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The Outsiders, by S. E. Hinton, was written in the 1960's in Tulsa, Oklahoma about 14-year-old Ponyboy and his lower class gang, the Greasers, and their struggle against the higher class gang called the Socs. The novel depicts struggles that kids and young teens can grasp and relate too, which is why it has become so popular for students to read in schools. The Outsiders depicts normal, everyday people, and how they overcome the struggles and hardships life throws at them, and eventually become stronger people.
Ponyboy Michael Curtis is one of these normal people who is forced to deal with many trials to become a strong person. As the protagonist and narrator of the novel, the reader sees the events of the novel through his eyes. Ponyboy lives with his two older brothers Sodapop Patrick Curtis and Darrel (Darry) Shayne Curtis, because their parents were killed in a car accident. The three of them, along with Johnny, Dally, and a few others, make up the lower-class gang called......

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