Who's that character?
This character said: "I lie to myself all the time".
Who is Ponyboy?
This is where Ponyboy meets the Soc girls.
What is the drive-in movie theatre?
What are leather jackets?
This was the defining movement of the 1960s.
What is the civil rights movement?
Chapter 2 and 3 both end using this literary device.
What is foreshadowing?
This character has violent tendencies and a criminal record.
Who is Dally?
Dally eases up on harassing Cherry and Marcia for this reason.
A common symbol of the Socs wealth and mobility.
What are cars?
This is where The Outsiders is set.
What is Tulsa, Oklahoma?
What is a metaphor?
Nervous and sensitive, this character sees the Greasers as his true family.
Who is Johnny?
This thought helps Ponyboy bridge the class divide between him and Cherry.
What is, they both watch the same sunset?
This trait is an essential part of a Greaser's identity and is threatened to be removed in chapter 1.
What is their long hair?
This international conflict grew worse and worse across the 1960s (and into the 1970s).
What is the Vietnam war?
When describing Johnny, Ponyboy uses figurative language to make this not-so-flattering comparision.
What is, "a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times"?
This is the name of Sodapop's horse.
Who is Mickey Mouse?
This is what happens when Ponyboy comes home after curfew.
What is, Darry screams at him and ends up hitting him?
This object represents a disregard for authority and a sense of individual power.
What is a switchblade?
These are two of the biggest artists/bands from the 1960s, with the Greasers liking one more than the Socs and vice versa.
Who are Elvis and The Beatles?
"He can get drunk on just plain living" is an example of this literary device.
Hyperbole
This sets Ponyboy apart from the rest of the Greasers.
What is his literary interests?
Ponyboy reveals this to Johnny, Two-bit, and the Soc girls on the drive home.
According to Cherry, this is the difference between Greasers and Socs.
The conflict between the Greasers and the Socs is indicative of this growing concern in the 1960s.
What is the era's growing socio-economic divide?
The narration is in presented in this style for an intended purpose.
What is first person narration, which allows the audience to form a closer bond with the protagonist, their conflicts, and the world they live in?