The Outsiders chapter 1 key events and details

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The Outsiders chapter 1 key events and details

• Key characters introduced

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Events and conflicts

• Ponyboy goes to movies by himself
• Ponyboy is jumped by the Socs, who threaten him
  with a knife
• He is saved by the greasers
• Ponyboy, the narrator, describes the greasers, as
  they walk home and plan to go to the drive-in on
  the weekend

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Ponyboy

• A greaser
• Narrator of a first-person point of view story
• 14 years old
• Brother of Darry and Soda
• Smart
• Likes school

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Darry

• A greaser
• Ponyboys and Sodas brother
• 20 years old
• A roofer
• Is tough with Ponyboy but not with Soda

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Soda

• A greaser
• Ponyboys and Darrys brother
• Good looking
• Easy going
• Works at a gas station
• gets drunk on life

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Dally

• A greaser
• The toughest, hardest of them all, according to
  Ponyboy
• A criminal with a record
• Looks for trouble likes to fight