Ponyboy

​ Hi, I'm Ponyboy. Yes, that is my real name, even if it doesn't sound like it. I am fourteen years old and the youngest in our group of greasers, but that doesn't bother me. I look sixteen anyway. I have light brown, almost brown hair,and greenish gray eyes. My hair is longer than most people. I look better with longer hair. I know this sounds wimpy for a greaser, but I like to watch movies and I like sunsets. You don't have to tell anyone else that though.

I have two brothers, Sodapop, who is sixteen, almost seventeen, and Darrel, we call him Darry. Darry works hard and is too grown up for me. My mom and dad died, so Darry is kind of like the boss in our house. The gang is the rest of my family. We watch out for each other and take care of each other like a family would. All of us Greasers have a story behind us, and the Socs make that story a somewhat scary one sometimes. Those Socs are mean. Sometimes I think they might be normal like me, but other times I know that they are not.

I am the only one in my family who is in school. Sodapop dropped out, and Darry would be in collage. But since my mom and dad died in the car accident, he kind of had to act like the parental figure, so he stayed home to be with us. If it weren't for him, Soda and I would be in a boy's home.Even if Darry yells at me, it is better than going to a boy's home. I usually get pretty good grades in school, mostly because Darry pushes me to use my "smarts" while doing my homework. I like school most of the time.

Life has been hard, but I think I am on the right track.