Summary Of The Novel 'The Outsiders' By S. E. Hinton

The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton is a fiction, yet nonfiction novel. He started to write The Outsiders when he was fifteen years old when he had seen a “greaser” walking down the street and stopped and jumped by a bunch of kids. He found himself going home in outrage and writing up a story based on the scene that had unraveled before him. Though the novel is based upon actual people in Hinton’s life, the events in it are not, making The Outsiders a fiction and nonfiction book. The outsiders is about a young teenage boy, Ponyboy, and his gang struggling through their conflict filled lives. They find themselves facing the “Socs”, which are the favored kids with the upper hand at life, several times throughout their action packed journey.

While Dally strikes out with them and leaves in infuriation, Ponyboy and Johnny have more luck. At the end of the night they walked the girls home, but then the girl’s boyfriends showed up and that was the start of the dangerous and daring adventure the two boys would go on. After the girls left with the Socs, Randy and Bob, Ponyboy and Johnny stayed out that night and dozed off in an empty lot. Hours into the night Ponyboy woke up and realized he was meant to be home hours earlier. He rushed home only to get in a fight with his older brother Darry, consequently leading him back to the lot with Johnny. He tried to calm down, but then the Socs from earlier, show up and were looking for a fight. The two boys were left in a life or death situation and ultimately choose life and killed Bob. They ran to Dally for help, who was a genius when it comes to running from the law and the next thing they knew they were hiding in an abandoned church that belonged to a small town neighboring Windrixville. When Dally came to check on them, they found themselves unintentionally burning the church down and rescuing children from being left to burn. They managed to get all the kids out safely and Ponyboy was thrown out of the church window by Johnny just in time before it collapsed. Unfortunately, Johnny was still in the church which urged Dally to go in after him and save Johnny. The three of them were rushed to the hospital where they were reunited with the gang. Although they were all reunited, they were once again separated due to Dally and Johnny staying in the