The rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, only heats up when one gang member kills a member of the other. Sodapop Curtis dropped out of high school In The Outsiders, the characters Johnny and Ponyboy often seem to be more than just friends, but that's not nearly as strong as the subtext between Johnny and Dally the author herself writes that Johnny was the only person Dally ever loved after Johnny dies, which causes Dally to kill himself in a similar way to Romeo and Juliet.
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