Ponyboy Curtis lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In Tulsa, the rich Socs live on the West side of town, and the poor greasers live on the East side of town. Socs jump greasers, wreck houses, and throw beer blasts. Greasers steal, hold up gas stations, and have gang fights. The Socs and the greasers don’t get along. Ponyboy is a greaser, but he doesn’t do the things normal greasers do. Instead, he brings home good grades and tries to stay out of trouble, because if he didn’t his brother would kill him. One night, when Ponyboy and his best friend Johnny are out to late at the park a blue mustang pulls up and five Socs jump out. That night, the Socs take things too far. They jump Ponyboy and Johnny. One of the Socs tries to drown Ponyboy. So Johnny, in a desperate attempt to save his friend’s life, stabs the Soc with his switchblade knife. The Soc dies, and the other Socs disappear the moment their friend is stabbed. Ponyboy and Johnny are terrified that they’ll be charged with murder, so they do the only thing they think they can do, run.
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