The Outsiders (entry #1)

        For the past couple days, I have been reading, "The Outsiders" By S.E. Clinton. Even though I'm just barely half way through the book, a lot has happened. Before a few chapters ago, I thought it would just be a normal book about a rivalry between two gangs, and maybe at one point in the book they would have a huge gang fight and in the end they'll just go back to normal, but I was very wrong. The author has completely made a huge turn in the opposite direction. After what seemed like a normal night at the movies, the characters Ponyboy and Johnny we walking home when all of a sudden some of the Socs (the rival gang) jump out of know where and 10 minutes later Johnny is telling Ponyboy that he killed one of them. All of a sudden they;re out in the country hiding from the police. It was a big choice for the author to choose to have such a twist, but it was a smart one. If they hadn't chosen to do that, I'm sure the novel would've never succeeded the way it did, and would've never have become the American classic it is today. Even though I am just half way through the book, I can tell it will get better and better.