A book we read in school about:
Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade, Dallas Winston, Darry Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, Keith "Two-Bit" Mathews, and Steve Randle(The Main Characters), a gang of Greasers in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The story is narrated by Ponyboy, younger brother of both Sodapop and Darrel, or Darry. The three boys are orphaned after a car accident that kills their parents. Darry assumes the parental role to keep them from getting sent to different homes. Darry feels overly burdened and cannot provide all of the things they need. Although he is smart, he quit school so he could get a job and provide food for the other two boys, Sodapop and Ponyboy.
The Greasers, who are generally poverty-stricken, derive their nickname from the grease they use to slick back their hair. The Socs (pronounced soashes, an abbreviation of the Socials) are the products of privileged upbringing. Although "the outsiders" may seem to refer to the alienated Greasers, both groups are set back by economic and/or social limits.