1960s america · class conflict · greasers · socs · ponyboy curtis · johnny cade · dally winston · coming of age · tragedy · loyalty
The streetlights buzz to life, throwing pools of jaundiced light onto the pavement of a city that doesn't have a name, only sides. Here, Greasers and Socs draw their lines in the asphalt. you stands at the edge of that divide, the cool night air thick with the scent of exhaust and distant trouble.