Ponyboy is not feeling well, and he, too, is skeptical about the purpose of fighting, but he does participate in the rumble, which the greasers win.Īfterwards, Dally and Ponyboy go to visit Johnny in the hospital, where they hear his last words: "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Ponyboy talks with Randy, Bob's best friend, who says that he has decided not to fight because after Bob's death he has realized it won't accomplish anything. The next night is set for a rumble between the greasers and the Socs. He also learns that Dally will recover, but Johnny's condition is extremely serious. At the hospital, Ponyboy recognizes for the first time how much Darry really cares for him. They save the children but are all injured, including Dally, and are rushed to the hospital.
Johnny and Ponyboy run inside to save a group of schoolchildren who have come to the site for a picnic. Dally comes to visit them and, on the way back from a restaurant, they find the church in flames. There, they cut their hair to disguise themselves and then spend five days talking, smoking cigarettes, and reading from Gone with the Wind. The boys take refuge in an abandoned church in the countryside. The Socs attack, dunking Ponyboy's head into the fountain. There, they run into Bob and his Soc friends. He returns home late, and Darry gets so angry that he hits Ponyboy, who runs from the house and goes with Johnny to the park. Before going home, Ponyboy talks with Johnny in the vacant lot and falls asleep. Things almost come to blows, but Cherry puts a stop to the confrontation by leaving with Bob. The girls and greasers walk out of the drive-in together, and are confronted by a Soc named Bob, who is Cherry's boyfriend, and his friends. Cherry tells him about some of the problems Socs have, and they find out they share a love of watching sunsets. Ponyboy tells her about the Socs' attack on Johnny, and she insists that not all Socs are like that. Despite Dally's unpleasant behavior toward two Soc girls, Ponyboy strikes up a friendship with one of them, whose name is Cherry Valance. The next night, Johnny and Ponyboy go to the drive-in with fellow greaser Dally. Afterward, Ponyboy's older brother Darry, who is also his guardian since their parents' death, scolds him for walking alone. Ponyboy's cries for help alert his brothers and fellow greasers, and the Socs flee. The car stops, and several Socs emerge and begin roughing Ponyboy up and try to cut off his hair. A car follows him, and he suspects that it is filled with a bunch of Socs (pronounced "sohsh-es"), members of a rich West Side gang who recently beat up his friend Johnny.
#The outsiders chapter 3 summary movie
Ponyboy Curtis, a member of the greasers, a gang of poor East Side kids in Tulsa, leaves a movie theater and begins to walk home alone.
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