The Question and Answer section for The Outsiders is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Ponyboy runs home, scared of facing Darry, but Johnny stays in the lot, since his parents don't care what happens to him. When Ponyboy gets home, Darry is up waiting for him, and Soda is asleep on the sofa. Darry is "madder than I'd seen him in a...
Ponyboy wakes up in the abandoned church, and at first thinks he has dreamed everything that has happened. He pretends for a moment that he is back home, and it is a usual weekend morning.
Ponyboy thinks of Dally as a tough guy. He thinks that Dallas has survived the streets and prison. Pony thinks this has made Dally harder than others. Ponyboy describes him as having "an elfish face, with high cheekbones and a pointed chin, small,...
