Characters
The narrator of the story.
The term to represent the group with long hair and low income.
What are greasers?
The name of the book that Johnny reads in the abandoned church in Windrixville.
What is Gone with the Wind?
Conflict between Greasers and the Socs.
What is Man vs. Man?
"Dally died a daring death."
The name of the greaser who ran with gangs in New York at one time.
Who is Dally Winston?
The term greasers use for a weapon, particularly a gun.
What is a heater?
The name of the OTHER greaser gang in the town.
What is Tim Shephard's gang?
Conflict between Johnny and Bob.
What is Man vs. Man?
"The cinders and embers sting and smart like ants."
What is simile?
Ponyboy's closest friend in the greaser gang.
Who is Johnny Cade?
The term greasers use for the police.
What is the fuzz?
The name of Soda's girlfriend who dumped him.
Who is Sandy?
Conflict between Greasers and the world's perception of them.
What is Man. vs. Society?
"The wind blasted through my wet shirt and hair."
What is personification?
The name of the Soc that Johnny kills.
Who is Bob?
The term greasers use for stealing.
What is swipe?
The names of the two girls that Johnny and Ponyboy meet at the drive-in movie.
Who are Cherry and Marcia?
Conflict between Ponyboy and his fever, headache, and nausea?
What is Man vs. Nature
"Dally's word is law."
What is metaphor?
The name of Soda's best friend in the greaser gang.
Who is Steve Randle?
The term greasers use for prison of jail.
What is a cooler?
The name of the poem by Robert Frost that Ponyboy memorized.
What is Nothing Gold Can Stay?
Conflict between Ponyboy and his painful memories of Johnny and Dally's deaths.
What is Man vs. Self?
"Dally grinned wolfishly."