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Outsiders
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Vocabulary
100
the wise-cracker
Who is Two-Bit?
100
The brother Pony would rather talk to
Who is Darry?
100
The rich kids who start fights with the Greasers
Who are the Socs?
100
"Stay gold, Pony. Stay gold."
Who is Johnny while on his deathbed. He means for Pony to stay good and not turn into a hood.
100
a written piece designed to be performed on stage
What is drama?
200
Extremely attractive; Greek god
Who is Sodapop?
200
The only person Dally really cares about
Who is Johnny?
200
how Mr. and Mrs. Curtis died
What is a car accident?
200
"Soda, did I ask for Darry while I was sick?"
What is Pony - he as worried he didn't ask for Darry while he was in and out of consciousness, because he didn't want to hurt Darry's feelings.
200
The written text of a play
What is a script?
300
frightened and abused
Who is Johnny?
300
Idolized by Johnny
Who is Dally?
300
Pony and Johnny hid at the church for this many weeks
What is 1 week?
300
"Dally raised the gun, and I thought: You blasted fool. They don't know you're only bluffing. And even as the policemen's guns spit fire into the night, I knew that was what Dally wanted."
What is Pony - he knew Dally didn't really have bullets in his gun, but he also knew that Dally wanted to die now that he had lost Johnny, the only person he cared about.
300
when the audience knows something that the characters don't know
What is dramatic irony?
400
tough, cold, and mean
Who is Dallas?
400
He didn't want revenge after Bob's death; refused to fight in the rumble
Who is Randy?
400
How the church fire started
What are Johnny and Pony's cigarette butts?
400
"I gotta do something. it seems like there's gotta be someplace without greasers or Socs, with just people. Plain ordinary people."
Who is Johnny - he wanted to run away from all of the fighting because he was tired of it. He didn't want to be a greaser anymore - he just wanted to be an ordinary person.
400
The dictionary meaning of a word
What is denotation?
500
serious and determined; tough but fair
Who is Darry?
500
The event that makes Pony realize that Darry really does care about him
What is Darry crying at the hospital?
500
Pony, Soda, and Darry love to eat this for breakfast
What is chocolate cake?
500
"He kept trying to make someone say 'No' and they never did. They never did. That was what he wanted. For somebody to tell him 'No.' To have somebody lay down the law, set the limits, give him something solid to stand on. That's what we all want, really."
What is Randy - he was talking about how Bob never had guidance or parents who would discipline him when he made mistakes, and so he just kept testing and pushing, trying to make someone tell him to stop.
500
the emotional or social connections we have to a word
What is connotation?