extended reading of "Gone With the Wind" in the church.a scene in the church where Ponyboy and Johnny become emotional over the events of the past 24 hours.a short scene where Ponyboy splashes some water on his face outside the church while Johnny is out buying supplies.an alternate scene in the church where Ponyboy imagines that both Sodapop and Darry are present.He claims that he's playing "army" and "needs to report to base."
a scene where Ponyboy asks some farmers how to reach Jay Mountain.Later, Ponyboy and Sodapop talk to each other in their bedroom. The principle Greasers are also introduced. an extended opening scene where Ponyboy is attacked by the Socs when walking home from a Paul Newman movie.The 2005 special edition contains a re-edited cut of the film, a new soundtrack and 22 minutes of additional footage, including: Some of the boys realize the rumble will accomplish nothing, with the questions being if they can convince their colleagues of the same, and if not what the consequences will be. Beyond Ponyboy and Johnny's lives being threatened by that incident, the Greasers and the Socs agree to a rumble to settle things once and for all. As a result, an incident occurs involving the Socs, Ponyboy and fellow Greaser, sixteen-year-old Johnny Cade, an equally sensitive boy who wants a better life for himself, but seems stuck in a downward spiral with parents who don't give him the time of day. A connection between the two gangs happens in the form of Ponyboy and Cherry Valance, which doesn't sit well with Cherry's Soc boyfriend, Bob Sheldon. Similarly, the world sees the Socs, the Greasers' primary rivals, as all the same, rich spoiled entitled boys with a sense of superiority from the south side of town, despite again each boy being his own person.
The rest of the world sees the Greasers as all the same, the face being Dallas Winston, the most volatile one who has just been released from prison, despite each boy having his own specific view of life. He also believes Darrel would have outgrown them and become something in his life if it wasn't for his loyalty to the gang, and the need to take care of the family. Ponyboy's main concern is that any problem they may encounter, especially in their Greaser activities, will lead to the authorities splitting up their family. They all belong to The Greasers, a gang of boys from the north side also from working class families, often broken.
Caught in the middle is third brother Sodapop, who dropped out of school to work full time. Sensitive Ponyboy used to have a good relationship with his oldest brother Darrel, but since Darrel became the household caregiver, he is always on Ponyboy's case. Fourteen-year-old Ponyboy Curtis is the youngest of three orphaned brothers who live on the north side of town, the "wrong side" of the tracks.