After they have decided to leave, the church catches fire, injuring them while Johnny dies in hospital. The death of Bob Sheldon, a Soc, and two greasers Johnny and Dally made many readers of the book very sad. Hinton doesn’t care if you didn’t like ‘ The Outsiders‘ tragic ending. The movie stars Tom Cruise, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe, Matt Dillon, Emilio Estevez, Patrick Swayze, C. The book sold over 15 million copies to date and was made into a film directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1983. The author started writing the book when she was only 15, basically and effectively launching the young adult fiction market. This is a 1967 novel which follows two rival gangs, the Greasers and the Socs, in an American high school. ‘ The Outsiders’ is one of those few classic books that almost everyone reads in high school: ‘ The Great Gatsby‘, ‘ To Kill a Mockingbird’, and ‘ Nineteen Eighty-Four‘. Ponyboy knows what to expect and knows he can count on his brothers and friends – until the night someone takes things totally out of context. The soc’s idea of having a good time is beating up Greasers like Ponyboy Curtis, the novel’s protagonist. The novel talks about the rivalry between two groups of teenagers -The Socs’ and the greasers. Climax: The church fire where Johnny and Ponyboy were hiding.‘The Outsiders’ is a story of youngsters in Tusla, a small Oklahoma town split into two gangs, divided by money, tastes and attitude.
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