CHARACTERIZATION
What does Ponyboy like to do that makes him different from other Greasers?
What is watch movies and sunsets / read books?
Who are fighting in this novel?
What is Greasers and Socs?
What do Socs think about Greasers?
What is they think Greasers are poor / dangerous / bad / violent?
Who tells the story in this novel?
What is Ponyboy?
What war was happening in 1967?
What is the Vietnam War?
How does Dally act toward Cherry when they first meet?
What is rude / mean / disrespectful?
Why does Ponyboy get mad at Darry at the start of the book?
What is Darry yells at him for staying out late?
What is one stereotype about young people in 1967?
What is they were seen as troublemakers / rebels / lazy?
What is ironic about Johnny kills Bob?
What is Johnny is the weakest character?
How does the war affect young men in the novel?
What is they could be drafted?
Why do people say Johnny Cade is "lost"?
What is because he's been beaten down / he's scared / he doesn't stand up for himself?
What happens to Johnny and Ponyboy in Chapter 4?
What is they get attacked by Socs?
How does Cherry break the Soc stereotype?
What is she's nice to poor people / she doesn't act stuck-up / she cares about others?
At the start, what does Ponyboy think about Darry?
What is he thinks Darry doesn't love him / doesn't care about him?
What real problem in 1967 is like the Greaser and Soc divide?
What is class divisions?
What does Darry do instead of going to school?
What is work to support his family?
What does Johnny do to Dally at the movies?
What is he yells at him, in defense of Cherry?
In 1967, why were poor young men like Ponyboy in danger?
What is they could be drafted into the Vietnam War?
Name one thing Dally does that shows he's tough.
What is he talks mean to people / he breaks rules / he doesn't care about getting in trouble?
Why are Greasers and Socs fighting over more than just gangs?
What is because of money / class / survival / who has power?
What is one way Cherry is different from other Soc girls?
What is she's kind to Greasers / she doesn't judge people / she talks to Ponyboy?
Why does Cherry like Ponyboy even though they're from different groups?
What is she sees him as a real person / she doesn't judge him by his class?
What does the novel show about how society divides people?
What is people are separated by money / class / where they live / what they wear?
What is something we know that the characters don't know yet?
(Dramatic Irony)
What is Ponyboy is wrong about Darry / violence is coming / things will get worse?
What does the novel show about being young in 1967?
What is it was dangerous / unfair / divided by class / hard to survive?