Who said it?
Greasers can‘t walk alone too much or they‘ll get jumped, or someone will come by and scream Grease!‘ at them, which doesn't make you feel too hot.
Pony Boy
“You can’t win, even if you whip us. You’ll still be where you were before – at the bottom. And we’ll still be the lucky ones with all the breaks. So it doesn’t do any good, the fighting and the killing. It doesn’t prove a thing. We’ll forget it if you win, or if you don’t. Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs.”
Randy __________
When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.
Divided Communities
Who do you think the “Outsiders” are? Please analyze
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Ponyboy’s oldest brother.
Darryl or Darry
“How’d you like that haircut to begin just below the chin?”
A random Soc
“I am a greaser. I am a JD and a hood. I blacken the name of our fair city. I beat up people. I rob gas stations. I am a menace to society. Man, do I have fun!”
Soda Pop _______________
“Things are rough all over.”
Empathy
What does Johnny mean when he tells Ponyboy to “Stay gold”?
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Bob’s girlfriend, she is a Soc cheerleader whom Ponyboy meets at the movies.
Cherry Valance
“Things are rough all over.”
Cherry Valance
“We’re all we’ve got left. We ought to be able to stick together against everything. If we don’t have each other, we don’t have anything.”
Soda Pop _______________________________
Johnny never walked by himself after that. And Johnny…now carried in his back pocket a six-inch switchblade. He’d use it, too, if he ever got jumped again.
Preserving Childhood Innocence
Should Johnny be punished for Bob’s death when it was in self-defense? Why?
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A sixteen-year-old greaser with black hair and large, fearful eyes.
Johnny Cade
“Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.”
Pony Boy
―When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.‖
Pony Boy _________________________
You know what a Soc is?” I said, my voice shaking with rage. “White trash with Mustangs and madras.”
Divided Communities
What do you think the characters will be like when they are older?
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Sodapop’s best friend since grade school.
Steve Randall
“Next time you want a broad, pick up your own kind.”
Bob
“We beat the Socs. We stomped them—chased them outa our territory.”
Dallas Winston ___________________________
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Individual Identity
How would the story have been different if Bob had killed Ponyboy in the fountain?
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Cherry’s friend and Randy’s girlfriend.
Marsha