Character Call-Outs
The narrator of the story who loves movies, books, and watching sunsets.
Who is Ponyboy Curtis?
This is the name of the town where Johnny and Ponyboy escape to after committing their crime.
What is Windrixville?
This type of car is a major symbol of the Socs' power and wealth throughout the book.
What is a blue Mustang?
"Things are rough all over."
Who is Cherry Valance?
This is the physical characteristic that Greasers take the most pride in.
What is their long, greasy hair?
The "pet" of the gang who is described as a "little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times."
Who is Johnny Cade?
To hide their identities while on the run, Ponyboy and Johnny do this to their hair.
What is cut and bleach it?
Ponyboy and Cherry realize they have this in common, proving that the two worlds aren't so different.
What is watching the sunset?
"I killed him. I killed that boy."
Who is Johnny Cade?
According to Cherry, the main difference between the groups isn't money, but this.
What is feeling/emotions?
This Greaser lived in New York and has a hardened, criminal record; he's the most dangerous of the group.
Who is Dallas (Dally) Winston?
Johnny and Ponyboy rescue several children from this burning building.
What is the abandoned church?
This Robert Frost poem is recited by Ponyboy while at the church.
"You don't ever think... not at home or anywhere when it counts."
Who is Darry Curtis?
This is the name for the large-scale fight held between the two groups toward the end of the book.
What is the Rumble?
The oldest Curtis brother who gave up a college football scholarship to keep his family together.
Who is Darry Curtis?
This is the specific reason Dally chooses to provoke the police into shooting him.
What is because he reached his breaking point after Johnny's death?
Johnny's last words to Ponyboy are these four words.
What is "Stay gold, Ponyboy"?
"Greaser didn't have anything to do with it... It's the individual."
Who is Ponyboy?
This Soc refuses to fight in the rumble because he is tired of the useless violence.
Who is Randy Anderson?
The Soc girl who acts as a "spy" for the Greasers and says she could fall in love with Dally.
Who is Cherry Valance?
In his letter to Ponyboy, Johnny explains that the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" means this.
What is staying innocent/seeing things as if they are new?
This novel, which Johnny and Ponyboy read together, represents the bond between them and their shared dreams.
What is Gone with the Wind?
"You're not like the rest of us and don't try to be."
The book ends with the same sentence it began with, revealing the entire story was actually this.
What is Ponyboy's English theme/essay?