According
to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world: greasers and
socs. A soc (short for "social") has money, can get away with just about
anything, and has an attitude longer than a limousine. A greaser, on
the other hand, always lives on the outside and needs to watch his back.
Ponyboy is a greaser, and he's always been proud of it, even willing to
rumble against a gang of socs for the sake of his fellow
greasers--until one terrible night when his friend Johnny kills a soc.
The murder gets under Ponyboy's skin, causing his bifurcated world to
crumble and teaching him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a
greaser.
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