Characters
This character used to run with gangs in New York. He always gets into trouble and is proud of his police record.
Who is Dallas (Dally) Winston
Johnny is a very scared and timid after this happened to him.
What is getting jumped by the Socs
This theme is shown through the divide between the Greasers and the Soc’s.
What is Social Class Conflict.
An organized fight between the Greasers and the Soc’s
What is a rumble.
Who said this: “Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold.”
Who is Johnny.
This character is 16 years old and has fearful eyes. He sees the greasers as his true family instead of his family who abuses him.
Who is Johnny Cade
After Johnny's death, Dally gets shot by the police for doing this.
What is robbing a convenience store
This theme is shown through the sacrifices characters make in the novel to help/support those around them.
Something considered cool.
What is "tuff".
Which character said this: “It’s okay, we aren’t from the same class. Just don’t forget that some of us watch the sunset too.”
Who is Ponyboy.
This character is Bob’s girlfriend. She is a Soc cheerleader who acts as a spy for the Greasers.
Who is Cherry Valance
Pony and Johnny are considered heroes for this act.
What is saving children from the burning church.
According to Ponyboy, this theme is the thread that holds the Greasers together, even if they do not always get along.
What is loyalty.
An intense feeling of suffering.
What is agony.
Which character said this: “Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs. Sometimes I think it’s the ones in the middle that are really the lucky stiffs.”
Who is Randy.
This character regularly shop lifts and carries a black-handled switchblade that he is very proud of.
Who is Two-Bit Mathews
Johnny kills Bob in the park for this reason.
This theme in the novel is a problem that never ends. It drives all of the action in the novel. (examples: child abuse, stabbings, shootings, rumbles)
What is violence.
60's term for the police.
Which character said this: "I am a greaser. I am a JD and a hood. I blacken the name of our fair city. I beat up people. I rob gas stations. I am a menace to society. Man, do I have fun!"
Who is Sodapop.
This character is the oldest of the Greasers and has two jobs to help his family survive.
Who is Darry Curtis
Because of this event, Darry had to drop out of school and pick up two jobs to support his family.
What is parents dying in a car wreck.
This theme is shown through the judgement that Greaser’s receive based off of their leather jackets and greased back hair.
What is appearances.
Dally used one of these as a bluff. (Use the 60s term)
What is a heater.
Which character said: "I was crazy, you know that, kid? Crazy for wantin' Johnny to stay out of trouble, for not wantin' him to get hard. If he'd been like me he'd never have been in this mess."
Who is Dally.