Answer:
Summed Up:
Johnny Dies
Dallas Dies
Ponyboy passes out from being sick
Ponyboy reads letter Johnny wrote to him before he died
Pony decides to write about what happened for his English assignment, which is the book The Outsiders your reading
Pony goes to court
Pony denies Johnny and Dallys death
Things change
Darry and Pony make up
Sandy and Soda
Explanation:
Johnny Dies- After the fire, he breaks his back and is in bad shape. His last words are to Pony, which he tells him to Stay Gold
Dallas Dies- Johnny dying was too much for Dallas, so he robs a gas station and pulls out a gun. In the end, the police end up shooting him, killing him.
Ponyboy passes out- After Dallas died, Pony collapses, and passes out. He was already sick before the rumble, and he wakes up days later. Randy ends up visiting him too
Ponyboy reads letter- Johnny wrote a letter basically saying that it was worth saving the kids, to tell Dally to look at a sunset, what the poem Nothing Gold Can Stay means since Pony couldn't figure it out (It means your gold when your a kid, and he told Pony to stay that way), and that the world still has good in it and to tell Dally that
Pony decides to write book- You find out in the end that the book was written by Pony, after the events that happened, and the book ends the same way it started: When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of that movie house, I had only two things on my mind. Paul Newman, and a ride home.
Pony goes to court- Cherry and Randy say that Bob was drunk, Pony didn't have to speak much. Case ended quickly.
Pony denies deaths- After Johnny and Dally dies, you continuously says that they aren't dead and pushes it out of his mind until he reads the letter
Things change- The gang continues going on. But Ponyboy starts doing worse in school, forgetting stuff/running into things, eating less
Darry and Pony make up- After Soda runs out, tired of their arguing, they decide they need to be nicer and fight less. They end up making up.
Learn about Sandy- After Soda runs out, Darry tells Pony Sandy sent back the letter Soda sent to her, unopened. Soda was also sad about that.
(This is a summarized version, some details are left out but these are the key points)