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explain the characters
vocabulary
who said it
slang
cause and effect
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The narrator of The Outsiders, he is fourteen years old and a greaser. He has "light-brown, almost-red hair and greenish-gray eyes," and wears his hair "longer than a lot of boys wear theirs, squared off in the back and long at the front and sides."
Who Is Ponyboy Curtis
100
advantage, need, of value
what is an asset
100
"Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold"
Who is Johnny
100
Fuzz
What is slang for the police
100
the cause of Johnny killing Bob
What is Bob was drowning Ponyboy and after was going to beat Johnny up
200
He works as a roofer. Ponyboy describes him as someone who is "hard and firm and rarely grins at all". He has "grown up too fast." He was the captain of the football team in high school and won a college scholarship, but had to work to take care of the family.
Who is Darry Curtis
200
in a casually calm and relaxed manner.
What is nonchalantly
200
"It's not just money...We're sophisticated to the point of not feeling anything. Nothing is real with us."
Who is Cherry Valance
200
boozed
What is slang for getting drunk
200
Cause of Johnny's death
What is Johnny went into the burning church to save the children and a beam fell on him. Johnny had a broken back was severely burned.
300
He is famous for shop-lifting everything he can, including his black-handled switchblade, which he is also known for. "He was about six feet tall, stocky in build, and very proud of his long rusty-colored sideburns. He had gray eyes and a wide grin, and he couldn't stop making funny remarks to save his life... He liked fights, blondes, and for some unfathomable reason, school."
who is Two-Bit Mathews
300
unwilling or unable to believe something.
What is incredulous
300
"I had to. They were drowning you, Pony They might have killed you."
who is Johnny
300
heater
What is slang for a gun
300
the cause for the rumble
What is Johnny killed Bob
400
he is the toughest member of the greaser gang. He has "an elfish face, with high cheekbones and a pointed chin, small, sharp animal teeth, and ears like a lynx. His hair was almost white it was so blond, and he didn't like haircuts, or hair oil either, so it fell over his forehead in wisps and kicked out in the back in tufts and curled behind his ears and along the nape of his neck. His eyes were blue, blazing ice, cold with a hatred of the whole world."
Who is Dallas Winston
400
with acceptance
What is resignedly
400
"You're a traitor to your own kind and not loyal to us."
Who is Ponyboy
400
cooler
What is slang for jail
400
cause of randy to decide not to fight in the rumble
What is he said nothing would change and he was sick of fighting
500
Soda's girlfriend. "Her hair was natural blond and her laugh was soft, like her china-blue eyes. She didn't have a real good home or anything and was our kind-greaser-but she was a real nice girl."
Who is Sandy
500
anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen
What is apprehensive
500
"And you can't win against them no matter how hard you try, because they've got all the breaks and even whipping them isn't going to change that fact."
Who is Randy
500
Chessy cat
what is slang for a trickster