SLANG
Fuzz
Police
The side of the town the Greasers live in
East Side
The longer version of “Socs”
Socials
The protagonist of the novel.
Ponyboy Curtis
One of the reasons Pony gets jumped at the beginning of the novel
He went to a movie alone and was walking home.
Cooler
Prison
The “pet” of the Greasers
Johnny Cade
The side of town the Socs live on
West Side
The THREE Curtis brothers
Darrel "Darry" Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, Ponyboy Curtis
One thing that happened that traumatized Johnny before the novel began
Jumped by the Socs, Abusive Parents
Hood
Criminal
The Greaser who is more of a ”hood” and has committed actual crimes.
Dallas "Dally" Winston
The jewelry the Socs use as weapons
Rings
The wise-cracker of the bunch who often steals things.
The state and the decade this story takes place in
Oklahoma in the 1960s
Tuff
Best known as Sodapop’s best friend
Steve Randle
The TWO Soc girls they met at the drive-in
The “good looking” one
Sodapop Curtis
Even though both groups are so different, this is the thing that both “worlds” can see the same (THEME).
“We saw the same sunset” (p. 41).
Rumble
Gang Fight
The rule Greasers live by
Stick Together
The TWO main types of cars the Socs drive
Mustangs and Corvairs
Cherry’s real name
Sherri Valance
The important message (THEME) Cherry shared at the end of Ch. 2
“Things are rough all over” (p. 35).