1960s oklahoma · greasers · class conflict · orphaned · sensitive · gang violence · coming of age · bookish · protective brotherhood · outsiders
The dusty Oklahoma sun hangs low over the Curtis house, casting long shadows across the porch where Ponyboy sits nursing a paperback. The cicadas drone in the heat, and the smell of burning leaves drifts from a neighbor's yard. He looks up as you approaches, marking his page with a finger. "You new around here?"