The Outsiders: Summary of Chapters 1-3

I chose to do The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton for my Novel Study. Here's a summary of the first three chapters.

In the beginning, Ponyboy was unwisely walking home alone from the “movie house”. Two blocks away from home he got jumped by some Socs (the opposite of Greasers; abbreviation for Socials). They almost cut his hair off, but his “gang” came to the rescue. They are his brothers Soda and Darry, also Two-Bit, Johnny, Steve, and Dally. He managed to make it home with only a bruise on his cheek and a cut on his forehead.
The next day Dally and he went to the drugstore. They goofed around until the manager got wise and made them leave, although not in time to stop Dally from leaving with two packages of Kools. Next they went to the Dingo drive-in and found out what was happening around town, like who’s in jail and who stole what. Later, when it was dark enough, they snuck into the Nightly-Double drive in unpaid and Dally started pestering some Soc girls.
Johnny told Dally to cut it out, which was unusual for him since he usually “can’t say boo to a goose”. It was even more unusual, since he recently got beat up very badly by some vicious Socs. Dally scowled and stalked off, while Johnny and Ponyboy made friends with the Soc girls. Later, Two-Bit showed up and persuaded the girls to let him drive them home. A blue Mustang showed up, and since the girls didn’t like the thought of the fight that could have occurred between the greasers and the car occupants, they allowed the mustang to escort them home.
After that episode, Two-Bit walked home, and Johnny and Ponyboy accidently fell asleep in a lot close to Ponyboy’s house. They woke up at 2:00 a.m., and Ponyboy sprinted home, hoping Darry wouldn’t be too mad. On the contrary, Darry was so livid that he slapped Ponyboy across the face- something that had never happened before. Ponyboy ran away, back to Johnny, who was still in the lot. He eventually decided to walk slowly back home, because Darry seemed so sorry, and he couldn’t cope out on the street alone.

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