There are some Soc girls in the drive-in and the boys sit down next to them. At a drugstore, Dally shoplifts some cigarettes and the boys rush into one of the drive-ins frequented by the Greasers. Next night, Johnny, Ponyboy, and Dally are on their way to the drive-in. Ponyboy also meditates on the sacrifices that Darry had to make to raise him and Sodapop. He also tells Ponyboy that he plans to marry his sweetheart Sandy. When they are back home, Sodapop tells Ponyboy that Darry’s harsh words come from his responsibilities and protective instinct. Ponyboy wonders about what it might be like to date non-Greaser girls. Darry scolds Ponyboy for walking home alone without a weapon while his middle brother Sodapop defends Ponyboy.ĭally invites everyone to the double feature at the drive-in the next night and informs them that he has broken up with his girlfriend. Johnny Cade, his closest friend amongst them, is younger than the others and comes from a difficult home and is cared for specially by the gang. Dallas Winston is very tough and was first arrested when he was ten. Two-Bit Mathews is witty and is always ready with a joke, but often gets into trouble with the police. He says that Steve Randle treats him like a child and is very fond of cars. On hearing his cries for help, his brothers and other Greasers come to his rescue. He attempts to fight them off but is unsuccessful. The car pulls up near him and five Socs get out of it and start taunting Ponyboy and pinning him down to the ground while threatening to cut his long hair. He is troubled by his recollection of his friend Johnny being badly beaten by the Socs recently. Ponyboy suspects that the Socs are following him in a red Corvair. He is also aware that Darry would yell at him for venturing out alone.
He mentions that some of them even indulge in robbery and petty thievery he, however, stays away from such activities because he is afraid of his eldest brother, Darry. He says that Greasers can be identified by their jeans and jackets and usually keep long hair.
He familiarizes the readers with the Greasers, who hail from the east and are poorer than the west-side Socs. Although he enjoys watching movies alone, he understands that he needs to give this up because he is an easy target for their rivals, the Socs. The narrator of the story and the youngest Curtis brother, Ponyboy, walks out of a movie theater in Tulsa and realizes that he might be safer if he had his gang members, Greasers, with him.
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