I live in the 'hood. Live with the gang. We struggle, we fight. We do a
lot you may not do. A lot the Socs wouldn't do...well...not totally.
Everything's not that bad though. Sure we may have a rumble with the Socs
or run from the fuzz sometimes, but there are the good times. The carefree
times.
The guys of the gang are Two-Bit, Steve, Ponyboy, Dally, Sodapop, Johnny, and Darry. Ponyboy, Sodapop and Darry are the Curtis brothers. They're parents died so Darry and Sodapop hold jobs to keep Ponyboy in school. Steve Randell is 17 and Soda's best friend. He gets kicked out of his house a lot, and then the next day his ol' man gives him 5bucks. Dallas Winston is 18 and hemoved here from New York. He's pretty tough since in NY they had constant gangwars and stuff. Keith "Two-Bit" Matthews is 16 and pretty easy going at times. He almost always got a smile on his face and him and Soda can make anyone laugh. Johnny Cade is 15 and a soft-spoken guy. At home, his dad beats him and his mom yells at him, so he stays a lot in the lot or at one of our houses. Those are the boys.
The girls are Bailey, Leslie, Tanika, and me-Lora. I'm 15 and I'm Two-Bit's girl ((though not in the beggining)). My folks are deep in drugs so every time I go home I get beat near death, so I barely ever step foot inside my house. Usually I hang with Johnny in the lot, or stay at someone else's house. Bailey is 17 and she's Dally's girl. She dropped out of school in 10th grade to be with him and to help out Soda and Darry. Tanika is 15 and used to be a member of the Shepard gang. She's obsessed with Steve and is now in our gang. Leslie is the only middle class in our gang. She's 15 and totally in love with Sodapop. Those are the girls.
How we all came to hang out is a mystery...it's hard to explain. It's exceptionally wierd because some of us-such as Dally, Bailey, Tanika and I- could be in the Shepard gang. We're tough enough....rough enough. I think we chose this gang because it's a "free gang". There's an unofficial leader- Darry-but he doesnt give you intense training and everyone is there own leader. Don't get me wrong now, Shepard's Gang is tigh' and a strong ally. But the friendship, trust, and closeness of our gang is even stronger. | | | |
The guys of the gang are Two-Bit, Steve, Ponyboy, Dally, Sodapop, Johnny, and Darry. Ponyboy, Sodapop and Darry are the Curtis brothers. They're parents died so Darry and Sodapop hold jobs to keep Ponyboy in school. Steve Randell is 17 and Soda's best friend. He gets kicked out of his house a lot, and then the next day his ol' man gives him 5bucks. Dallas Winston is 18 and hemoved here from New York. He's pretty tough since in NY they had constant gangwars and stuff. Keith "Two-Bit" Matthews is 16 and pretty easy going at times. He almost always got a smile on his face and him and Soda can make anyone laugh. Johnny Cade is 15 and a soft-spoken guy. At home, his dad beats him and his mom yells at him, so he stays a lot in the lot or at one of our houses. Those are the boys.
The girls are Bailey, Leslie, Tanika, and me-Lora. I'm 15 and I'm Two-Bit's girl ((though not in the beggining)). My folks are deep in drugs so every time I go home I get beat near death, so I barely ever step foot inside my house. Usually I hang with Johnny in the lot, or stay at someone else's house. Bailey is 17 and she's Dally's girl. She dropped out of school in 10th grade to be with him and to help out Soda and Darry. Tanika is 15 and used to be a member of the Shepard gang. She's obsessed with Steve and is now in our gang. Leslie is the only middle class in our gang. She's 15 and totally in love with Sodapop. Those are the girls.
How we all came to hang out is a mystery...it's hard to explain. It's exceptionally wierd because some of us-such as Dally, Bailey, Tanika and I- could be in the Shepard gang. We're tough enough....rough enough. I think we chose this gang because it's a "free gang". There's an unofficial leader- Darry-but he doesnt give you intense training and everyone is there own leader. Don't get me wrong now, Shepard's Gang is tigh' and a strong ally. But the friendship, trust, and closeness of our gang is even stronger. | | | |