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Vocabulary
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Theme of Adolescence
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Ponyboy describes Dally as the biggest what in their group of friends. 
What is a Hood? 
100
The kids who never had to worry about school, prison, society. The kids who had it all going for them and yet, were still lost... 
Who are the socs? 
100
Their blonde hair, their khakis and red madras shirts. The mustang was blue. Rich kids, with their problems focused more on the inside. 
What is warmth, the socs who are represented by warm colors? 
100
That awkward phase of when you are not a kid but you are not an adult either, chafing under the parents' control and other authorities.
What is teenage years, or Adolescence? 
100
Ponyboy is 14 yrs. old. He lost both his parents. His eldest brother skipped college to take care of his two younger brothers. He lives on the East Side, which predetermines his life. 
What is loss of control, the unfairness Ponyboy calls his life? 
200
Two - Bit was constantly joking around, never serious about anything. Two - Bit was what? 
What is a wise - cracker? 
200

When bawling, tells his brothers, "Golly, you two, it's bad enough having to listen to it, but when you start trying to get me to take sides... tears welled up in his eyes" 

Who is Sodapop Curtis? 
200
Cool colors, such as blue, green, and purple, are typically used to describe what is on the outside and represents who. 
Who are the greasers, who have been hardened by the society and the hardships they endured? 
200
The fight between the greasers and the socs. 

Randy said, "it won't change anything... greasers will still be greasers, socs will still be socs" 

What is the rumble, which the greasers may have won but they did lose two of their closest friends? 
200
Walking alone in his neighborhood, Ponyboy has to be careful. He can be attacked, just by his outside appearance, like he is an outsider in his own neighborhood. 
What is represented as a feeling of loss? The powerlessness and vulnerability. 
300
Ponyboy usually prefers to do what when he goes to the movies. 
What is lone it? 
300
Once told Ponyboy, "there are problems all over." 
Who is Cherry Valance? 
300
His eyes, "blue, blazing ice, cold with hatred." 
What is Dally's eyes? 
300
Dally walked out of the store with two packs of what under his arms. 
What are kools, a popular brand of cigarettes in the 1960's? 
300
Darry skipped college and works two jobs to take care of his brothers. Sodapop dropped out of school and works at the gas station full time. Their parents have passed away. 
What is all the injustices that Ponyboy sees in his everyday life? 
400
Greasers took care of their cars, so they would look new and modified. 
What is souped up? 
400
Randy once told Ponyboy behind the Dairy Queen, "he came home drunk one night and his parents were so worried and yet they did not blame him, they blamed themselves... his parents let him run wild..." 
Who is Bob Sheldon? 
400

"I loved to look at the colors of the fields and the soft shadings of the horizon," Ponyboy says to explain his appreciation of sunsets, of all the colors and of the church, their hideout. 

What is Ponyboy's acknowledgement of the fact that there are colors all over the world, that their are problems all over? 


The world is not so black and white. 

400
The empty lot where Pony and Johnny fell asleep for a couple of hours and the park, the playground, which could take the place of their lot. 
What is turf, the territory or location belonging to a group? 
400
Darry sometimes says, that Ponyboy lacks common sense. Ponyboy agrees, saying that sometimes he doesn't think, that he doesn't use his head even though he is really smart. 
What represents the loss of control Ponyboy fears, his crippling loss of identity? 
500
Greasers never cried or did anything that resembled emotions. they would always be ... 


( extra: socs drove what kind of cars.) 

What is tuff? 
500
his father hates him. He has been out in the world, on his own, in New York, and he is only 17. He has seen the roughness of the world, and yet he literally takes the jacket of his back to give to Ponyboy. 
Who is Dallas Winston? 
500

"His hair was almost white it was so blonde.” No one loves Dally, except Johnny who idolizes him. He has been involved in fights in New York and at home. White is a color that has no affiliation with anything warm or living

What is the representation of the ghostlike figure of Dallas Winston, the foreshadowing of his death? What represents his inability to love anything, as Ponyboy thinks because his eyes saw the cruelness of the world? 
500
3 Curtis brothers, 3 rings on Bob Sheldon's fingers, and 3 greasers ran into the burning Church to save those kids. All represent what? 
What represents the power of three, the holy trinity, the cardinal number in Christian folklore, or represents the connection to mythology, the 3 most powerful gods? 
500
Johnny is 16, and is abused, physically and emotionally by his parents. Ponyboy, only 14, suffered so much loss in his young life. Their friends, all have predetermined futures because of their families and where they live, the East Side. 
What is the loss of control? What is the unfairness of their life?