Characters
When Johnny's mother is making a scene in the hospital, this character tells her off.
Who is Two-Bit?
"There's lots of ______ in the world. Tell Dally. I don't think he knows."
What is good?
Randy says he couldn't believe a greaser "could pull something like that." He was referring to this.
What is saving the kids from the fire?
These may represent the common ground shared by the Soc's and Greasers.
What are sunsets?
What is the switchblade?
He claims that fighting is "useless".
Who is Johnny?
"I've been thinking about it, and that poem, that guy that wrote it, he meant you're gold when you're _ ____."
What is "a kid"?
It's the thing Randy claims Bob needed from his parents, but never got.
What is discipline?
These may represent the Soc's power and resources and the Greasers' vulnerablility, as the Greasers are always walking.
What are the Soc's cars?
The narrator of the book and the point of view he tells the story in.
Who is Ponyboy and what is 1st person point of view?
He commits suicide by Police.
Who is Dally?
It's what Johnny claims makes his death "worth it".
What is saving the kids ("Their lives are worth more than mine")?
When Randy tells Pony he should just tell the truth in court, Ponyboy, perhaps deluded by the fog in his head, claims this is what happened to Bob.
What is that he himself, Ponyboy, killed Bob?
This represents the Greaser identity. It's threatened in the beginning of the book and then the boys remove it, sadly, from themselves in Windrixville.
What is greaser hair?
"It was a warmish Spring day with the sun shining bright." This is using what type of literary device?
What is imagery?
He gets in trouble for smoking in bed.
Who is Ponyboy?
Johnny tells Pony in his letter to have Dally to look at one of these.
What is a sunset?
It's the main lesson of the 2 conversations between Ponyboy and Randy.
What is that Greasers and Soc's are not as different as they may seem on the surface?
This represents a defiance of authority.
What is Two-Bit's switchblade?
"If I had worries like that, I'd consider myself lucky... I know better now." This excerpt uses this type of literary device.
What is foreshadowing?
Who is Tim Shepard?
He is the author of the poem that Ponyboy recites to Johnny and that Johnny ends up explaining in the letter.
Who is Robert Frost?
Randy: "You can't ___ 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"
What is "win"?
These are a representation of the power the Soc's wield over the Greasers. They are a symbol of wealth and are literally used to hurt Greasers.
What are Bob's rings?
What is picking up the broken glass so nobody gets a flat tire?