Chapters 3 & 4

   In chapters 3 and 4, a lot happens. A very quick and short summary goes like this: Ponyboy and his gang meet some pretty nice socs girls at a nightly double at a movie theatre. They are there alone because their boyfriends wanted to drink. Since the girls, named Sherri (but everyone calls her Cherry) and Marcia, did not like that, they dumped them. After the gang leaves the theater, the girls’ boyfriends show up and want to take them home. It is then that the gang finds out that those same boys beat up Johnny about 4 months ago. When Ponyboy goes home later that night, Darry, who is Ponyboy’s oldest brother, hits him because he is late. Because Darry hit Ponyboy, Ponyboy runs away. They meet Cherry and Marcia’s boyfriends again, but this time they are in the park. Ever since those boys attacked Johnny 4 months ago, Johnny has kept a 6-inch switchblade in his back pocket. With that switchblade, Johnny stabs and kills the boy who is drowning Ponyboy in the nearby fountain. After that they consult Dally. Dally tells them to go to Jay Mountian where there is a old abandoned church. When Ponyboy and Johnny get there the chapter ends.

   Now I know that was not very quick, but it gets all the important facts. Here is a list of all the characters, and who they are.

Ponyboy: The person telling the story. Darry and Sodapop’s younger brother.

Sodapop: Ponyboy’s older brother. Darry’s younger brother. Works at a gas station

Darrel: Ponyboy and Sodapop’s older brother. Is called Darry for short. Roofs houses.

Steve: Sodapop’s best friend. Works at the same gas station as Sodspop

Two-Bit Mathews: A wisecracker. Always smiling. Famous for shoplifting. Somtimes called Two-Bit.

Dallas Winston: Called Dally for short. “The tough guy.”

Johnny Cade: Ponyboy’s best friend. Always getting beat up by his folks. Everyone’s kid brother. Somtimes called Johnnycake.

Sherri: Called Cherry by everyone. Ponyboy and gang met her and Marcia at the Nightly Double. Marcia’s friend.

Marcia: Ponyboy and gang met her and Cherry at the Nightly Double. Cherry’s friend.

S. E. Hinton