and got slapped from
Darrel the first time. Johnny and Ponyboy then go to the park so
Ponyboy could calm down. At the park the boys were stalked by drunken
Socs. When the Socs tried drowning Ponyboy, Johnny had stabbed Bob the
leader of the Socials gang in the back with his pocket knife. The
fountain that Bob was trying to drown Ponyboy in had no longer fresh
water in it but was full of blood.

 This
story is an outstanding and realistic New York Times best sellers
novel. All theres left for you is to sink your eyes in this fabulous
book about solutions rather than violence, relationships, and about how
people are treated among their class. I recommend this novel to any
teen that wants to learn a better way to handle conflicts in a way
without violence.

                                                             By: Noblejot