Character Descriptions
What character is:
A wise-cracker and expert shoplifter
Two-Bit Matthews
In Chapter 2 Cherry tells Ponyboy ¨things are rough all over.¨ What does she mean by this statement?
Everyone has problems
Define Hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Which character is still in school at the age of 18 and enjoys drinking alcohol and stealing?
Two-Bit
The Outsiders was written from which characters point of view?
Ponyboy Curtis
Tough and cold from the streets of New York
Dallas Winston
¨Ponyboy, I mean, if I see you in the hall at school or someplace and don´t say hi, well, it´s not personal or anything.¨
What does this imply about Cherry?
Cherry cares about her reputation as a Soc
Define Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
What made Johnny have a shy and nervous personality?
In what decade does The Outsiders take place?
1960s
Which character:
Becomes a crybaby after he gets his hair cut and bleached?
Ponyboy
Johnny: ¨I don´t guess my parents are too worried about me?¨
From this quote what is implied that Johnny is wanting from his parents?
To care about him
¨The cinders and embers began falling on us,stinging and smarting like ants,¨
This is an example of...
Simile
How do we know Dally WANTED to die?
¨He was jerked half around by the impact of the bullets, then slowly crumpled with the look of grim triumph on his face.¨
¨Two friends of mine had died that night: one a hero, the other a hoodlum.¨
¨Dally had reached the circle of light under the street lamp, and skidding to a halt, he turned and jerked a black object from his waist band. ¨
Whom does Johnny idolize and look to as a hero?
Dallas
Which character is:
Sodapops girlfriend who had moved to Florida?
Sandy
He meant...
You can´t tell everything about a person by the group he´s part of
Define Allusion
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
¨It´s not money, it´s feeling-- you don´t feel anything and we feel too violently.¨
What was the theme of the poem ¨Nothing Gold Can Stay?¨
Nothing stays innocent or pure forever
Which character:
Played football with Darry and took the first swing in the rumble?
Paul Holden
Where does the following quote appear?
¨When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home...¨
Both the beginning and the end of the novel
¨I was dying of a Pepsi.¨
This is an example of...
Hyperbole
How is Ponyboy different from the gang?
He doesnt like to fight, likes to watch movies, read and smart.
When Johnny says ¨Stay gold, Ponyboy¨ in his final breaths, he wants Ponyboy to...
Keep seeing the beauty and good in the world as a child does