At the beginning of the story, he hates Socs because they hate him, but his perspective on them changes by the conclusion of the story.ĭarry characterizes Ponyboy as lacking common sense. He gets good grades in school and is a superb athlete but pals around with the local hoods, his gang of greasers consisting of him, his brothers Soda and Darry, Steve Randle, Johnny Cade, Dally Winston, and Two-Bit Matthews. Ponyboy, like Sodapop, is under Darry's legal custody and must stay out of trouble in order to remain with him. His parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months before The Outsiders takes place. Ponyboy is a fourteen-year old greaser who lives with his two older brothers, Sodapop and Darry on the lower-class east side of Tulsa, Oklahoma. In the film, Ponyboy's appearance is faithful to his novel appearance, with the minor exception of his hair, which is darker than it is described as being in the book. He is described as good-looking and resemblant of Sodapop by several characters, though he disagrees. At the beginning of the novel, Ponyboy's hair is long and dark, but is cut short and bleached blond while he and Johnny are on the run. He has a good build for his size and is a fast runner.
In the novel, Ponyboy has light-brown hair and greenish-gray eyes. Ponyboy is the youngest of the greaser gang. Ponyboy Michael Curtis is the narrator and protagonist of the 1967 novel The Outsiders, and its 1983 film adaptation.
