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How does Ponyboy differ from the rest of the gang?
How does Ponyboy differ from the rest of the gang?
- He enjoys reading and doing well in school. (correct)
- He refuses to see Johnny in the hospital.
- He admits to being attracted to Dally.
- He brags about his criminal record and the crimes he has committed.
What is the primary reason Cherry gives for not wanting to accept a Coke from Dally?
What is the primary reason Cherry gives for not wanting to accept a Coke from Dally?
- She is worried she might fall in love with him. (correct)
- She is concerned about what her parents would think.
- She believes Dally is too good for her.
- She does not find him physically attractive.
What is the setting of 'The Outsiders'?
What is the setting of 'The Outsiders'?
- New York City in the 1950s
- Los Angeles in the 1970s
- Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1960s (correct)
- Chicago, Illinois in the 1940s
From whose perspective is 'The Outsiders' narrated?
From whose perspective is 'The Outsiders' narrated?
After Johnny kills Bob, to whom do Ponyboy and Johnny turn for help?
After Johnny kills Bob, to whom do Ponyboy and Johnny turn for help?
How do Ponyboy and Johnny travel to Windrixville?
How do Ponyboy and Johnny travel to Windrixville?
According to Ponyboy, what is the greasers' trademark?
According to Ponyboy, what is the greasers' trademark?
What does Johnny ask Ponyboy to bring him while he is in the hospital?
What does Johnny ask Ponyboy to bring him while he is in the hospital?
What does Johnny mean in his final breaths when he tells Ponyboy to 'Stay gold'?
What does Johnny mean in his final breaths when he tells Ponyboy to 'Stay gold'?
What realization does Ponyboy come to when Darry cries at the hospital?
What realization does Ponyboy come to when Darry cries at the hospital?
Flashcards
The Outsiders POV
The Outsiders POV
Written from Ponyboy's point of view.
The Greasers
The Greasers
A loosely organized gang that were almost like hoods stealing things and getting into gang fights
Who are the Socs?
Who are the Socs?
West-side rich kids
Who is Sodapop?
Who is Sodapop?
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Who is Dally Winston?
Who is Dally Winston?
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Who is Johnny Cade?
Who is Johnny Cade?
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Ponyboy's opinion of Darry
Ponyboy's opinion of Darry
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Why did Johnny kill Bob?
Why did Johnny kill Bob?
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Individual Responsibility
Individual Responsibility
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"Stay gold, Ponyboy."
"Stay gold, Ponyboy."
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Study Notes
- The Outsiders is written from Ponyboy's point of view
- The setting for the Outsiders is Tulsa, OK
- The greasers were a loosely organized gang that were almost like hoods and stole things, getting into gang fights
- The antagonist of The Outsiders is The Socs
- The Outsiders takes place in the 1960s
- The protagonist of The Outsiders is named Ponyboy
- Ponyboy had a high IQ and was a good student
- The Socs were a gang of West-side rich kids
- Sodapop is movie-star handsome, easy going, worked at a gas station, and dropped out of school
- Ponyboy is 14 years old
- Johnny had been scared of his own shadow since being jumped by four Socs
- Ponyboy's parents died in a car wreck
- Darry is six-foot-two and muscular, didn't go to college, took a job to keep his brothers together, was voted "Best Boy" in high school, and is popular
- Ponyboy met Cherry Valance at the drive-in
- Ponyboy got jumped by the Socs in the red Corvair because he was walking alone
- Dally Winston is the greaser who was tougher, meaner, and colder than the rest
- Johnny Cade is the gang's pet, everyone's brother, parent's beat and ignored him, like a lost puppy
- Darry, in Ponyboy's opinion, didn't like him and would stick him in a home if it wasn't for Soda
- Cherry and Marcia ended up getting in the blue Mustang and leaving with their boyfriends
- Cherry assured Ponyboy that things were rough for the Socs and the Greasers
- Ponyboy, Johnny, and Two-bit planned to take Marcia and Cherry home from the drive-in because the girls had walked out on their boyfriends who had brought booze with them
- When Ponyboy came home at 2:00 AM, Darry hit him
- Johnny killed Bob because he was drowning Ponyboy
- Dally is who Ponyboy and Johnny seek out for help
- At 2:30 AM in the park, Johnny and Ponyboy were jumped by 5 Socs
- Johnny killed Bob with a switchblade
- Ponyboy and Johnny got to Windrixville by hopping into a boxcar
- When the boys watched the sunrise, Ponyboy remembered the Robert Frost poem with the line "Nothing gold can stay"
- In order to change their appearance, Ponyboy and Johnny cut their hair
- While hiding out in the church, Ponyboy read Gone with the Wind to Johnny
- In Windrixville, Ponyboy and Johnny hid out in an abandoned church
- "Their hair" was what Ponyboy said was the Greasers' trademark
- Dally slapped Ponyboy on the back as he came out of the burning church because his back was on fire
- Johnny had decided to turn himself in
- Ponyboy and Johnny run into the burning church because there were kids inside and they assumed they were the ones who had started the fire
- Cherry turned down Dally's invitation for a Coke because she was afraid she would fall in love with him
- The newspaper called Ponyboy and Johnny juvenile delinquents turned heroes
- Ponyboy finally understood that Darry cared about him when Darry cried
- After the church fire, Johnny had a broken back and third degree burns
- Ponyboy was afraid that when he went to court he would be separated from his brothers
- Just before escaping the burning building, Johnny was struck across the back by a falling timber/beam
- Johnny asked Ponyboy to bring a copy of Gone with the Wind to the hospital
- Bob was the Soc that gave Johnny the awful beating; wanted someone to set limits for him; was killed by Johnny
- Bob's friend was Randy Anderson
- Cherry Valance and Randy Anderson were two people who were willing to testify that Bob was drunk and looking for a fight the night he was killed
- Dally was killed by the police after Johnny's death and he robbed a grocery store
- At his hearing, Ponyboy was acquitted (found not guilty) of all of his crimes and the case was closed
- The Socs were defeated at the end of the rumble
- Ponyboy was relieved to learn that while he was sick, he had called for Darry as well as Soda
- "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold," were Johnny's last words to Ponyboy
- Everyone has problems, and suffering is part of the human condition
- In chapter 2 Cherry tells Ponyboy, "Things are rough all over," and in chapter 7 Ponyboy figured out what she meant by that statement
- "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..." appears in the beginning of the novel
- Johnny's letter to Ponyboy expresses that he knew he was dying, but saving the kids was worth it and Ponyboy could stay gold by looking at things as if they were new
- Darry and Ponyboy decide to stop arguing because Soda was caught in the middle and it was tearing him apart
- When Ponyboy decided to tell his story for his English assignment, he wanted hundreds of other boys like himself to know there was still good in the world
- When Ponyboy told Randy, "Greaser didn't have anything to do with it... It's the individual," he meant you can't tell everything about a person by the group he's part of
- The major theme of The Outsiders is to get to know people before you judge them
- Ponyboy is different from the rest of the gang because he doesn’t like to fight
- Randy says he would have left the kids in the church to burn
- The theme of "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is that nothing stays pure or innocent forever
- Cherry confesses to being attracted to Dally
- 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
- Mother and Father Curtis were killed in a car wreck
- Ponyboy was knocked unconscious after his jacket catches on fire
- Dally brags about his criminal record
- Bob bruises Johnny's face with his rings
- Sodapop clowns around with reporters at the hospital
- Ponyboy daydreams about living in the country and buying Soda a horse
- Randy visits Ponyboy while he is recovering from Johnny's death
- Johnny refuses to see his mother in the hospital
- Darry strains his muscles by carrying roofing materials
- SE Hinton is the author of "The Outsiders"
- Cherry describes how much she loved Bob
- Johnny runs away from home to avoid hearing an argument
- Ponyboy is the narrator of the Outsiders
- Dally was killed by the police
- Bob was killed by Johnny
- Darry is Ponyboy's oldest brother
- Johnny killed Bob and saved the children
- 1 Samuel 16:7 says "Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."
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