The Outsiders #1
This character comes from an abusive/neglectful home
Johnny Cade
This character is the narrator of the story
Ponyboy Curtis
These are two character traits you could use to describe Ponyboy
Kind, Loyal, Smart, Sensitive, Brave, Perceptive, Naïve
This is why Cherry and Marcia left their boyfriends at the movie
Their boyfriends wanted to drink and they did not
This is the character ho has the responsibility of being a father in Ponyboy's home
Darry
This is the leader of the Greasers, known for his icy blue eyes.
Dallas (Dally) Winston
This is one trademark "look" the Greasers are known for
Long hair that is slicked back
Also acceptable: worn clothing, jeans, leather jackets
This Greaser is described as a handsome, dark-haired "movie-star" type.
Sodapop Curtis
This is the youngest member of the greasers
Ponyboy
This is what the word "fuzz" is slang for
the police
This happened to Ponyboy's parents
They died in a car crash
This is what the name Socs is short for
The Socials
These are the names of Ponyboy's brothers
Darry and Sodapop
This character stands up for Cherry at the drive-in movies
Johnny
This is what Mustangs and Corvairs are examples of
Cars
This is the point-of-view The Outsiders is written in
first-person point of view
This is the main reason for not paying 25 cents to get into the drive-in movies
They enjoyed the challenge
Also acceptable: Dally hates to do things in a legal way
The famous person that directed/acted in the movie Ponyboy is watching at the start of the novel.
Paul Newman
Cherry throws this at Dally after he harasses her at the drive-in.
This where Sodapop and Steve work
The local gas station (The DX)
This is why warfare between the Socs and greasers is going on
Social Class (those with power & money and those without)
These are the two girls that Dally, Johnny and Ponyboy meet at the Nightly Double
Cherry and Marcia
This is Cherry's last name
Valence
These are the four things that Dally offers Ponyboy and Johnny after the murder
a gun, money, a plan, and dry clothes
These are three things that Two-Bit is known for
His sense of humor, his switchblade, and shoplifting
This is the weapon that Johnny used to kill Bob the Soc
A switchblade
This is the author of The Outsiders
S.E Hinton
This is what Cherry tells Ponyboy after hearing about Johnny's beating by the Socs
That Socs have troubles too
This is the reason that Johnny killed Bob the Soc
to protect and save Ponyboy who was being drowned in the fountain
This is the literary device being used in this quote: "He would kill the next person who jumped him. Nobody was ever going to beat him like that again."
foreshadowing