Characters
Why does Cherry help out?
She thinks the situation is her fault
Find an example of the theme of class differences in chapters 6-7. You have one minute.
Various answers
Find an example of eye imagery on page 89 and explain it.
“I knew better than to talk to him when his eyes were blazing like that.” (89) Pony describes Dally’s eyes with fire imagery to reinforce how dangerous and inflexible Dally can be.
What does Darry do that makes Pony realize that he does love him?
He sobs when he realizes Pony is okay.
What is a sentence fragment?
What are Dally and Johnny's injuries after the fire?
Dally's arm is burnt. Johnny is badly burnt and broke his back.
“No. It wasn’t Cherry the Soc who was helping us, it was Cherry the dreamer who watched sunsets and couldn’t stand fights. It was hard to believe a Soc would help us, even a Soc that dug sunsets” (86). What theme does this quotation relate to? How does this quotation portray Pony?
This quotation relates to the theme of class differences. Pony is still so rigid about the way he views the two classes, that he must separate Cherry from her class completely to believe that she would help them.
Find an example of irony on page 95.
“Mrs. O’Briant and I think you were sent straight from heaven” (95)
What do Darry, Soda, and Pony all like for breakfast?
Chocolate cake and eggs all cooked different ways.
What does preposterous mean?
absurd
Provide 2 of the reasons Johnny gives for wanting to turn himself in.
1. Self-defense
2. No prior record
3. Doesn’t want to stay in the church his whole life
Review the end of chapter 7 (117-118). What theme does it reinforce?
Randy realizes that all of the fighting isn’t worth it and won’t change anything. He defies his stereotype of hating greasers, and both Pony and Randy realize that they are simply humans, not stereotypes.
What does Pony do with his hair before the pictures? How is it symbolic?
Pony greases it back. It symbolizes that he still wants to be identified as a Greaser. (101)
What is "Juvenile Delinquents Turned Heroes"?
The headline for the newspaper article about Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally.
What vocabulary word is also a literary device? (2 possible answers, just give me one)
hyperbole and ironic
How does Ponyboy feel about duck hunting? What does it reveal about him?
He hates shooting things. This shows him as a round character/a character who doesn’t fit the Greaser stereotype
Why don’t greasers cry? What theme does it relate to? How is this contradicted in the novel?
They want to look tough. It relates to the theme of class stereotypes. (103) It’s contradicted when Dally cries when he sees that Pony is okay, when many cry at Pony’s parents funeral etc.
Identify an example of irony on page 108.
”The paper made [Dally] out to be a hero for saving Johnny and didn’t say much about his police record, which he was kind of proud of. He’d kill those reporters if he got hold of them”
How many days were Johnny and Ponyboy gone?
5
What does asinine mean?
silly/stupid
What kind of car does Cherry drive?
Sting Ray
How does the fire in chapter 6 relate to the theme of characters defying their stereotypes?
Johnny and Pony bravely go into the fire to save others, proving they are willing to sacrifice themselves for others. *Note how they are being Southern gentlemen by saving the kids.
Find eye imagery on page 116. What does it symbolize?
Randy’s eyes show pain, which defies his stereotype as being “too cool” to feel anything.
What happens in these chapters that is reminiscent of Uprising? Be very specific.
The church catches on fire due to a cigarette!
What vocabulary word means “gruesome, horrible, causing fear, suggesting the horror of death”?
marcabre