The Outsiders Summary

Ponyboy, a greaser, was walking home from the movies. A car filled with socs followed him, they jumped him. He remembered that Johnny, his best bud, got jumped by the same socs. Darry, Ponyboy's oldest brother was worried sick about him, finally ponyboy showed up. Darry hit him and Ponyboy ran away, found Johnny in the vacant lot, sleeping. A car hovered around them, five socs jump Ponyboy and Johnny. Ponyboy was drowning the fountain, Johnny stabbed the soc and killed him. They went to Dally for help. Dally gave them a gun and said hop a train and go to the little town with the old church at the top of the hill. They did, Dally finally came, a week later, when he left it was to come. They went to get something to eat, went back to the church. The church was burning up. Ponyboy and Johnny went in to save the kids. Johnny had gotten badly burnt, he was sent to the hospital.Johnny wasn't going to make it.
She had a lot of spunk to her, her red hair. She was a soc, she had money, a nice car, a soc boyfriend. She had to told Ponyboy something that made him think differently about being a soc or a greaser. She said “ It doesn't matter where you go, it's rough all over.” She seen both sides as equals. She could've fit in with either side. I think she told Ponyboy that because he said something like I just want to get away from here. To Cherry life was life, everybody could have gotten along, but that doesn't really happen. Cherry was the one who set up the rumble. Her boyfriend didn't show up. Fighting wasn’t going to solve any of their problems together. Fighting was the only the socs and greaser knew. Cherry knew that. Cherry had really gotten to know Ponyboy and Johnny. She was different than any other girl, they knew. She was smart, caring, and most importantly she knew that she had money, she didn't let that control her. She was a soc and she knew it. She had to act differently around the socs. She didn't like