About me

My name is Darrel Curtis but my friends call me Darry. I am twenty years old and I am a Greaser. 

I live in the East side with my two younger brothers, Soda who is sixteen going on seventeen and Ponyboy who is fourteen but he is very mature for his age. Since I was very  young I had to become my brothers legal guardian, because my parents died a few years ago. I considered my self a sportive and hot guy because when I was in school I used to be captain of a football team I was also nominated as one of the hottest guys. I considered my self different from the other Greasers because I don't smoke.  

                                                         Da Story of My Life 

My name is Darrel Curtis but my friends called me Darry but I am also known as “Superman” by my gang.  I am twenty-years-old, the oldest of the Curtis brothers and since my parents passed away I have been the one in charge of my two brothers, Soda who is sixteen going on seventeen who has also been helping the family some how and Ponyboy who is the youngest. My parents died on a car accident a few years ago when my brothers and I were still very little. Since then I had to take the responsibility of raising them. My brother Ponyboy says that I am a young guy who grew up fast because of the fact that I am the one who mostly does all the work in our family.  In order to do that I had to quit many of the things I did and instead I had to start working somewhere to get money. At the beginning it was quite sad that I had to quit doing all the awesome things I used to do including being captain of the football team and instead I had to start working and doing all the housework.  I always wanted to go to college where I could be free of choosing who to be. Even thought college sound like something fun it does not bring the enough benefit in order to provide for a family of three teenager boys, so I had to take the responsibility of working somewhere to get money. I worked for a roofing company. 

I am on the middle,
Soda is the one on the the left
and
Ponyboy is the one on the right.
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                                 At the hospital waiting for answers... 

Soda and I were in the hospital’s waiting room when Ponyboy, Johnny and Dally arrived in three different ambulances. The three of them seemed to be badly hurt: Dally had a badly burned arm, Ponyboy was unconscious with a few burns and had a big bruise on his back, Johnny seemed to be the worst of them, he had a bad burn and a possible broken back.  Even thought I care deeply about all of them, Ponyboy was the one I was worried about the most, because he is my youngest brother and after losing my parents, I fear on losing him.

After the doctors checked if they were okay, Ponyboy and Dally were able to go to the waiting room where we were but Johnny had to stay for a longer time with the doctors. In the moment Ponyboy arrived to the waiting room, Soda gave Ponyboy a great big bear hug, while I was just standing there with my hands in my pockets. Suddenly Ponyboy realized I was crying and that was the moment when he noticed that I actually cared for him and that I was afraid of losing him.

As we were waiting on the hospital to know more about how Johnny and Dally were, there was a group of reporters who bombarded us with questions. We were getting so pissed off I convinced them to leave but the nurses would still not give us medical information of how Johnny and Dally were, because it’s something that can only be given to family members. After a long time trying to convince the nurses to let us know about them I managed to convince a doctor by telling him that we were the only real family this two boys had.  The doctor told us that Dally had one of his arms severally burned but eventually he would be able to regain, while Johnny was in critical condition, they said that his back was broken, he had third degree burns and that if he lived he would not be able to walk for the rest of his life. At the end we decided to just go home and try to have some rest.

The next morning Ponyboy and Two-bit went to the hospital to visit Dally and Johnny.  This time the doctors let them see Johnny, because Johnny was the one who asked for them. Johnny was able to talk to them and told them everything he felt when suddenly his mother showed up but he refused to see her.  Ponyboy and Two- bit also went to visit  Darry who was still in the hospital, they said that he apparently looked ok but was quiet disappointed that he was not going to be able to participate of the rumble on that night.

When they came back we started to get ready for the rumble we were going to have that night.

Waiting to know something about
Ponyboy, Dally and Johnny
in the hospital's waiting room.
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Ponyboy, Soda and I
after a long time of waiting in the hospital
for Ponyboy.
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                                                 The night of the rumble 

As you might be aware I am part of the Greasers, which means that I have a gang. As most gangs we have nicknames, interests and we also have enemy gangs, such as the Socs.  For a long time my gang members and I have been fighting with them. Not all fights have ended up quite well, because at the end someone always gets hurt somehow. In one of the fights between Greasers and Socs, a Soc called Bob ended up dead because Soda had to stab him to save Ponyboy’s life.  A few hours ago Steve, Soda, Ponyboy, Two-bit and I, were involved in a very big fight against the Socs in which no weapons could be used, it had to be by using what we knew from previous fights. 

Before the fight started we decided that each one of us should use different things we knew from before. A few years ago I showed my boys some things I had learned in a course I took. I was very glad that it was useful for all of us. We weren’t very sure if Ponyboy should have gone to the fight because we where afraid of him getting hurt.

In the moment the rumble began, Dally showed up. Even though he was able to fight with only one arm he announced that the rumble couldn’t happen without him. The Socs lost the rumble, because they ran away first.  The only thing that mattered to us in that moment was the fact that we won!

I could see that Dally wasn’t quite happy about our victory I don’t know why but he suddenly grabbed Ponyboy and said that they had to go quickly to the hospital, because Johnny was dying.  Ponyboy didn’t look very well himself he was feeling sick, had cuts and had lots of bruises because of the rumble.

After the fight the boys and I were all in the living room trying to get back on our feet.  We were lying on the sofa when suddenly we heard Ponyboy entering the house. I could spot the scared look on his face when he noticed everyone was hurt.

I had a Band-Aid over my forehead and I also had a black eye, Steve had his shirt unbuttoned and a bandage on the side, Soda was with a wide cut on his lips and a gigantic bruise across his cheek, Two-bit had one part of his face taped up, because of the 4 stitches on his cheek and 7 on his hand. Even thought we were all hurt we were just chilling and smoking… Until the moment that Ponyboy started telling us what had happened in the hospital. I had to admit that I couldn't listen to everything that we were saying, because he was speaking very fast and nervously. One of the only things I was able to understand clearly was the fact that Johnny was dead. On that moment I just started looking at everything as if my world was falling apart…   

Me  in the Rumble against one of the Socs
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The boys and I after our victory,
all hurt but at least we won
good job!
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Johnny talking for the last
time to Ponnyboy
(stay gold ponyboy stay gold)
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                                               R.I.P Johnny and Dally 

After Ponyboy told us about Johnny’s death everything became silent. When suddenly the phone started ringing, it was Dally. He said that he had just robbed a grocery store and he needed a place to hide. We all agreed on helping him so we told him to meet us at the vacant lot.

There were sirens wailing all over the place. Suddenly everyone reached the lot at the same time: Dally, the police and the gang. As dally was standing on a circle of light under the street lamp he pulled out his gun. We all new that the gun wasn’t loaded but the police didn’t new about it. We could noticed that what Dally wanted was to die, he was being gunned out by the police, we all knew Dally always got what he wanted and this time it meant that he wanted to be dead.

When I suddenly turned around the first thing I saw was that Ponyboy’s condition was worsening. He could barely run to the lot and his vision starts getting worst. It was one of the worst feelings in the world to see Ponyboy that way he seemed to be very bad. 

Three days later he started waking up and didn’t know what was happening so I decided to explain him what had happened, I told him that he had been suffering from exhaustion shock and a minor concussion caused by a Soc who kicked him in the head during the rumble.   The only things Ponyboy said that he was able to remember, was that Darry and Johnny were dead.  

                                           Rest in Peace Johnny and Darry we will mis you +

Dally seconds before he dies
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