In a split society with Greasers, the hoods, the lower class and Socs, the higher class rich white boys. Ponyboy Curtis who is a 14 year old greaser lives at home he tends to be alone an outsider. His has two brothers Sodapop and Darrel Curtis who they call Darry. Ponyboy’s parents died in a car crash( so he is raised by Darry, He cared about Ponyboy, he cared about his grades (Hinton,9) Ponyboy had to adapt to these changes. Ponyboy had to grow up, these changes were hard but Ponyboy eventually grew up, from his immature stage. Ponyboy is a immature 14 year old who hasn’t grown up yet. In the beginning of “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton Ponyboy is still a a immature kid, Ponyboy gets in some conflict at home so he just runs away. (S.E.
