Characters & Events
What book do Johnny and Ponyboy read while hiding?
What is Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
What is an example of external conflict in The Outsiders. (Think Person vs. Person/Society/Nature)
What is:
Socs vs. greasers: The central conflict involves physical fights (rumbles) and tension between the poor East Side greasers and wealthy West Side Socs.
Ponyboy vs. Society (Police/Court): Following the killing and the fire, Ponyboy faces potential separation from his brothers by the state.
Greasers vs. Society: Society sees them as poor hoodlums and they are judged by what they look like and how the majority acts.
Johnny vs. Nature: Johnny struggles with his burns from the fire eventually succumbing to his injuries and passing.
Bob vs. Johnny: Johnny kills Bob in defense when he was drowning Ponyboy. Their conflicted past caused him to carry.
What is an appositive and appositive phrase?
What is a noun or noun phrase that renames, explains, or identifies another noun placed directly beside it in a sentence. An appositive phrase includes that noun plus all its modifiers (adjectives, prepositional phrases, etc.).
Define "premonition"
What is a forewarning or feeling something will happen (n.)
Define the slang term difference between "tuff" and "tough"
What is "tuff" means cool, sharp, or stylish while "tough" means rough, strong, or durable.
What (likely) caused the fire in the church?
What is a lit cigarette.
What theme relates to the following statement: After Ponyboy objects to Johnny cutting his hair, he explains, “It was my pride . . . Our hair labeled us greasers, too—it was our trademark.”
What is all people have a need to belong.
Label each phrase as simile or metaphor.
#1) "Johnny was white as a ghost and his eyes were wild looking like an animal in a trap!"
#2) "Dally’s word is law."
What is simile because of the use of "as" and "like" then metaphor because it does not contain "like/as" and is more of a direct comparison.
Define "delirious"
What is suffering from mental confusion (adj.)
Who is the Soc spy that helps the greasers before the rumble?
Who is Cherry Valance.
Why does Randy Adderson tell Ponyboy that he won't be attending the rumble?
What is that Randy is tired of the pointless violence. He said, "Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs." Randy realizes the point that "things are rough all over."
What theme relates to the following example: Cherry tells Ponyboy, “Things are rough all over.”
What is that all people have some things in common, including the fact that they have problems.
Which part of the sentence is the appositive phrase?
“Johnny, the gang’s quiet and nervous member, sacrifices himself to save the children.”
What is the gang’s quiet and nervous member.
Define "incredulous"
What is showing a lack of belief (adj.)
What theme is represented by the sunset?
What is the shared humanity between Socs and Greasers. It doesn't matter who you are we all watch the same sunset.
Why does Ponyboy have to go to court and what is the outcome?
What is to testify regarding the events surrounding the death of Bob Sheldon and to determine if he will be allowed to remain in the custody of his older brothers, Darry and Sodapop, rather than being sent to a boy's home. Ponyboy was suffering from a concussion and severe emotional trauma after the deaths of Johnny and Dally, leading to a state of denial where he falsely believed he was the one who killed Bob. The judge aquitted (cleared) Ponyboy of all charges.
What is an example of internal conflict in The Outsiders? (Think Person vs. Self)
What is:
Ponyboy’s Identity Crisis: Ponyboy struggles to reconcile his identity as a "greaser" with his love for books, movies, and sunsets, feeling he does not fully fit into the gang stereotype.
Trauma and Grief: After Johnny and Dally die, Ponyboy deals with severe trauma, memory loss, and the struggle to process his grief.
Loyalty vs. Future: Characters like Randy (a Soc) experience conflict between following their gang's expectations and seeking a better life, while Ponyboy struggles with his tense relationship with his brother Darry.
What type of figurative language is present: "A ray of gold touched the hills."
What is personification: giving human qualities to the ray "touching" the hills.
Define "stifled"
What is Suppressed or restrained. (v.)
What are Johnny’s last words to Ponyboy and what do they mean?
What is "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold." Johnny meant that he wanted Ponyboy to stay innocent or pure. He wanted him to remain unhardened from life's conflict. He wanted him to stay uniquely himself like they way he "digs" sunsets and reading.
What does Cherry say is the difference between the Socs and greasers?
What is she describes greasers as feeling emotions "too violently" and being more real, while Socs are "sophisticated," cool, and detached, hiding their true selves behind a mask of indifference leading to a feeling of being numb.
What theme is present when Ponyboy imagines “hundreds and hundreds of boys living on the wrong side of cities.” He then explains, “Someone should tell their side of the story, and maybe people would understand then and wouldn’t be so quick to judge a boy by the amount of hair oil he wore.”
What is people should be judged by their actions, not by their appearance or reputation.
What type of figurative language is present: "I heard the same thing a million times - greaser, greaser, greaser."
What is a hyperbole. (Exaggeration)
Define "acquitted"
What is declared not guilty (v.)
Provide two ways that Socs and greasers are SIMILAR.
What is gang behavior and teen struggle: Both Socs and greasers fight, show defiance, and act as a collective unit. Both groups also struggle with difficult or uninvolved parents, prompting them to look for support, loyalty, and a "surrogate family" within their own group.