![]() ![]() The Greasers have a rival group, known as the Socials, or the Socs in short. ![]() The name is also a reference to their poor East side background (Hinton, 1967). The boys are members of a lower class grouping of Oklahoma youths known as greasers, a name that comes from their long greasy hair. The two minors, Sodapop and Ponyboy, are allowed to live under Darrel’s care, on condition that they maintain good behavior. The three are recently orphaned, having lost their parents their parents having met their demise in an automobile accident. Ponyboy has two brothers named Darrel, aged 20, and Sodapop, aged 16. The novel narrates the story of a boy named Ponyboy Curtis, and his struggle to differentiate between good and bad within a society that he believes views him as an outsider. The Outsiders is a two weeks narration of a 14-year-old boy’s life. ![]()
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