I just finished my book, It was very interesting the similarities between the Socs and the Greasers. They have the same problems. but from different aspects of life.
The rumbles happens and Ponnyboy is feeling good. The Greasers win after a long struggle. After the rumble Ponnyboy and Dally go to see Johnny, Johnny is dying and he tells Ponnyboy that fighting is useless. Johnny dies and Dally runs out of the room. Dally calls Ponnyboy and says he is running from the police, all the Greasers come out and see Dally take out his unloaded gun and the police officers shoot him. Ponnyboy tells the gang he wanted to die and Ponnyboy passes out. He awakes and Darry is by his side saying you have had a concusion and have been delirious for three days in bed. Ponnyboy tells Randy, that Johnny is still alive and that he killed Bobby. Ponnyboy is depressed now and his grades are failing and his memory isn't as good as before. He goes to the store to get some candy and some Socs show up. Ponnyboy threatens them with a bottle and his friends don't want him to grow hard like Dally, but they see him pick up the glass after so nobody will get a flat tire. Ponnyboy starts to write his engilsh paper, and it is called the "Outsiders."
This book was fun to read and I liked how Johnny helped Ponnyboy to become a better person.