Greasers
Fourteen years old and the youngest member of the Greasers.
Ponyboy Curtis
Bob's girlfriend,is a cheerleader who attends the same school as Ponyboy, and has red hair.
Cherry
It isn't rough.
Fair Fight
The Soc's and Greasers are divided by wealth. The Greasers, hail from the economically struggling East Side, while the rival gang, the Socials, come from the wealthy West Side.
Society and Class
The ‘class-clown’ of the group, always joking around, shoplifter, who carries around a black handled switchblade.
Two-Bit Mathews
A friend of Bob and Randy that attempts to drown Ponyboy.
David
Twenty-two Socs arrive in four carloads to fight the twenty greasers. Who starts the fight?
Darry
According to Ponyboy, it is the thread that holds his gang together.
Loyalty
Sixteen year old, who is very smart but doesn't do well in school. Considers the Greasers as his only real family.
Johnny Cade
Bob's best friend and Marcia's boyfriend.
Randy Anderson
Who says, "the Socs do not fight fair because they gang up on a guy"?
Two-Bit
Ponyboy hates the violence and bullying in his neighborhood, it can be positive release of energy and pent-up aggression.
Violence
Twenty years old, raises his two younger brothers, unofficial leader of the Greasers, and they call him "Superman".
Darrel or Darry
Darry's former good friend when they played football together in high school.
Paul Holden
Tries to drown Ponyboy in the water fountain.
David
Clothing and hairstyles are the means by which people express their public identities. Greasers have a distinctive style which identifies them.
Appearance
The toughest Greaser, used to run with the real gangs of New York, and the most violent.
Dallas Winston / Dally
Leader of a group of Socs and Cherry's boyfriend.
Robert "Bob" Sheldon
Who does Johnny Cade kill to defend Ponyboy?
Bob / Robert
Inequities in educational opportunities due to social and economic factors. Both of Ponyboy's older brothers have had to limit their educations in order to work and support their family.
Education