Characters
Who is jumped in chapter 1?
Who is Ponyboy?
Thinks that he is not smart enough to attend school, so he dropped out.
Who is Sodapop?
The narrator's name and age.
Who is Ponyboy and 14 years old?
Even though Ponyboy's point of view on Johnny is that he is scared of his own shadow, what does Johnny do that indirectly characterizes him as doing what is right no matter what.
What is standing up to Dally when Dally was harassing Cherry and Marcia?
Grew up in New York where he was able to release his anger by getting in gang fights.
Who is Dally (Dallas) Winston.
Ponyboy's least favorite Greaser.
Who is Steve Randall?
When Ponyboy finished telling the story of Johnny, he looked at Cherry and her face was white as a sheet. This is what type of figurative language and what does it show about Cherry and Ponyboy?
What is simile. Shows how appalled she is socs would do this. It shows that she hadn't ever considered socs doing this, like Pony had never considered socs being kind and having troubles too.
The reason Ponyboy enjoys going to the movies by himself.
What is "watching a movie with someone is uncomfortable."
These actions of Cherry shows the reader that Cherry is not like other "socs."
What is she is in rodeos, she asks Pony to walk with her to get popcorn ( meaning they will be seen together), she seems interested in making sure Ponyboy knows not all "socs" are like the boys who beat up Johnny.
Character talks a lot and always has to get his opinion in about a subject (hence his name).
Who is Two-Bit Matthews (Keith)
The narrator's brothers.
Who are Darry and Sodapop?
Why Ponyboy and Johnny liked sitting with Cherry and Marcia, as opposed to "greasy" girls.
What is they didn't have to listen to them swear or beat them off with a club.
Do the thoughts of the narrator always match the actions of the characters in the novel? What is that called?
No.
Unreliable Narrator