People
While on the run for murder, he and his friend Johnny saved a bunch of kids from a burning church.
Who is Ponyboy?
Sword fights and secret weddings are featured in this selection.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
Death, true love, suicide, family – and more death
Romeo and Juliet
It's what Tessie Hutchinson's husband does that leads to her stoning.
Pulls the paper with a black dot.
"But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun."
Romeo
He was part of a study to make him smarter.
Who is Charley?
Social engineering, environmental engineering, genetic engineering – everything in this selection was tightly controlled.
What is The Giver?
Rick vs. poor, societal expectations and bias, honor codes, loyalty, and family – even the title of the book reflects one of the themes!
The Outsiders
It's the event that makes Jonas decide to kidnap Gabriel and leave the Community.
Jonas learns what release means.
"It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset."
Ponyboy
She was married to Tom but almost married Jay.
Who is Daisy?
The beginning of humanity is explored through the perspective of the first two human beings in this selection.
What is Eve's Diary?
Love, friendship, wealth, devotion, greed, betrayal, social class, the American Dream
The Great Gatsby
It's the reason Romeo kills himself in the fifth act of Romeo and Juliet.
Juliet fakes her death but everyone (including Romeo) thinks she's truly gone.
Even a feeble minded man wants to be like other men.
Charlie Gordon
Who is Romeo?
A pointless, gruesome tradition is carried on in this selection.
What is The Lottery?
Equality, community vs individual, choice, courage, social control, importance of memory
The Giver
It's the tragedy that eventually leads to Jay Gatsby's death.
Daisy runs over Tom's mistress.
“Can’t repeat the past?…Why of course you can!”
Jay Gatsby
This character from The Giver had blue eyes just like Jonas.
Who is Gabriel?
Lavish parties thrown by a lovesick dreamer are part of this selection.
What is The Great Gatsby?
The danger of playing God, prejudice against the intellectually disabled
It's the reason Ponyboy writes down the story of all that happened to him and the Greasers.
He has to write an autobiographical essay for English to raise his grade because he's failing.
“I tell you it wasn’t fair. You didn’t give him time enough to choose. Everybody saw that.”
Tessie Hutchinson