Characters
Narrator of the novel who often "doesn't use his head."
Ponyboy Curtis
Is abused by his parents and stabbed a Soc.
Johnny Cade
"He's got eyes that are like two pieces of pale-green ice." What literary term is this an example of?
Simile
"Stay gold, Ponyboy."
Johnny Cade
The setting (city, state, and decade) for The Outsiders
Tulsa, OK in the 1960's
The toughest Greaser who spent time in jail at age 10.
Dally
Leader of the Soc's who wears big, heavy rings and is drunk a lot.
Bob Sheldon
He is the protagonist of the novel.
Ponyboy
“’You don’t know what a few months in jail can do to you. Oh, blast it, Johnny’ – he pushed his white-blond hair back out of his eyes – ‘you get hardened in jail. I don’t want that to happen to you. Like it happened to me…”
Dally (Dallas) Winston
Climax of The Outsiders
Johnny dies.
His first name is Keith and he carries a black-handled switchblade.
Two-bit Mattews
Is a spy for the Greasers, a cheerleader, and a Soc.
Cherry Valance
The novel is told from this point of view.
First Person
“I caught one quick look at his face; it was red-marked from falling embers and sweat-streaked, but he grinned at me. He wasn’t scared either. That was the only time I can think of when I saw him without that defeated, suspicious look in his eyes. He looked like he was having the time of his life.”
Ponyboy
After Johnny killed Bob, he and Ponyboy went here to hide.
Windrixville, Jay Mountain, or the old church
Dropped out of school at age 16 because he thought he was dumb.
Sodapop Curtis
Drives a blue Mustang and decides not to show up for the rumble.
Randy Adderson
"Soda's movie-star kind of handsomeness." What literary term is this an example of?
Metaphor
"And tonight . . . people get hurt in rumbles, maybe killed. I'm sick of it because it doesn't do any good. You can't win you that, don't you?"
Randy
How does Dally die?
The police shoot him
Forced to care for his younger siblings after his parents died.
Darry (Darrell) Curtis
Two Brothers who are hoods, one is in jail and the other is the leader of his gang (give first and last names).
Tim and Curly Shephard.
S.E. Hinton has Ponyboy refer to the novel Gone with the Wind and the poem Nothing Gold Can Stay. What literary term mentions other pieces of literature, or facts from history, pop culture, etc.?
Allusion
“’I swear, you three are the bravest kids I’ve seen in a long time. First you and the black-haired kid climbing in that window, and then the tough-looking kid going back in to save him. Mrs. O’Briant and I think you were sent straight from heaven. Or are you just professional heroes or something?”
Jerry Wood (the school teacher)
Cherry did this after Dally said nasty things to her at the drive-in.
Threw a Coke on Dally.