Characters
This character accidentaly knocked Ponyboy out when he was trying to put out the fire on his back.
Who is Dally Winston?
"Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold."
Who is Johnny?
This side character tries to visit Johnny in the hospital. Johnny ends up rejecting their presence.
Who is Johnny's mom?
This character narrates The Outsiders in first-person point of view.
Who is Ponyboy?
"cancer stick"
What is a cigarette?
This character grew jealous when he saw Cherry with Ponyboy and Johnny which leads him to tracks them down.
Who is Bob Valence?
"It’s okay… We aren’t in the same class. Just don’t forget that some of us watch the sunset too. "
Who is Ponyboy?
While out with Two-Bit, Ponyboy has a conversation with this rival character, which surprises both the reader and Two-Bit.
Who is Randy Adderson?
This is a literary device that S.E Hinton uses to hint at events that will occur later.
What is foreshadowing?
"loned it"
What is to go somewhere alone?
Darry makes sure he and his brothers have this treat stocked for breakfast every day.
What is chocolate cake?
"Ponyboy… I mean… if I see you in the hall at school or something and don’t say hi, well it’s not personal or anything, but…”
Who is Cherry?
What is Two-Bit's blackhandled switchblade
An antagonist is a character or force that works against the objectives of the protagonist, or the central character of a story. What group is considered the antagonists of The Outsiders?
Who are the Socs?
"cooler"
What is jail?
While in the hospital, this character was joking around by fake interviewing the nurses and reporters.
Who is Sodapop?
"Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs. Sometimes I think it’s the ones in the middle that are really the lucky stiffs."
Who is Randy?
These two characters are the ones who start the rumble.
Who are Paul and Darry?
What is the setting?
"lift"
He is a school teacher who witnesses the fire that destroys the church in Windrixville and kills Johnny.
Who is Jerry Wood?
“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.”
Who is Sodapop?
We readers, learn that Ponyboy sometimes suffers from these when he sleeps at night.
What are terrible nightmares/night terrors?
Possible examples of this would be conforming to a group and loyalty. They are the fundamental and universal ideas explored in literature.
"savvy"
What is to understand something?