THE GREASERS
The gang's pet.
Johnny
This symbolizes violence.
Bob's rings
"I'm never nice. Want a Coke?"
Dally
“He’s hard as a rock and about as human."
simile
Something rare or uncommon
rarities
This symbolizes the Greaser's identity.
Their hair
This symbolizes the difference in social classes.
Blue Mustang
"Listen, kiddo, when Darry hollers at you... he don't mean nothin'. He's just got more worries that somebody his age ought to."
Sodapop
“He would have run away a million times if we hadn’t been there.”
hyperbole
Stubborn
ornery
According to Two-Bit, this is the Greaser's one rule besides "stick together."
Don't get caught.
This is the message behind "Nothing Gold Can Stay."
Nothing beautiful can stay forever.
Nothing precious or pure can stay forever.
Innocence does not stay forever.
"Who you callin' bums?"
Two-Bit
“His eyes were blue, blazing ice, cold with a hatred of the whole world.”
metaphor
alliteration
A playfully, mischievous way
roguishly
Ponyboy says he wants to look like this movie star.
Paul Newman
The following is an example of which element of literature? “He would kill the next person who jumped him. Nobody was ever going to beat him like that again. Not over his dead body…”
Foreshadowing
"You don't ever think."
Darry
“He didn’t bat an eye when Johnny told him what had happened, only grinned…”
Idiom
feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, or insulting
indignant
This Greaser could be seen as the most like a "Soc" out of all of them.
Darry
When Dally says, “Oh, my, my” -- Dally looked bored -- “you’ve got me scared to death,” in Chapter Two, this is an example of which element of literature?
Verbal Irony
"Things are rough all over."
Cherry
“‘Hey, Ponyboy!’ He grinned down at me. Or should I say Sleeping Beauty?’”
allusion
Indicating or showing disbelief
incredulous