Characters I
The youngest Curtis brother.
Ponyboy
According to Pony, this character lacks "the shade of difference that separates a greaser from a hood."
Dally
This group is from the West Side of town.
Socs
This group is from the East Side of town.
Greasers
This event is cited by the Socs as to why they want to beat Johnny and Ponyboy up in the park.
Johnny, Dally, and Ponyboy talking to the girls at the drive-in.
The oldest Curtis brother.
Darry
The group's pet.
Johnny
The greaser "home base".
The empty lot.
Where Ponyboy meets Cherry and Marcia for the first time.
The drive-in.
This event gets Pony and Johnny into the paper as heroes.
Pony and Johnny save the children from the burning church.
Ponyboy's favorite brother.
Sodapop
Nicknamed for her red hair.
Cherry
This place's door is always unlocked because Darry wants to make sure that greasers have a safe place to stay.
The Curtis house.
Ponyboy is almost drowned in the fountain in this place.
The park.
Ponyboy gets jumped by socs because he is doing this alone.
Walking home from the movie theatre.
Sodapop's best friend.
Steve
Marcia's boyfriend and Bob's best friend who visits Ponyboy at his house.
Randy
Dally tells the police that Johnny and Pony have gone to this state.
Texas
The novel begins at this location.
The movie theater.
Dally is shot by the police because he does this.
Points an unloaded gun at them.
Nicknamed for his need to get his opinion into every conversation.
Two-Bit
Sodapop's girlfriend who he wanted to marry until she moved to Florida.
Sandy
The town that Dally tells Johnny and Ponyboy to run to after Bob's murder.
Windrixville
This structure on Jay Mountain briefly hides Johnny and Ponyboy.
The church.
Sodapop knows that Dally knows where Ponyboy is when:
Soda finds Ponyboy's sweatshirt at Buck's.