Outsiders
Characters
Characters
The narrator of The Outsiders
Ponyboy
The main conflict in the story is between...
The Greasers and the Socs
What is the connection between the church fire and Johnny?
The fire made Johnny a hero, but it also cost him his life
After the stabbing, what happens in the town?
The Socs start jumping the Greasers
The author of The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton
This character gave up a promising football career to work as a roofer.
Darry Curtis
money, power, social standing
What is the connection between madras, Mustangs, and Socs?
What is Cherry's role to the Greasers when Johnny and Ponyboy run away after the murder?
She is a spy to let them know what the Socs are planning
What color is Bob's car?
Blue
These three characters love chocolate cake for breakfast
Darry, Ponyboy and Soda
This is the name for a book that is about growing up.
Coming of Age
What is the connection between Bob, Socs and instigators?
The Socs (and Bob in the case of Johnny and Ponyboy) were looking for fights, often starting them for little to no reason
Who says "things are rough all over"? What does that mean?
Cherry - that means that everyone has problems, regardless of how much money you have
Bob is known for what accessory?
His rings
This character works with Sodapop at the gas station
Steve
Violence does not really solve problems
Dally gets Two-Bit to give him the blade, which then gets taken by the police when Dally is shot
What could Soda's horse symbolize?
loss of dreams/youth/innocence
The name of Soda's horse
Mickey Mouse
This character holds everyone in his family together, but is often frustrated when his siblings fight.
Sodapop
Cutting his hair really stresses Ponyboy out because he strongly feels that his hair...
is the main connection to his identity as a Greaser
What is the connection between Johnny, Ponyboy, and the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay"
Your youth cannot stay, all good things must come to an end
What is the Greaser's weapon of choice?
Switchblades or broken bottles
What did Randy say was Bob's big problem at home?
He was spoiled and his parents never got mad at him for anything
This character realizes that the fighting between the Greasers and the Socs is not worth it, and tries to tell Ponyboy before the big rumble.
The fact that Ponyboy experiences the different stages of grief including denial, anger, and depression communicates what about grief?
Grief is not linear and everyone reacts to death in different ways
What is the connection between Ponyboy, Cherry, and sunsets?
The Socs are always riding around in cars. What do cars symbolize?
powers for the Socs, and vulnerability for the Greasers.
What is Sodapop's (ex)girlfriends name, and where does she move to?
Sandy; Florida
This character dies a hero after saving children in a church fire.
Johnny
stereotypes are not always true, Ponyboy is not the only person in the universe
What is the connection between Windrixville and Johnny, other than making him a hero?
He realizes that there is more to the world than just the Greasers and the Socs
Throughout the book, several books and poems are mentioned such as "Great Expectations" "Nothing Gold Can Stay" and "Gone with the Wind". What might books and literature in general symbolize in the book?
the bond between characters, a window to understand the lives of others and learn lessons from others experiences
The assignment that Ponyboy's English teacher says he needs to complete in order to pass English
a theme