THE OUTSIDERS Characterization The Greasers: The Greasers are a gang in a bad part of town where kids go for protection for each other. Greasers are mainly teenagers with greasy hair who fight with their rival gang, The Socials, or The Socs. Greasers looked at Socs as rich, preppy kids with no hindrances in life that cause problems for fun. These two gangs would always have rumbles to see who the “dominate” gang was. PONYBOY: …showed first 75 words of 532 total…

…showed last 75 words of 532 total…a Soc and then had to escape town with Pony. They went to an abandoned church to take shelter. They left for a minute, and when they returned, the church was on fire. There were little kids in the church, so the boys tried to rescue them. Everybody made it out safely… except for Johnny. He was in the church rescuing the children when the roof collapsed. He soon died at a hospital. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**