CHARACTERS
18-year-old junior in high school; can't take anything seriously to save his life--the comedian of the gang.
Who is Two-Bit Mathews?
The protagonist (name, age, gender) of the novel.
Who is Ponyboy Curtis, a 14-year-old boy?
The movie star Ponyboy is thinking about as he leaves the movie house in the beginning of the novel.
Who is Paul Newman?
"'Shoot, my old man don't give a hang whether I'm in jail or dead in a car wreck or drunk in the gutter. That don't bother me none.'"
Who is Dally?
“[Dally’s] eyes were blue, blazing ice, cold with a hatred of the whole world” (Hinton 10).
What is metaphor?
Doing something in a wise way; performing with wisdom or experience
What is sagely?
Intelligent, even though he never did well in school; fascinated by the gallant Southern gentleman.
Who is Johnny Cade?
The age of the author when she began writing the novel.
What is 15?
Ponyboy tells the farmer he encounters on his way to the abandoned church that he and his friend are doing this.
What is "playing army"?
"'We ain't gonna cry no more. are we?'"
Who is Ponyboy?
“[Johnny] would have run away a million times if we hadn’t been there. If it hadn’t been for the gang, Johnny would never have known what love and affection are” (Hinton 12).
What is hyperbole?
The quality or state of being emotionally distant.
What is aloof?
Knows everything about cars, expert hubcap lifter.
Who is Steve Randall?
The full name of the author.
Who is Susan Eloise Hinton?
The name of Sodapop's horse.
What is Mickey Mouse?
"'Golly, you two, it's bad enough having to listen to itr, but when you start trying to get me to take sides...'"
Who is Sodapop?
“I tried telling myself while I lay on the cold rock floor, wrapped up in Dally’s jacket and listening to the wind rushing thtough the trees’ dry leaves outside.”
What is imagery?
A literary genre in which the protagonist grows up and matures. Stories in which the main character goes through a meaningful inner change
What is a bildungsroman?
Likes to drink and pick fights; craves rules and consequences.
Who is Bob Sheldon?
The time (decade) and place (city and state) in which the novel takes place.
What is the 1960s in Tulsa, Oklahoma?
Ponyboy admits to liking this brother's chocolate cake recipe better than the other brother's.
Who is Darry?
“‘...you don't just stop living because you lose someone. I thought you knew that by now. You don't quit!’”
Who is Darry?
"We really didn’t have to twist his arm.”
What is idiom?
In a heroic or brave manner.
What is gallantly?
Calls Ponyboy, Dally, and Johnny “heroes”; judges them on their actions, not their looks; has kind eyes.
Who is Jerry Wood?
The Outsiders falls under (1) this type of novel and (2) this genre of fiction.
What is a bildungsroman, and what is realistic fiction?
Two-Bit's real name.
What is Keith?
“You get a little money and the whole world hates you."
Who is Randy?
“It scraped on my raw nerves like sandpaper.”
What is simile?
Showing a sense of shame; looking or feeling embarrassed because you have done something silly or wrong.
What is sheepish?