Chapter 1: Introduction

I am just a Soc; looking for ways to make Greasers and us Socs work together and stop all the fighting in between these two completely different lives. My name in Sherri Valance, but people calls me Cherry because of my hair. I live on the west side of this little city and the Greasers mainly live either in the north or south where all the poorest of the poor live. We Socs seem to have it rich kids, the west-side Soc. Well let me say something and it can come as a surprise, but things are rough all over. Socs get drunk, drive around at midnight, jump tons of greasers, and maybe even kill some. Greasers though, can be just as worse as Socs. They always carry around switch-blades, they usually do not have good manners, they are not entirely smart about anything, and they can always find ways to pick a fight about anything. Greasers like Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade are not like that though. They are actually very sweet and shy-like. It is hard to believe that Ponyboy Curtis is only 14 years old. He hangs around with bad influences like Dallas Winston. He even smokes too! Anyways, my point is that I want to help both Greasers and Socs. My side of the story begins on that movie night when I was angry at my boyfriend, Bob Sheldon.