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What happens to Dally after the death?: he goes crazy and robs a store
In Johnny's letter he says: to tell Dally he loved him
What do Johnny and Pony do when they know the children are in the flaming church (believed to be started by their cigarette butts)?: They are not scared and go in and get the children out, one child bites Pony as he tries to get him out
Books writter by Hinton: That Was then This is Now, Fish, and Tex
Who is the author?: S.E. Hinton
Pony's oldest brother: Darrel (Darry)
Dally: Elfish face, high cheekbones, pointed chin. White hair: didnt like hair cuts or hair oil so it fell over the front. Blue, blazing, ice, cold with hatrid eyes. Arrested at 10, toughest greaser
S.E. Hinton: Susan Eloise
Two-bitts: conformity
Why does Dally hit Pony in the back with the big wood pole?: It is on fire but doesnt get burned b/c of the leather jacket he's wearing
What kind of weapons do the Greasers and Socs' use in general: None
Sodapop: Handsome, slimmer and shorter than Darry, dark gold-straight hair, combed back, in the summer he bleaches it. Dark brown eyes. Gentle and sympathetic than blazing with anger, Doesn't drink but gets drunk on life
Soda: fun
Who else has had the same thing (as in the previous question) happen to him?: Johnny Cade
What does Johnny give the nurse for Pony?: Gone with the wind and a letter
Pony collapses at the end of the night b/c why?: He was kicked in the head and sick from seeing 2 ppl die. He fainted b/c of shock/exhaustion/minor concussion
Rumble: clash of social classes
The police are chasing him and to bluff he does what and what happens?: Pulls out an unloaded guna nd gets shot and dies
Pony's middle brother: Sodapop (Soda)
Dally gives Pony and Johnny what to take when the go to Windrixville (abondened church out in the country)?: A gun and bills ($) from Buck
Sunset: People arent so different. Represents the beasuty in the world and aching for something better
Theme of Pony's essay: There is good n everyone
Randy feels how on fighting?: Feels it wont solve anything
Two-bit carries what?: A switch-blade
"Things are rough all over"- Cherry Valence: No matter where, problems are always presented
Pony is different from all the Greasers in what way?: Academic accopmplishments and literary interest
Pony runs away why?: Darry is furious at him and slaps him, hes never been hit
Dally wants to die b/c: He cant accept the death
Burning Church: cleansing, purification, Pony and Johnny whose lives were stained with blood and murder are now redeemed
In order to make Johnny kill Bob, they: Try to drown Pony. He has a huge fear of the Socs' and they tried to beat up Johnny again....he had enough
What greasers go to the movies with Cherry Valence and Marcia (both Socs): Dally, Johnny, and Pony
Unloaded gun: false bravery, powerlessness
Used S.E. to: Hide her female identity to not alienate male readers
Soc's: Rich, "Insiders", Corvairs (cars), Madras (clothes)
When Pony asks Cherry to visit Johnny she refuses, why?: Bob was sweet when not drunk and it was her boyfriend
What is the reason Pony frets about his hair?: When Johnny goes to the store he comes back with food and also bleach and scissors (to cut his hair and bleach it)
Cut hair: loss of greaser id
Pony reminds Cherry that they watch the same sunsets, meaning?: Although they are from different groups and lifstyles, they share many of the same things (sunset)
Describe the letter Dally brings for Pony from Soda when he arrives at the Church: it is sad and he misses him
What conclusion does Pony make of Randy?: Mean, cold-hearted Soc
Dally's relationship with Johnny: Dally feels responsible for him, he is Johnny's role model. Johnny compares him to a southern gentlemen
Johnny's Last words: Stay Gold- stay pure and innocent (same as poem) He also says fightings useless
What is the meaning of the poem "Nothing can Stay Gold": Nothing stays perfect. Natures first green is gold -young, small, and innocent to older where things get harder....perserve the youth
"I figured that southern gentlemen had nothing on Johnny Cade"- Pony to Johnny: he says Johnny's better than southern gentlemen (Socs')
Mood of Curtis house before rumble: Crazy, anxious, excited, mixed atmosphere
In the rumble they use: nothing, but Brimly Boys use pipe
Who comes late to the rumble?: Dally
What does Pony tell Cherry while in line for popcorn?: Johnny got beat-up by the Socs
Gone with the wind: Johnn'ys aspirations, manners, charm, and gallanty (like Dally). All things Johnny wanted to adapt
Darry: Show off, pride
Who might Cherry fall in love with and why is Pony surprised?: She says Dally although he was extremely rude and insulted her
Why is Pony's hair so important?: His pride, long silky, and reddish. His hair was tuff and labled him as a greaser
Bobs real name: Robert Sheldon
Cherry says the real speration between the Socs and Greasers is: Socs' are too cool and aloof to acknowledge their emptions and they live their lives trying to fill up thier emotional void. Greasers feel everything too intensely
Why cant Jonny bleach his hair?: his skins too dark
Before rumble they do gymnastics to: Make eachother look tuff
How does that affect the rumble?: Dramatic entrance that starts rumble
Who is the narrator?: Ponyboy
Darry: Looks like his dad (desceased), 6 foot 2, broad shoulders, muscular, dark-brown hair that kicks out in front, pale blue-green eyes, looks older than 20, smart by using his head
Pony's them for english essay: Outsiders (his essay, this book...first line of book, last line of Pony's essay
Country: Peaceful lifestyle, non-threatening envorionment. Place for healthy relationships and appreciation af beauty
Mickey Mouse (identity not symbol): Sodas old horse that he loved that was given away, he didnt listen to anyone else
Pony uses the broken bottle to threaten the Socs' showing: Two-bit he'll never get tough
Started to write this book at age: 15 and got a D in her creative writing class
Dall cant accept Johnny's death, why?: He was foolish
Difference of Greasers from most gangs: group of friends that look out for one another
Abandoned Church: Lost Hope, seek escape from an act commited in self defense
In a delusional state: Ponny says he killed Bob and that Johhny's alive
A heroe is not measured by image but by deeds: Johnny, Pony, and Dally at the church saving the kids
Who is left in the Church and what happens?: Johnny gets pumbled by the roof and doctor says he may have broken his back and will be crippled if he survives
Two-bit's last name: Mathews
What other 2 gangs are at the rumble?: Tim Sheppard's and Brimly Boys'
Deepest love is often hidden: Darry for Pony
Why does Johnny turn himslef in?: Tired of hiding, what he did was slef-defense and hopes the jude will see it that way. He also feels bad for Pony and feels he doesnt deserve this
What Soc wants to talk to Pony and why?: Randy, to ask why he saved those kids, he never thought a greaser'd do that
Mickey Mouse: unfulfilled dreams. something one wanted but couldn't have
What is Johny'd reaction to the nurse saying his mothers here?: Don't let her in! He refuses to see her
Who spies for the greasers?: Cherry Valence
Steve: hatrid
On the way home from the movie what happens to Pony?: He is jumped by the Socs (Socials). He gets beat up and cut
Pony asks his eng. teacher what?: If he can write a really long essay
To gain information about the subject: She read everytihng she could and explored the Greaser world first hand with her Jacknife as a passport into peoples pastime
Greasers: Low-class, "Outsiders, Souped up junk cars, leather jackets, long/greasy hair
What happened to the Curtis brothers' parents?: They died in a car accident
What thoughts are triggered when he sees Bob in the yr. book?: Cocky, hot-tempered, frightened. Reminds him of Sodas grina dn wonders about his (Bob) parents
After the rumble Dally takes Pony to see who and where?: Johnny at the hospital

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