Vocabulary
Sastisfied with, pleased
What is content?
The novel's fourteen-year-old narrator and protagonist, and the youngest of the greasers
Who is Ponyboy Curtis?
Ponyboy is jumped by the Socs, but is quickly rescued by a gang of greasers.
What is Chapter 1?
Throughout literature, this and jewelry have been traditional symbols of wealth. This in this story represent the physical power that accompanies wealth.
What is Bob's rings?
Safe haven for both Ponyboy and Johnny. It was a hideout for them as they were hiding from the crime that was committed.
What is the church?
Worth, of value
What is asset?
The joker of Ponyboy's group. His real name is Keith, is a wisecracking greaser who regularly shoplifts.
Who is Two-Bit Mathews?
Ponyboy tells Cherry that Johnny was jumped by the Socs in the past and badly beaten.
What is chapter 2?
Two-Bit's most prized possession and, in several ways, represents the disregard for authority for which greasers traditionally pride themselves.
What is switchblade?
The place where Jonny was unconscious
What is the hospital?
Tuft of hair growing in a different direction
What is cowlick?
Sodapop's girlfriend. She is only in the book when the boys mention her.
Who is Sandy?
Johnny decides to turn himself in to the police.
What is Chapter 6?
Represents innocence
What is the symbolism for Soda's horse?
Johnny and Ponyboy too the girls here
What is the Movie?
Illegal action of selling alcohol where not legally permitted
What is bootlegging?
Ponyboy's oldest brother. Is a twenty-year-old greaser who is raising Ponyboy because their parents have died in a car crash.
Who is Darrel Curtis?
They were annoyed because the nurse wouldn't let them see Johnny
What is Chapter 8?
Symbolizes everything that is good and pure.
What is Gold?
The place where Johnny killed Bob
What is the park?
Not capable of being understood or grasped
What is unfathomable?
Sodapop's best friend since grade school. He is a seventeen-year-old greaser who works with Sodapop at the gas station.
Who is Steve Randle?
THe boys were found innocent; Ponyboy and Soda are allowed to stay together
What is Chapter 12?
Act as a visual separator between the Socs and the Greasers
What is Madras Shirt?
A place to escape
What is the country?