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The Outsiders, an enthralling tale by S.E. Hinton, is an excellent story about the hardships and
triumphs experienced by the Greasers and the Socs, two rival gangs. This novel suggests the stories¹
content because the Greasers are a gang of social outcasts and misfits. This novel¹s theme is very specific;
people, no matter what their social background, strive for the same goals and experience the same
disappointments. This novel shows this theme throughout a detailed story line.
The fictional novel is set in a moderate-size city, possibly near Texas, in the late 1960¹s.
Ponyboy, the main character, lives with his brothers as a greaser. One day Ponyboy and Johnny,
Ponyboy¹s best friend, get jumped by a group of Socs. The Socs start to drown Ponyboy in a fountain.
Johnny, realizing they might kill Ponyboy, kills Bob, one of the Socs with his switchblade. Johnny and
Ponyboy run to a fellow Greaser, Dally, who is always in trouble with the law. Dally......

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