Down the street from the house is Crutchfield Park, where the infamous fountain scene took place. Jasper street, right next to it, is also the place of Dally's demise. Other locations such as the Circle Cinema, Will Rogers High School, and the Admiral Twin Drive-In are also prominent filming locations in the city.
Pony and Johnny are outnumbered, and the Socs grab Ponyboy and shove him face first into the fountain, holding his head under the water. Realizing that Ponyboy is drowning, Johnny panics, pulls his switchblade, and kills the Soc, Bob.
Windrixville. The church fire in the fictitious town of Windrixville was filmed in a location that is now underwater at Skiatook Lake, northwest of Tulsa.
In Chapter Four, David, a Soc, was drowning Ponyboy. David held Ponyboy's head underwater in the direction of Bob who was angry with Ponyboy for hitting on his girlfriend.
One of the Socs begins drowning Ponyboy in a nearby fountain, and Johnny retaliates by killing Bob with his six-inch switchblade. After Bob's death, Randy, Ponyboy, Cherry, and Johnny are all tired of the conflict that never solves anything.
Ponyboy walks home and finds Darry furious with him for staying out so late. In the ensuing argument, Darry slaps Ponyboy. No one in Ponyboy's family has ever hit him before, and Ponyboy storms out of the house in a rage.
Even though The Outsiders is fictional, the book is based in S.E. Hinton's hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Hinton published the book in 1967 and the story takes place in the same time period. Though the book may feel like historical fiction for today's readers, it was a work of contemporary fiction when Hinton wrote it.
The house used for filming in the movie, located at 731 Curtis Brothers Lane in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is currently being used as a museum showcasing props from the film. The film was shot on location in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Filming took place from March 29 to May 15, 1982.
Darry tells Randy that Ponyboy is racked up physically and so emotionally stressed that he doesn't remember what really happened and that's why he thinks he killed Bob. Pony pretends he killed Bob and that Johnny isn't dead because he figured it wouldn't hurt as much.
Newspaper Article. TULSA, Oklahoma Last night two greasers, Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade, killed Soc, Robert Sheldon, by stabbing him with a six-inch pocketknife. Witnesses said that there were punches thrown before the stabbing happened when Ponyboy Curtis was being drowned in the fountain by an unidentified Soc.
In fear, Pony gasps for air but realizes too late that he is sucking in water and drowning. Ponyboy awakens on the pavement gasping for air. Johnny is next to him and tells him, "I've killed that boy." Johnny is stained with blood and is still clutching his switchblade.
Answer and Explanation: Bob Sheldon is eighteen. He is a Soc and Cherry's boyfriend in The Outsiders. The reader can infer from Johnny's reaction to Bob when he and his friends confront Ponyboy and Johnny in the park that Bob is the Soc who had jumped Johnny months before and scarred his face.
Johnny and Ponyboy fled, but were caught near a fountain. Johnny was pushed to the ground, and then the Socs dunked Ponyboy multiple times in the fountain, and he almost drowned. Johnny then pulled out his knife and stabbed Bob, killing him.
Johnny Cade is "the gang's pet." The novel describes Johnny as a "lost puppy" and a "puppy that has been kicked too many times." He is only 16 years old, but has already been beaten down by the cruelty of life. Johnny had been severely beaten by a group of Socs before this story begins.
Though the real setting may cause you to wonder if Outsiders is based on a true story (like History's similarly located Hatfields & McCoys), this series is totally fictional. However, the cast and creators reveal that they still did a lot of research to make the story as authentic as possible.
In 2016, Hip Hop artist Danny Boy O'Connor purchased the “Curtis Brothers House.” A longtime fan of the novel and the movie, O'Connor had visited the site during earlier Tulsa tour stops, and just couldn't shake the belief that the house needed to be preserved for future generations.
The story is told in first-person perspective by teenage protagonist Ponyboy Curtis, and takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1965, although this is never explicitly stated in the book. Hinton began writing the novel when she was 15 and wrote the bulk of it when she was 16 and a junior in high school.
Fingerprints and DNA at the crime scene as well as witness accounts all clearly indicate local sports coach Terrence Maitland as the killer, so detective Ralph Anderson orders a public arrest.
Still, some schools and libraries have tried to ban The Outsiders due to its depiction of underage drinking and smoking, crass language, violence, and so-called “family dysfunction” — that is, The Outsiders portrays a chosen family, not a nuclear one.
Ponyboy dislikes the Socs, whom we see through his subjective viewpoint. The distorting effects of hatred and group rivalry make his narration less than objective.
