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The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel by S. E. Hinton published in 1967 by Viking Press.The book details the conflict between two rival gangs of White Americans divided by their socioeconomic status: the working-class "Greasers" and the upper-middle-class "Socs" (pronounced / ˈ s oʊ ʃ ɪ z / SOH-shiz—short for Socials).
The Greasers and Socs brutally fight one another in the pouring rain, and eventually, the Greasers win. They go visit Johnny in the hospital after the fight. Johnny tells Ponyboy to "stay gold," and then dies. All the Greasers become emotional. Overwhelmed with grief, Dally storms out of the hospital.
Ponyboy Michael "Pony" Curtis is a fictional character and the main protagonist of S. E. Hinton's 1967 novel The Outsiders. On screen, he is played by C. Thomas Howell in Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 film adaptation and by Jay R. Ferguson in the 1990 sequel TV series. Brody Grant originated the role on stage in the 2023 stage musical adaptation.
Like the book and film, “The Outsiders” musical is set in Tulsa in the 1960s and focuses on young Greaser Ponyboy Curtis, his two older brothers and their chosen family of “outsiders ...
Rob Lowe and Francis Ford Coppola are sharing fond memories of making the 85-year-old director’s 1983 film The Outsiders — including the interesting ways Coppola helped his young cast get into ...
Like the book and film, “The Outsiders” musical is set in Tulsa in the 1960s and focuses on young Greaser Ponyboy Curtis, his two older brothers and their chosen family of “outsiders ...
The Curtis brothers' parents are killed in a car accident, leaving eldest brother Darry to raise and support Sodapop and Ponyboy, his younger brothers, in 1965 Tulsa, where youth subculture is centered around two gangs — the affluent Socs and the poorer greasers. The Socs harass and assault Ponyboy until some of his fellow greasers chase them ...
The book was inspired by two rival gangs at her school, Will Rogers High School, [8] the Greasers and the Socs, [3] and her desire to empathize with the Greasers by writing from their point of view. [c] She wrote the novel when she was 16 and it was published in 1967. [10] Since then, the book has sold more than 14 million copies. [8]