Plot Knowledge
List two ways greaser culture differs from mainstream culture.
What is they smoke a lot, steal or have greasy, long hair?
*Ms. Liang reserves the right to accept other answers
Explain what Cherry is explaining to Ponyboy in the quote: [She] no longer looked sick, only sad. “I’ll bet you think the Socs have it made. The rich kids, the West-side Socs. I’ll tell you something, Ponyboy, and it may come as a surprise. We have troubles you’ve never even heard of. You want to know something?” She looked me straight in the eye. “Things are rough all over.”
What is Socs have problems, too?
And nobody in our gang digs movies and books the way I do. For a while there, I thought I was the only person in the world that did. So I loned it. (p. 2)
Who is Ponyboy?
This word means to be heroic
What is gallant?
This season comes after winter
What is spring?
List two events that happen between
- Ponyboy and Johnny walk to the park together late at night.
- Johnny and Ponyboy are forced to run away to Windrixville.
What is Johnny kills a Soc?
What is Johnny and Ponyboy get help from Dally?
What event does the quote below foreshadow?
But after the night of the beating, Johnny was jumpier than ever. I didn’t think he’d ever get over it. Johnny never walked by himself after that. And Johnny, who was the most law-abiding of us, now carried in his back pocket a six-inch switchblade. He’d use it, too, if he ever got jumped again. They had scared him that much. He would kill the next person who jumped him. Nobody was ever going to beat him like that again. Not over his dead body…
What is when Johnny kills a Soc?
If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, you’ll have [him]… He had a nervous, suspicious look in his eyes, and that beating he got from the Socs didn’t help matters. He was the gang’s pet, everyone’s kid brother. (pp. 11-12)
Who is Johnny?
What is foreshadowing?
This female author chose to use initials in order to disguise her identity when writing "The Outsiders"
Who is S.E. Hinton?
Based on the quote below, describe Ponyboy and Darry's relationship.
Me and Darry just don’t dig each other. I never could please him. He would have hollered at me for carrying a blade if I had carried one. If I brought home B’s, he wanted A’s, and if I got A’s, he wanted to make sure they stayed A’s. If was playing football, I should be studying, and if I was reading, I should be out playing football. He never hollered at Sodapop—not even when Soda dropped out of school or got tickets for speeding. He just hollered at me.
What is Ponyboy feels unloved by Darry?
Explain the flashback referenced below
But after the night of the beating, Johnny was jumpier than ever. I didn’t think he’d ever get over it. Johnny never walked by himself after that. And Johnny, who was the most law-abiding of us, now carried in his back pocket a six-inch switchblade. He’d use it, too, if he ever got jumped again. They had scared him that much. He would kill the next person who jumped him. Nobody was ever going to beat him like that again. Not over his dead body…
What is when Johnny gets jumped?
He had quite the reputation. They have a file on him down at the police station. He had been arrested, he got drunk, he rode in rodeos, lied, cheated, stole, rolled drunks, jumped small kids—he did everything. I didn’t like him, but he was smart and you had to respect him. (p. 11)
Who is Dally?
This is when an author reveals a memory or event earlier in the story
What is a flashback?
This famous poet wrote "Nothing Gold Can Stay"
Who is Robert Frost?
Name the speaker of this quote (full name): [She] no longer looked sick, only sad. “I’ll bet you think the Socs have it made. The rich kids, the West-side Socs. I’ll tell you something, Ponyboy, and it may come as a surprise. We have troubles you’ve never even heard of. You want to know something?” She looked me straight in the eye. “Things are rough all over.”
Who is Cherry Valance?
Name a motif represented in ALL the quotes below:
Detail One (p. 3): Or I could have gotten one of the gang to come along, one of the four boys Darry and Soda and I have grown up with and consider family. We’re almost as close as brothers; when you grow up in a tight-knit neighborhood like ours you get to know each other real well.
Detail Two (p. 13): “Next time get one of us to go with you, Ponyboy,” Two-Bit said. “Any of us will.”
Detail Three (p. 26): You take up for your buddies, no matter what they do. When you’re a gang, you stick up for the members. If you don’t stick up for them, stick together, make like brothers, it isn’t a gang any more. It’s a pack. A snarling, distrustful, bickering pack…
What is loyalty or brotherhood?
He had quite the reputation. They have a file on him down at the police station. He had been arrested, he got drunk, he rode in rodeos, lied, cheated, stole, rolled drunks, jumped small kids—he did everything. I didn’t like him, but he was smart and you had to respect him. (p. 11)
Who is Sodapop?
A repeated idea or theme in a piece of literature
What is a motif?
The two celebration focuses of this month
What is Anti-bullying month?
What is Latinx Heritage Month?
Explain what the following quote reveals about the character's personality.
He had quite the reputation. They have a file on him down at the police station. He had been arrested, he got drunk, he rode in rodeos, lied, cheated, stole, rolled drunks, jumped small kids—he did everything. I didn’t like him, but he was smart and you had to respect him. (p. 11)
What is he is a criminal?
Explain how this quote expands Ponyboy's understanding of Johnny.
I blinked myself—Johnny wasn’t behaving at all like his old self. He looked over his shoulder and saw that the door was blocked by flames, then pushed open the window and tossed out the nearest kid. 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.
What is Ponyboy sees Johnny as gallant?
...he was Soda's best friend. He didn't like me - he thought I was a tagalong and a kid; Soda always took me with them when they went places if they weren't taking girls, and that bugged [him].
Who is Steve?
to complain, especially about something unimportant
What is gripe?