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Ponyboy gets beat up
After ponyboy is done at the theater he starts walking home and the thing on his mind is him wishing he look liked Paul Newman. Then all of a sudden the Socs jump him and then they taunt him then they jump him and then ponyboy yells for help and just in time Darry, Two-Bit,Dally, Sodapop and Johnny come and help him and beat the socs away -
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The Outsiders Timeline
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Ponnyboy and Johnny meet Sherri Valance and Marcia
Ponyboy, Johnny and Dally go to the Nightly Double Drive-in movie and are early. So they go to the drug store to to get some coke and mess around. Then they go to the movie and they meet Sherri Valance and Marcia. Dally tries to flirt with Sherri but she does not like him. then tells him to leave and ask Ponyboy his name. After the movie Pony, Johnny and Dally offer to walk them home on the way home the meet there boyfriends. -
Darry brings out his parenting side
Johnny and Ponyboy sit out side in the emty parking lot (the emty parking lot Ponyboy got beat up in) looking at the stars then Pony falls a sleep and wakes up later and then realizes the time and run home as fast as he can and sees Darry and Sodapop (his brothers) still up waiting for him. then Darry slaps him on the face and the pony runs back to the parking lot to get Johnny and the both run as fast as they can to te park. -
Johnny and Ponyboy kill Bob Sheldon
Ponyboy and Johnny reach the park. A blast from a car horn alerts them that the blue Mustang is near. The boys realize that they are outnumbered as five Socs climb out of the car, including Bob and Randy. Johnny pulls his switchblade, but a weaponless Pony is grabbed before he knows it and shoved face first into a chilling fountain. Ponyboy awakens on the pavement gasping for air. Johnny is next to him and tells him, "I've killed that boy." -
Waking up in the Church
Johnny had gone for supplies and returned with food, cigarettes, soap, peroxide, a deck of playing cards, and the book Gone with the Wind. In an effort to blend in and disguise their appearances, Johnny cuts and bleaches Ponyboy's hair; Ponyboy in turn cuts Johnny's hair.They head down the mountain with Dally at the wheel doing 85 miles per hour. They stop at a Dairy Queen and both boys eat nonstop. -
Saving the children part 3
When Ponyboy regains consciousness, he hears sirens. He assumes that he is in a police car until Jerry Wood (who accompanies him) tells him that they are in an ambulance, and Johnny and Dally are in the ambulance behind them. Dally has a badly burned arm, but Johnny is in far worse condition, with a possible broken back and bad burns. They are all considered heroes for saving the children. -
Saving the children part 1
Driving back from Dairy Queen, they spot the church on fire. A group of people stands around the church; a school evidently out on a picnic, and Ponyboy and Johnny jump out of the car to find out what's going on and then one of the women shouts that some of the children are missing. -
Saving the children part 2
Both Ponyboy and Johnny leap through a window in search of the kids. An older man — later identified as Jerry Wood — follows them, but he is unable to get through the small window. The boys quickly find the kids and hand them out through the window to safety. Dally is now on the scene and he warns the boys to get out because the roof is starting to cave in. After dropping the last kid out the window, Johnny shoves Pony out the window, and the roof collapses. Pony blacks out, but Dally goes back -
Johnnys condition
Darry manages to convince the doctor that they, the three Curtis brothers, are the only real family that these two boys have, so the doctor gives them the bad news. Dally's one arm is severely burned, but he will eventually regain full use of it. Johnny is in critical condition; his back is broken and he is suffering with third-degree burns. If he lives, he will not be able to walk for the rest of his life. -
Johnnys getting worse
When Two-Bit and Ponyboy arrive at the hospital, the nurses won't let them see Johnny. However, the doctor permits their visit because Johnny has been asking for them and it "can't hurt now." With that foreboding statement, the boys go in and find Johnny awake and able to talk. Johnny knows that his condition is not good, and he is afraid of dying. He tells them that 16 years is not enough living and that it is just not fair. Ponyboy has a bad feeling about the rumble. -
The rumble part 1
The rumble between the greasers and the Socs is set for 7 p.m. that night. Pony slams down five aspirins while no one is looking. As the greasers gather together at the vacant lot, Pony compares the other greasers to his own gang. His gang never uses weapons and has never really hurt anyone. Pony realizes that they (his gang) are not hoods, and they don't belong with this group of future convicts. Ponyboy realizes that, unlike these hoods. -
The Rumble part 2
Dally grabs Ponyboy and says that they have to quickly go to the hospital because Johnny is dying. Ponyboy isn't feeling very well himself. He is still sick and has been cut and bruised. When they are stopped by the police for speeding, Dally is able to point to Pony and say that he is rushing him to the hospital. The police officer believes him and escorts them the rest of the way. -
Johnny Dies
Dally and Ponyboy make it to the hospital in time. Johnny is dying and is not impressed that the greasers won the rumble: "Useless . . . fighting's no good." He asks to speak to Ponyboy, and, leaning over him, Johnny's last words are "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold." When Johnny dies, Dally bolts out of the room and takes off running. Analysis -
Dally Dies
They race to the lot to the accompaniment of sirens wailing in the streets. Everyone reaches the lot at the same time: Dally, the gang, and the police. As Dally stands in a circle of light under a street lamp, he pulls out his gun. Pony knows that it isn't loaded and he realizes that Dally knows that, but the police don't. Dally wants to die, and he gets his wish. He is gunned down as his gang watches, knowing that Dally always gets what he wants and this time Dally wants to be dead. -
Dally calls
After Johnny's death and Dally's departure, Ponyboy wanders through the hospital's halls in a daze. Pony is in denial about Johnny's death, and keeps repeating that he isn't dead.Upon arriving home, Pony tells the rest of the gang about Johnny's death and everyone is silent. The phone rings, and the call is from Dally. He says that he has just robbed a grocery store and he needs someplace to hide out. The gang members agree to meet at the vacant lot. -
The School project
Pony's English teacher assigns a semester theme for him to write, and if he does well on it, he will give him a C for the class even though his work has earned him a failing grade. The topic is to be Pony's choice and the theme is proving to be an overwhelming task for him to accomplish. Darry's constant nagging only results in arguments. When Darry and Pony try to bring Soda into the fight and ask him to choose sides, he runs out of the house.