By my calculations, Ponyboy is 14 and is in 10th grade. Is that correct? We know he is in a higher grade than his age. And I believe Oklahoma high school only had 3 grades, not 4. So, he's 14 in 10th grade. 15 in 11th grade and 16 in 12th. He turns 17 the summer that he graduates.
Is that what everyone else believes?
I think I Hinton herself, who really Ponyboy is the mirror of was 16 in her Senior year.
I saw this on another platform and it is weird to me. This poster, claims that Dally dies on November 9th. Not only that, but said that this is the commonly accepted fact. It is? Where? I've never heard this.
I know it's not the case, because Pony has been 14 just more than a month and his canon birthday is July 22. And we know Soda's birthday is a month away, his canon birthday being October 8. So, we know we're in September.
So my question is, where is this coming from? I've never heard or read it. I know it's not a musical thing since the poster uses book canon. Anyone know where this idea comes from?