Context
The decade in which the novel was published and the story is set in.
What is the 1960's?
This character is the protagonist of the novel.
Who is Ponyboy Curtis?
Despite having Green eyes, the protagonist likes this character.
Who is Cherry Valance?
This term is slang the characters use for an organised fight.
What is a rumble?
An economic and social gauge that divides groups of people.
What is socioeconomic status?
This character is described as "movie-star kind of handsome".
Who is Sodapop Curtis?
This character's actions provided the main conflict of the plot and ultimately died in the Chapter 4.
Who is Bob Sheldon?
The Character who says the quote "Stay Gold...".
Who is Johnny Cade?
The State in the USA in which the novel is set has other States surrounding it, meaning it has no access to oceans.
What is land-locked?
This character is described as twenty-years old, six-feet-two, and eyes the colour of pale blue-green ice.
Who is Darrel "Darry" Curtis?
This character sits with the protagonist and makes him realise that the Soc's also have difficulties.
Who is Randy Adderson?
A female character proclaims her love/hate relationships with this Greaser by saying that they "could fall in love with" them.
Who is Dallas Winston?
The town in which the Author is from as well as the setting of the novel.
What is Tulsa, Oaklahoma?
This character is the best friend of the protagonists middle older brother?
Who is Steve Randle?
This character is the described as "cute" with "short, dark hair".
The movie star named in the opening and closing lines of the novel
Who is Paul Newman?
The novel Author's full name is used as a pseudonym to protect her gender during a period of misogyny in the literary field.
Who is Susan Eloise Hinton?
This character's real name is "Kieth".
Who is Two-Bit Matthews?
This character used to be friends with the Protagonists oldest brother before their personal and economic situations cause a rift between them.
Who is Paul Holden?
The quote explains enjoyment that some of the characters have watching the instance of shift between day to night in the earth's 24 hour rotation.
What is "Some of us watch the sunset too"?