Ponyboy Curtis is one of the many brothers that don't have parents with them. He and others belong to a group called The greasers. They are known as juvenile delinquents. This story is set in Tulsa Oklahoma during the 1960s.
CLIMAX
In this small town, there is different social classes. Socs (rich) and The greasers (poor). One day when Ponyboy was on his way home from the movies when the Socs followed him and pulled a knife on him. Luckily his brothers Darry and Sodapop scared them off.
FALLING ACTION
1.When Ponyboy gets home very late Darry and out of rage Darry hits Pony, This makes him so upset that he runs away from home. 2 .After he ran away he sees Johnny and they go to the park. Unfortunately they see the socs. At the park the socs jump Johnny and Ponyboy. They try to drown Pony and this causes Johnny to kill the soc named Bob out of self defense. 3. They didn't know what to do so they went to Dally, he gave them $50, clothes, and a loaded gun. They leave to hide in an abandoned church. A few days later the church catches on fire and Johnny and Pony have to save the kids.
RESOLUTION
Pony decides that he will go back home. Johnny is seriously injured from the fire and the Socs and Greasers are gonna have a rumble. After the rumble Dally and Pony visit Johnny and unfortunately Johnny has died. This effected Dally the most and then he calls the group and says he robbed a grocery store. They run to the store and see Dally pulls an unloaded gun on the police and they shoot him.
1. Ponyboy is sick and grieving over all the deaths going on in his life. 2. While he is sick he gets a visitor, i'ts a soc named Randy. He tells Pony about the judge and the court.
Ponyboy goes to the court hearing, he doesn't have to speak much. The judge lets Ponyboy and the boys stay at the house with Darry. Pony is flunking English class and needs to write a theme. He writes about the week he just had and that is the story we just read.