The main characters in The Outsiders are Ponyboy Curtis, Darry Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, Johnny Cade, Bob Sheldon, and Cherry Valance. Ponyboy Curtis is the narrator and a member of the …

Ponyboy's sensitivity, introspective nature, and desire to read further distinguish him from his peers, highlighting the tension he feels between his individuality and his loyalty to the greaser ...

Ponyboy's long hair is a symbol of greaser identity, pride, and rebellion, highlighting economic hardship, group unity, and the social divide between greasers and Socs.

The boys know the police must be looking for them, so Johnny insists on cutting and bleaching Ponyboy’s hair. Hair is an important part of Ponyboy’s identity as a greaser, so at first he ...

The Curtis brothers, Darry, Sodapop, and Ponyboy, embody the importance of familial bonds, while the Greasers as a whole demonstrate the strength of chosen family.

Ponyboy thinks they get the facts right except that they say Johnny was the one who killed Bob. When the Socs are finished, the judge asks Darry and Soda whether Dallas was a good friend …

Ponyboy and Johnny are heading home through the park when they hear a car horn. It comes from the blue Mustang, the one that picked up the girls. Five Socs get out and drunkenly …

The Outsiders focuses on issues of social class, exemplified by confrontations between the lower-class greasers and the upper-class Socs. Ponyboy hasn’t done anything to provoke the Socs …

Ponyboy and Johnny are shocked to hear that Cherry is helping the greasers. Bob, the boy Johnny killed, was her boyfriend. However, she...

He was just like all the rest of the Socs. Ponyboy's confused and traumatized state leads him to revert to old prejudices and deny Johnny's involvement in Bob's death, highlighting the …