Ponyboy Curtis is a 14 year old boy who is 5’5, not in school, smokes, wears an iconic blue jacket and blue jeans with white converse, he’s friends with Johnny, Dallas aka Dally, Keith aka two-bit, soda pop who is his brother, and Darry who is his oldest brother. Soda works at a gas station and Darry works two jobs to sustain because their parents passed away in a car accident a few months ago.