All+-+Plot

Each of you is asked to contribute your brief overview of the plot according to the chapters you have been allocated.

Ch 1 - Matthew Ponyboy Curtis, the narrator of the story and a fourteen-year old boy. He walks home alone, wishing he looked handsome and tough like Paul Newman. He wears his hair long, like most of the other people from his neighborhood. He calls himself a greaser known as one of the poor, tough gang of boys who fights with the Socs (Socials).He walks alone because he is coming home from the movies. He can't go to the movies with his friends because he likes to get lost in the story and no one else he knows does that. As he walks, Ponyboy starts to get nervous because Greesers get beat up by the Socs if they are caught alone on the street. When he is almost two blocks from home he sees a Car following him. The car is full of Socs. Pony thinks about how his friend Johnny was attacked by Socs. Pony just stands there, trying to think of what to do. The Socs tease him, asking him if he needs a haircut, then saying, "How'd you like that haircut to begin just below the neck?” At this point Ponyboy is terrified. The Socs beat him to the ground and hold a knife against his throat. He nearly passes out. ponyboy starts to callout for help as a soc puts there hand over his mouth. ponyboy panics and bits down on the soc hand as hared as he could. the socs pull out a handkerchief and stuffes it in ponyboys mouth. sudenlly darry and soda arrive and the soc run off in terror.

Ch 2 - Timothy Ponyboy, Dally and Johnny got into the drive in movies. They met Cherry and Marcia at the movies. Dally tries to dirty talk with the girl but Johnny stopped him. Dally was shocked and surprised because Johnny is a very quiet and paranoid Character. As Dally backed off and left angrily. Ponyboy and Johnny sat with the girls and watched the movie aftwards. Two-bit came over as well. When Ponyboy and Cherry leave to get food for the others they talk about Johnny. Cherry asked about how he got his scares and why is he so paranoid. Ponyboy explains the story were they found him all beaten up by Soc and the Mustang. Ponyboy explains lots about Johnny’s past and why he carries a knife with him.

Ch 3- Daniel As they leave the movies, Cherry's boyfriend Bob (the guy who beat Johny up), pulled up and took Marcia and Cherry with them. Johny and Pony walk to Johny's house when his parents are fighting, and he hates it when they do, so he and ponyboy go to the park and ly there for a second until they fall asleep. Ponyboy wakes up during the night and tells Johny that its getting late and he has to get back home, so he does and when he gets home, his brothers Sodapop and Darry, were worried sick about him. He walks into his room when Darry grabs him and pulls him back and asks him why he was out there by himself at this time. Soda starts sticking up for Pony and Darry gets angry at him, so the Pony gets mad at Darry for geting angry at Soda and Darry accidentally hits him and pushes him down. So he runs back to Johny in the park.

Ch 4 - Josh Ponyboy and Johnny run to the park after Darry regrettably hit Ponyboy to the floor. The two are both having bad nights, especially Ponyboy and are both freezing to 'death'. To top off their 'almost perfect night', the Socs that they had a run in with earlier that night turn up looking for revenge. The five Socs get out of the car, drunk, while Ponyboy and Johnny are thinking of what to do? The Socs begin smart mouthing at Ponyboy and Johnny who are terrified at this point and begin to warn the Socs that there out of their territory, but are quickly shut down by one of the five Socs. Ponyboy then works up enough courage to talk back at the Socs which is what sparks the fight between the two ethnic groups. Ponyboy trys to make a run for it but is too slow and is quickly grabbed by the Socs and dragged to the fountain where they begin to drown him. Johnny is knocked to the ground by the Socs forcing him to take out his switchblade for self defence. Ponyboy is being drowned or getting his hair washed as the Socs call it and is desprately trying to fight out of the fountain while he is being punched aswell. Ponyboy is then thinking to himself that they have taken this too far and suddenly blanks out.

Ponyboy then awakens to find that he is lying still on the cold hard concrete floor and that Johnny is sitting shakenly next to him. Johnny then tells Ponyboy that he killed one of the Socs named Bob which makes the two feel sick, but still must flee the scene incase cops turn up looking for them. They both realise that they need to run away and figure that there's only one guy that can get them out of this 'pickle', Dallas 'Dally' Winston. They soon arrive at Buck Merril's place which Dally had mentioned he was going to later. They knock on the door, to find Buck answering the door. They both say that they need to see Dally and at the same time look back to see if there are any cops around. Dally then comes to the door and Johnny explains the whole story of what just happened. Dally surprisingly says "good for you" and tells both of them to follow him to his bedroom, so that he can give them what they will need. Dally gives them a loaded gun, fifty bucks and gives them instructions on what to do which are catch the three-fifteen to Windrixville, then go to Jay mountain and climb to the top where there is a church they can hind until the heats off. He also sees that Pony is freezing and gives him Buck's shirt and his leather jacket so that he can keep warm. The two then leave Buck's place and jump on a train as instructed by Dally, as soon as there on it, Ponyboy falls asleep straight away. Ponyboy then half asleep is jumping off the train and both land in wet mud that wakes the both of them up. They need to find Jay Mountain, but are lost as this is a new environment for them. Johnny then tells Ponyboy that he needs to go walk around and the first person he see's, to ask for directions as to where is Jay Mountain. Ponyboy then finds a man that gives him the directions so the pair begin the long journey up to the church. They get in through a window and both fall asleep instantly tierd with what they have gone through in one night.

Ch 5 - James Pony boy has just woken up and does still not believe what has happened the night before He is in the church and Johnny is not there pony starts to get worried but then finds a note The floor that says he has gone to get supplies .After a sigh of relief pony goes to the water pump to get a drink of water. After that he sat on the back step off the church and admired the view as the hill dropped off into a cliff while going over the memory of the night before even though it still didn’t feel real to him.

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Then pony hears someone coming through the trees towards him and backs into the church then he hears a whistle that the gang use to say who’s there in which pony responds with another whistle. When Johnny gets inside they look through the package that Johnny brought back with him which where a variety of things the main ones baloney cigarettes and the book gone with the wind =====

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To make themselves more less recognizable the cut there hair which pony doesn’t like very much and colour pony’s as well after that’s done that Jonny has a break down and Pony holds him as he cries but pony starts to cry as well and they fall asleep when pony wakes up. then for the rest of the week Johnny and Ponyboy pass the time by pony reading gone with the wind to Johnny and playing poker. =====

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When Dally arrives the boys are still asleep and he wakes pony by nudging him in the the ribs then he comments on his hair which pony still doesn't like. then pony and johnny start to ask a hole Heep of questions but before the boys can finish dally cuts them of and says that before he answered any questions they where gonna get something to eat than he hands pony a note from soda pop after he had read it dally takes them in the car he borrowed from buck to a dairy queen and johnny and ponyboy start to gorge them selfs on barbecue sandwiches and banana splits while drinking Pepsi then when dally finished his third burger he tells the boys how their gang and Tim Shepard gang are going to have a rumble with the socs where if the socs win things go on as usual but if the greasers win the socs have to stay out of their territory he also tells them about the spy they have on the inside of the socs when asked who it is dally says **' That good-lookin' broad I tried to pick up that night you killed the Soc. The redhead, Cherry what's-her-name." **=====

Ch 6 - Brandon

Dally had come to tell the boys that it was safe to finally come out of hiding. Dally takes the boys out to eat and tells them what has been happening, Cherry Valance was a spy for the Greaser and tells them whats going on between the two sides. They drove back to the church, as they approached the church they see smoke, the church was on fire and there was a large crowd gathered around it. They stood and watched, then someone screamed out "theres children in the church. Ponyboy and Johnny rushed into the burning church to save the children. They found them in the back of the church and gets them all out, Ponyboy gets out of the burning church, when the roof of the church falls and he hears Johnny scream. Dally hits Ponyboy in the back to put out the fire and knocks him out.

Ponyboy wakes up in the ambulance with a man named Jerry who was at the church when it was burning. They get to the hospital. Dally has a burnt arm but its not serious, Johnny on the other hand suffers from sever burns and a broken back and it was most likely he'd die. Ponyboy doesnt sustained much injuries but he is sick from the smoke. Darry and Sodapop visits Poneyboy at the hospital and they have a family reunion and Pony boy realizes how much Darry loves him.

Ch 7 - Tom Chapter 7 is when Ponyboy realizes how much trouble johnny is actually in .In the hospital he is told that even if Johnny does survive he will be crippled for life though even this is unlikely as Johnny has a large percentage of his body covered in 3rd degree burns. they also find out Dally has a broken arm which will be scarred for the rest of his life Ponyboy believes dally will be fine though because he "could take anything."

the next day Ponyboy is reading the newspaper and reads an article on the night johnny killed the soc and how they saved the children .There are a few testimonials from people one of them explaining how hard him and his brothers work and how they should not be split up this is when Ponyboy first realizes him and his brothers future together might be a short one.

later on Two Bit and Ponyboy are out walking when up comes a blue mustang out of it pops a few socs one of which takes Ponyboy to the side and talks to him you find out this boys names Randy and hes a good friend of bob he says how brave Ponyboy and Johnny were he confides that he might not have been as brave he also discusses how he is tired of all the violence but will participate in the rumble for fear of being "marked a chicken". after the talk Ponyboy decides socs are just guys.

Ch 8 - Albert In chapter 8, Johnny is currently in hospital. Ponyboy and Two-Bit go to visit him but at first they are not allowed in but then the doctor comes and says, "Let them go in, he's been asking for them, it can't hurt now". At this point Ponyboy realises that Johnny is going to die. As they visit Johnny, Johnny asks Ponyboy for the copy of the book. Two-Bit does not understand what Johnny is talking about at this point, then Ponyboy tells Two-Bit about the book they were reading which was "Gone with the wind". Two-Bit then goes off to the drugstore (pharmacy) to get a copy of the book. While Ponyboy is visiting Johnny the nurse comes in saying that Johnny's parents are here to visit. But then Johnny rejects the offer. This means

Ch 9 - Tim & Daniel

Ch 10 - Josh & James pony walked down the hall still in a daze still not believing that johnny was dead when he got outside dally had already leaft with the car so pony started the long walk home while trying to believe that johnny wasn't dead and that he was some where else like the lot.ponyboy had been stumbling around for hours when some one asked if he wanter a ride home when he gets in the mans car the guy who is in his mid twenties point out that pony head is bleeding pony puts his hand to his head and finds it to be covered in blood.

when pony steeped in the door he found all of the gang in the living room steve was lying down on the couch with a bandage over his stomach and his shirt open ,soda pop had a split lip and a bruise on his cheek .dally had a band-aid on his forehead and two-bit had his face taped there he had four stitches in his cheek and had seven in his hand where he'd busted his knuckles over a socs head.then darry jumped of the sofa and asked where he'd been then stopped him self and asked what was the matter and pony said that johnny was dead he told them all how him and dally had told johnny about the rumble and how they had won and then he had just died and then how dally had run after he had died then soda said that he should sit down but pony boy didn't feel like sitting down and when darry got up to make him the phone rang and darry picked it up it was dally on the other line he had just robbed a grocery store and needed to be hidden.

the gang just reached the lot just as dally did with the cops right on his heel when he reached the circle of light made by the lamp post he turned to the cops and pulled out a gun which pony remembered he had been told about only yesterday and that it wasn't loaded as dally loaded the gun pony thought that the cops didn't now that it wasn't loaded but then realized just as the cop fired that that was exactly what dally wanted as the bullet hit him he got half spun around by the impact then he crumpled on the ground with a look of grim satisfaction on his face and with that he was dead but as they others comforted each other pony started to feel sick his stomach felt like a block of ice and the lot became covered in a red mist then some one shouted gloury look at the kid and the earth rushed up very quickly as pony fell.

the next time pony woke up he was in his bed and there was not a sound in the house then he saw soda on the bed and asked some questions then he went back to sleep.when he woke up later he was hot and hungry and thirsty but new he was to week to keep anything down then he spotted darry in the arm chair which had been moved into the room pony woke him up and darry told him how two-bit had come over the night he had fainted and told him how he had found out that pony had a fever and he didn't tell and how bad he felt.then darry explained how he'd got his got his concussion and how he'd been out for 4 days then pony got worried about how he was going to make up the school work and were the three of them going to get split up and about him still having to attend the court case about bobs murder then darry told him how johnny wanted to leave his copy of gone to the wind with pony boy and then pony asked where soda was and darry said he hoped he was asleep but at that moment soda rushed in.then darry goes to make some soup for pony.

while darry was away pony asked soda what he had said when he was asleep .Soda said he mainly talked about the time in windrixville and how he didn't like baloney and how johnny didn't mean to kill that soc then pony asked had he called for darry and soda said he had then pony looked at soda pop and said u don't look like you have had more than 3 hours sleep since saterday and and soda just grinned and said move over and flopped down next to him and befor darry had come back with the soup the both of them where back to sleep

Ch 11 - Brandon & Tom

Ponyboy spends the next few days bored looking thorugh Soda's year book and sees Bob's picture and starts thinking about what Bob is like. Randy visits Ponyboy and sees how his doing and reminds him about the court trial which will be held the next day. Randy finds out that Ponyboys parents are dead and he could be put in another home away from his brothers. Randy reassures Pony that he didn't do anything wrong and it was Johnny that had the knife, which made Pony angry. Pony says that it was him that had the knife and it was him that killed Bob and Johnny was still alive. Darry tells Randy that he should leave and tells him that Pony is still upset about the killings and to give him time to get over it. Darry speats kindly to Ponyboy and Pony realises that Darry is starting to treat him like the way he treats Sodapop.

Ch 12 - Albert & Matt Ponyboy walks into the empty courtroom filled with just a few Socs, their parents, and friends of Ponyboy. He is surprised to hear that all the Socs think that Johnny killed Bob, but Ponyboy decides he will tell the judge that he, in fact, was the murderer as soon as he is called up. When he is called, the judge doesn't ask him many questions. He just tells him he's free to go. Later, Ponyboy discovers that the doctor has talked to the judge, telling him that Ponyboy is too ill and upset to answer serious questions. Over the next few weeks, Ponyboy's entire life is affected by sadness, confusion and anger. He starts doing poorly at school. His English teacher tells him he will fail him unless he writes a good essay about something from his own life. Ponyboy thinks to himself sarcastically, "My first trip to the zoo. Oh boy, oh boy." That afternoon at lunch time, Ponyboy is with a few friends when a car full of Socs pulls up. When they threaten Ponyboy, he breaks a bottle and makes it clear that he will cut them with one end of it if he has to. They get scared and drive away. Two Bit and Steve are concerned because they don't want Ponyboy to be a thug like them. They know he is different and they want him to stay that way.

Later on in the evening, Soda comes into Ponyboy's room. Pony has been trying to write something for English class but he can't think of anything. After dinner Ponyboy and Darry get into a fight.