Characters
Narrator of the story
Ponyboy Curtis
"Oh, Pony, I thought we'd lost you...like we did Mom and Dad..."
Darry
The place where Johnny kills Bob
The park
This event caused Darry to hit Ponyboy.
Ponyboy came home late from sleeping in the park.
This is the name for the wealthy gang
Soc/Socials
Red-headed Soc who works as a spy
Cherry Valance
"Things are rough all over."
Cherry Valance
Ponyboy gets jumped here in the first chapter. This is where the gang goes to watch movies
Nightly Double
This event caused Johnny to stab Bob.
The Socs were drowning Ponyboy in the fountain
True or False: Ponyboy's parents are alive and well.
False - they died in a car wreck
Character who dies from third degree burns and a broken back
Johnny Cade
"You know what a Greaser is? White trash with long hair."
Bob
This is the decade during which The Outsiders is set
1960's
This event caused Johnny to have a broken back and third degree burns.
The abandoned church going on fire and Johnny saving the kids.
This is the author of The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton
Soc that Ponyboy talks to at the Tasty Freeze
Randy
"Can you see the sunset real good from the West side?"
Ponyboy
This is the city and state the novel takes place
Tulsa, Oklahoma
This is the quote/advice Johnny says to Ponyboy before he dies in Chapter 9
"Stay Gold"
This is the title of the book Ponyboy reads while at the abandoned church
Gone with the Wind
This person is Cherry's friend who goes to the movies with her
Marcia
“Listen, kiddo, when Darry hollers at you … he don’t mean nothin’. He’s just got more worries than somebody his age ought to. Don’t take him serious…you dig?"
Sodapop
This is where the abandoned church is located
Jay Mountain
This event causes Dally to die.
Dally takes out his gun after robbing a store and gets shot by the police.
The author of the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay"
Robert Frost