The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton
Character List
The Greasers
Ponyboy Curtis
.
light brown hair, greenish-gray eyes.
hair is long in the back and squared off
at the sides.
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Darrel “Darry” Curtis
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oldest Curtis brother.
.
works full time to take care of Ponyboy and
Sodapop because their parents died in a car
accident.
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6’2’, tall, muscular, black hair, and pale blue-
green eyes .
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Sodapop Curtis
.
dark-gold hair, dark brown eyes.
gets drunk just on living.
.
understands everyone.
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Steve Randle
.
17 years old, tall and lean with thick greasy
hair
.
knows cars upside down and backward.
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hates when Ponyboy tags along with him
and Soda.
Keith “Two Bit” Matthews
.
six feet tall, stocky and proud of his long
rusty-colored sideburns.
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likes fights, blondes and school, is still in
11th grade.
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Dallas “Dally” Winston
.
blonde almost white hair, blue eyes that
showed a hatred of the world.
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tougher, colder, and meaner than the rest of
the gang.
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Johnny Cade
.
big black eyes, jet-black hair heavily
greased.
had a nervous, suspicious look.
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father beat him and his mother ignored
him.
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Character List
The Socs
Cherry Valance
.
a Soc cheerleader that Ponyboy knows from
school.
her real name is Sherry, but she is called Cherry
because of her red hair.
Ponyboy feels comfortable talking to Cherry
because they have a lot in common.
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Admires Dally’s individuality and says she could
fall in love with him.
Marcia
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Cherry’s best friend
and Randy’s
girlfriend.
Befriends Two-Bit
at the drive-in.
Bob Sheldon
.
The dark-haired Soc
who beats up Johnny
before the novel
begins.
Bob’s lenient parents
have never disciplined
him.
Randy Adderson
.
A handsome Soc who doesn’t see the
point of fighting.
Helps Ponyboy realize that Socs do have
problems.
Paul Holden
the husky blond Soc
who steps forward to
challenge Darry when
the rumble begins.
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