This is a novel by Susan Eloise Hinton. It was written in the 1960's and was a "coming-of-age" style novel.
             There was always tension between the two groups featured in the novel: the "Soc's", and the "Greaser's". Ponyboy and his friend Johnny hang out with two girls that have the meanest and most ignorant boyfriends of all; the Soc's. What Ponyboy and Johnny don't know is that the girls, Cherry and Marcia, are well protected from any no-gooder who might try to steal them away. This ultimately gets them in trouble. Once a miss-hap occurs between Johnny and Cherry's boyfriend - Bob – everything began to go downhill from there.
             I think that Hinton used the technique "foreshadowing", throughout the whole novel. The Socs jump Ponyboy while he walks home alone, previewing their later attack on him and Johnny; Johnny then tells Ponyboy he will kill anybody who jumps him again, foreshadowing his murder of Bob. Although this was easy to pick up at the end of the novel, as I was reading, I had no clue what was happening or what was to happen.
             One of my favorite characters is Two-Bit. He always seems to get away by doing sneaky things. He's constantly making jokes to cheer people up and he works on cars. I also like Darry. Darry, to me, would be seen as somewhat of a role model. He goes out and makes an honest living and keeps his family in order. He always likes to look good and he is very athletic. Whenever Ponyboy would come home late or do anything out of the ordinary, Darry would take into action the "father-figure". This is what separated Ponyboy and his smarts from all of the other greasers.
             I think a theme for this novel could be "bridging the gap between rich and poor". Throughout this novel the Socs and Greasers have shared many moments together. The time when Ponyboy and Cherry talked at the movie or the time Ponyb
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