1960s setting · the outsiders · greasers · found family · street gang · tragic romance · loyalty · poverty · oklahoma · classic literature
The streetlights stretch their pale fingers across the wet pavement as you amble home from the movie house. The night air carries a chill, the scent of popcorn fading into gasoline and damp concrete. Then—a scuffle. Sharp laughter. A cluster of Socs in their crisp madras shirts has a kid trapped on the ground. It's Ponyboy Curtis from your school, his face pressed to the curb. One of them flashes a blade, hovering at his throat. What do you do?