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Summary Of The Story 'The Outsiders'
“They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders. The Outsiders is a narrative about two gangs, the Greasers and the Socs. They are gangs that fight each other and in worst cases sometimes they fight to the death. The tale is from the perspective of a Greaser boy named Ponyboy and his best friend Johnny. A couple of Socs had attacked Johnny and Ponyboy and since Johnny panicked, he killed one of the Socs named Bob. They hid in a church that unfortunately caused a fire and Johnny died of third degree burns. Dally a boy who cared for Johnny had exploded, he robbed a grocery store and was killed by police, which was what he wanted. I believe all of this happened

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