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Setting: Although the exact setting is never specified, we can assume that The Outsiders takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma--author S. E. Hinton's home town and the site of her high school years, from which many of the events in the story are based.
Characters: Ponyboy, Sodapop, Dallas, Johnny, Steve, Darry, Keith, Sherry, Bob, Tim, Randy, and Buck.
Opening Conflict: Against the background of the clash between the poor greasers and the rich Socs, the greaser Ponyboy struggles to mature. rising action · Johnny kills a Soc; Johnny and Ponyboy flee; tension mounts between the greasers and Socs.
All Main Events: Ponyboy, Johnny. and Dally go to the drive in and meet Cherry and Marcia. Johnny stabs Bob to save Ponyboy from being drowned in a fountain. Johnny and Ponyboy run away to an abandoned church. The church gets caught on fire and Ponyboy and Johnny save the kids. Johnny gets badly hurt from a falling piece of wood and has to stay in the hospital. The Greasers have a rumble with the Socs and the Greasers are victorious. Johnny dies after the boys tell him that they beat the Socs. Dally robs a store and the cops were after him and he gets shot and killed. Ponyboy goes to court for the murder of Bob. Socs approach Ponyboy and Ponyboy scares them off with a broken glass bottle. Darry and Ponyboy find out that Sandy doesn't love Soda because she moved away and she sends Soda's letter unopened and Ponyboy and Darry fight and make Sodapop cry. For Ponyboy's writing paper he starts writing the book from the beginning.
