Plot
This group is who Ponyboy grows up with
Who is The Greasers
This boy is the main character of the book
Who is Ponyboy
The person who said this quote
"Johnny, I ain't mad at you. I just don't want you to get hurt. You don't know what a few months in jail can do to you. Oh, blast it, Johnny...you get hardened in jail. I don't want that to happen to you. Like it happened to me...".
Who is Dally
This is the figurative language found in this quote
"Johnny was white as a ghost"
What is simile
The reasoning why The Greasers are called "The Greasers"
What is because they put product in their hair to make it look greasy
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This group of people jump Ponyboy in the first chapter
Who is The Socs
This character kills bob during the fight after the movies
Who is Johnny
The meaning behind this quote
"Things are rough all over." – Cherry
The Socs have troubles and struggle as well. This opens Ponyboy's eyes up that maybe the Socs aren't so different from The Greasers
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This is the figurative language found in this quote
"His dancing gray eyes were stormy"
What is personification
This is the person who wrote the book
S.E. Hinton
The reasoning behind the killing of Bob
What is Bob was holding Ponyboy's head underwater, trying to drown him
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This person is the leader and protector of The Greasers
Who is Darry
The meaning behind this quote
"But Johnny and I understood each other without saying anything. Nobody but Soda could really get me talking. Till I met Cherry Valance."- Ponyboy
Ponyboy talks and references his connection with Cherry. He opens up around her and the only other person he opens up to is his brother Sodapop
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This is the figurative language found in this quote
"He was the gang's pet"
What is metaphor
This is the reason Johnny cares so much about the gang
What is his family life is not healthy and the gang makes him feel welcomed
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The reasoning behind The Socs attacking The Greasers in chapter three
What is The Greasers were walking The Soc girls home
This character give Johnny and Ponyboy supplies for their trip in chapter 4
Who is Dally
The meaning behind this quote
"Stay gold, Ponyboy." – Johnny
Johnny is telling Ponyboy to stay true to himself
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This is the figurative language found in this quote
"I almost jumped out of my skin"
What is hyperbole
The fate of Ponyboy's, Darry's, and Sodapop's parents
What is a car accident
This is the place Johnny and Ponyboy go after the killing of Bob
What is Windrixville
This is the person who changes Ponyboy's opinion on Socs
Who is Cherry Valance
The person who said this quote
"He's as hard as a rock and about as human...he thinks I'm a pain in the neck. He likes Soda--everybody likes Soda--but he can't stand me"
Who is Ponyboy
This is the figurative language found in this quote
"I had to read Great Expectations for English, and that kid Pip, he reminded me of us—the way he felt marked lousy because he wasn't a gentleman or anything, and the way that girl kept looking down on him"
What is allusion
This is the book that Ponyboy reads and relates to
What is Great Expectations