color: #353897; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-family: arial,helvetica,serif;">the wrong side of the tracks (a greaser) who's parents were killed in a car accident. He, his friends, Johnny,
Dally, Two-Bit, and Steve, and brothers, Darry and Soda, are always
getting beaten up by a gang called the socs. One night, he and his
nervous best friend Johnny, are attacked by socs. The socs almost drown Ponyboy, and Johnny,
defending Ponyboy, stabs bob, one of the socs to death. Their
aggressive, troubled friend Dally, gives them money and a gun loaded,
and tells them to hide in an abandoned church on Jay mountain. Pony,
and Johnny find the church, and set up camp. Johnny, cuts and bleaches Ponyboy's hair, and cuts his own. Dally comes to the church, and takes Pony and Johnny
to get some food. He tells them that a big fight is schedueled for
tomorrow, and that Bob's (member of the socs) girlfriend, Cherry, is
going to testify that Bob asked for it, since he was drunk, and that
the murder was self-defense. They return to the church, and see it's on fire. A bunch of little kids are trapped inside, and Pony, Johnny, and Dally save them. Ponyboy gets out ok, Dally burns his arm, but a huge piece of wood falls on Johnny, breaking his back, and burning him badly. Johnny, Ponyboy, and Dally are declared heroes, but a juvenile trial is schedueled for Johnny and Ponyboy. Pony is reunited with his brothers, Darry, and Soda. With the fight near, Ponyboy visits Dally, and dying Johnny in the hospital, and Dally decalres that they beat the socs for Johnny. The Greasers and Socs fight each other, and the socs lose. The Greasers go and see Johnny to tell him the news. Johnny tells Ponyboy to "stay strong," and then dies. Dally, unable to live with the fact that Johnny
is dead, flips out, and robs a store. He is Chased to the vacant lot by
the cops. Pony and the guys arrive, only to see Dally get gunned down
by the cops. The guys get over Johnny and Dally's deaths, and try to become more friendly with the socs. Ponyboy finds a letter that Johnny wrote for him before he died.