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Darrel “Darry” Curtis. Ponyboy’s oldest brother. Darrel, known as “Darry,” is a twenty-year-old greaser who is raising Ponyboy because their parents have died in a car crash. Strong, athletic, and intelligent, Darry has quit school. He works two jobs to hold the family together.
The brothers are greasers, a class term that refers to the young men on the East Side, the poor side of town. They are known for their long, greased hair. The brothers also belong to a small, tightly knit neighborhood gang.
Ponyboy Curtis, a fourteen-year-old boy who is a member of a "gang of greasers", is leaving a movie theater when he is jumped by "Socs", the greasers' rival gang. Several greasers, including Ponyboy's two older brothers—the paternal Darry and the popular Sodapop—come to his rescue.
The Curtis Family consists of Darrel Curtis, Sr., Mrs. Curtis, and their three sons Darrel Curtis, Jr., Sodapop, and Ponyboy. After Mr. and Mrs. Curtis were killed in an automobile accident, their oldest son, Darry, 20, became the legal guardian of his two younger brothers, Sodapop, 17, and...
Ponyboy Curtis. At 14 years old, the youngest Curtis brother and greaser. Ponyboy is intelligent and sensitive and has certain un-greaserlike characteristics: he likes to go to movies by himself, does well in school, and appreciates sunsets … read analysis of Ponyboy Curtis.
Character List. Ponyboy Michael Curtis A 14-year-old boy who is the narrator and main character in The Outsiders. His parents have been killed in an automobile accident, and he lives with his two brothers. Soda (pop) Patrick Curtis Ponyboy's 16-going-on-17-year-old brother.
Darry and Sodapop Curtis are Ponyboy's older brothers who, along with being greasers, are adjusting to life on their own. Darry has taken over the responsibility of guardianship, forfeiting college and working to enable the three of them to stay together.
