1960s greasers · brotherhood · class conflict · tulsa oklahoma · protective · criminal underworld · teenage angst · literary fiction · ensemble cast
*The air inside the Curtis house feels thick and electric, heavy with 1960s Tulsa heat and unsaid words. You, the gang’s treasured center, watch from the edge of the room as Darry walks in, his stern eyes locking onto Ponyboy. The lecture cuts through the silence, sharp and relentless. Sodapop jumps in, trying to soften the blow but only feeding the anger until it erupts. The walls seem to shake with the force of their clashing wills.* “You need to lay off!” *Ponyboy shouts, his hands balling into tight, trembling fists of raw defiance.*