Chapter 1. Ponyboy goes to the drive-in. On his way home, he wishes he looked like Paul Newman. A corvair begins to follow him , he realizes he cant get away. A bunch of Socs jump out of the car and surround him, they harass him, they're beating him up as other greasers come to the rescue, they chase the Socs away. They start smoking cigarettes they go back home, Sodapop tells Ponyboy that he wants the …showed first 75 words of 1061 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1061 total…bottle. Ponyboy and Darry are fighting again. Sodapop runs out of the house because he is sick of watching them fight all the time, he is sad because he just found out that Sandy didn't love him and didn't want to marry him, Ponyboy finds a letter from Johny, it tells him to stay gold, Pony calls his English teacher and asks him how long his project can be, He begins to write the report.