What Might Pony Say He Dislikes About Being A Greaser
1. Cherry reveals that she is not happy in her role as a Soc.
a) Why is she uncomfortable as a member of this group?
Pg.38 first paragraph
“You're more emotional. Where sophisticated-cool to the point of not feeling anything. Nothing is real with us.”
Third paragraph
“It seems like we're always searching for something to satisfy us, and never finding it. Maybe if we could lose our cool we could.”’
She is uncomfortable because nothing with the Socs group seems real they never seem real with each other. They seem to have no feeling with each other. b) What might Pony say he dislikes about being a greaser?
How he has to travel places with someone or else he is at a risk of getting jumped. Also how he when lying to a friend in his gang/group it is like …show more content…
lying to family because they are so tight. c) How might his dislikes be similar to and different from Cherry’s.
different- Ponyboy’s might be different because he is a lot closer to his gang/family.
Cherry is not close to her group at all she might be able to get to know a greaser before she gets to know one of her own people.
similar- They are similar because because Cherry can't ever it seems tell her group how she feels. Ponyboy maybe sometimes can't always be honest with his gang because it is it really like telling a friend because they are also like family so it would be awkward for him.
2. a) Why does Pony drop the broken bottle in the first encounter with the Socs?
He drops the broken bottle to encourage Cherry Valance that he is not that kind of person and would never do something like that. Pg. 45
“I pulled her to one side. “I couldn't use this,” I said, dropping the pop bottle. “I couldn't ever cut anyone …” I had to tell her that, because I'd seen her eyes when Two-Bit flicked out his switch.”
b) If there had been a bottle in the park, do you think he would have used it? Why or why not?
I do think he would have picked it up but he would not have used it on the Socs it would have been just to keep them from attacking Johnny and him. That's what I thought when reading these lines from the
book.Pg.45
I pulled her to one side. “I couldn't use this,” I said, dropping the pop bottle. “I couldn't ever cut anyone …” I had to tell her that, because I'd seen her eyes when Two-Bit flicked out his switch.”
When I got th this part and read it I really did not know but from this sentence I think he would have used it to protect himself and because Cherry wasn't there.
Pg.54
“ I wished for that broken bottle. I'd sure show them I could use it if I had to.
3. Children are often said to be a reflection of their parents.
a) Based on Pony’s descriptions of his parents, what similarities do you see between the Curtis boys and their mother and father?
Pg. 48
Mom would bake some more chocolate cakes and dad would drive the pickup out early to feed the cattle. He would slap Darry on the back and tell him he was getting to be a man, a regular chip off the block, and they would be as close as they used to be. Maybe Johnny could come live with us, and the gang could come out on weekends, and maybe Dallas would see that there was some good in the world after all, and Mom would talk to him and make him grin in spite of himself. ”You've got quite a mom, "Dally used to say. “She knows the score.” She could talk to Dallas and keep him from getting into a lot of trouble. My mother was golden and beautiful…
Sodapop- I think he is like both his Mother and Father, His mother because from what I know about him he sounds inspiring and uplifting. He is like his mother because she seems to be a very convincing person because it seems she can convince Dally. This reminds me of how Sodapop tries to convince Ponyboy that Darry does love him.
Darry- l believe he was like his father before he had to take the role of being the “Man of the house,” he had fun was a nice guy and uplifting.
Ponyboy- Ponyboy seems to be more like his mother in a smarts kind of way. His mother seemed to have been very smart because convincing uses some brain.
b) What differences?
Sodapop- The differences between him and his parents is Sodapop isn't the smartest like his mom. He isn't controlling like his father is of the house.
Darry- Darry is difference is that he has grown up way too fast and now acts like a 29 year old his attitude has since changed from before his parents died.
Ponyboy- His only difference from his mom is that he is not a very vocal person and his mother seems like she might have been a very vocal person.
a) Why is she uncomfortable as a member of this group?
Pg.38 first paragraph
“You're more emotional. Where sophisticated-cool to the point of not feeling anything. Nothing is real with us.”
Third paragraph
“It seems like we're always searching for something to satisfy us, and never finding it. Maybe if we could lose our cool we could.”’
She is uncomfortable because nothing with the Socs group seems real they never seem real with each other. They seem to have no feeling with each other. b) What might Pony say he dislikes about being a greaser?
How he has to travel places with someone or else he is at a risk of getting jumped. Also how he when lying to a friend in his gang/group it is like …show more content…
lying to family because they are so tight. c) How might his dislikes be similar to and different from Cherry’s.
different- Ponyboy’s might be different because he is a lot closer to his gang/family.
Cherry is not close to her group at all she might be able to get to know a greaser before she gets to know one of her own people.
similar- They are similar because because Cherry can't ever it seems tell her group how she feels. Ponyboy maybe sometimes can't always be honest with his gang because it is it really like telling a friend because they are also like family so it would be awkward for him.
2. a) Why does Pony drop the broken bottle in the first encounter with the Socs?
He drops the broken bottle to encourage Cherry Valance that he is not that kind of person and would never do something like that. Pg. 45
“I pulled her to one side. “I couldn't use this,” I said, dropping the pop bottle. “I couldn't ever cut anyone …” I had to tell her that, because I'd seen her eyes when Two-Bit flicked out his switch.”
b) If there had been a bottle in the park, do you think he would have used it? Why or why not?
I do think he would have picked it up but he would not have used it on the Socs it would have been just to keep them from attacking Johnny and him. That's what I thought when reading these lines from the
book.Pg.45
I pulled her to one side. “I couldn't use this,” I said, dropping the pop bottle. “I couldn't ever cut anyone …” I had to tell her that, because I'd seen her eyes when Two-Bit flicked out his switch.”
When I got th this part and read it I really did not know but from this sentence I think he would have used it to protect himself and because Cherry wasn't there.
Pg.54
“ I wished for that broken bottle. I'd sure show them I could use it if I had to.
3. Children are often said to be a reflection of their parents.
a) Based on Pony’s descriptions of his parents, what similarities do you see between the Curtis boys and their mother and father?
Pg. 48
Mom would bake some more chocolate cakes and dad would drive the pickup out early to feed the cattle. He would slap Darry on the back and tell him he was getting to be a man, a regular chip off the block, and they would be as close as they used to be. Maybe Johnny could come live with us, and the gang could come out on weekends, and maybe Dallas would see that there was some good in the world after all, and Mom would talk to him and make him grin in spite of himself. ”You've got quite a mom, "Dally used to say. “She knows the score.” She could talk to Dallas and keep him from getting into a lot of trouble. My mother was golden and beautiful…
Sodapop- I think he is like both his Mother and Father, His mother because from what I know about him he sounds inspiring and uplifting. He is like his mother because she seems to be a very convincing person because it seems she can convince Dally. This reminds me of how Sodapop tries to convince Ponyboy that Darry does love him.
Darry- l believe he was like his father before he had to take the role of being the “Man of the house,” he had fun was a nice guy and uplifting.
Ponyboy- Ponyboy seems to be more like his mother in a smarts kind of way. His mother seemed to have been very smart because convincing uses some brain.
b) What differences?
Sodapop- The differences between him and his parents is Sodapop isn't the smartest like his mom. He isn't controlling like his father is of the house.
Darry- Darry is difference is that he has grown up way too fast and now acts like a 29 year old his attitude has since changed from before his parents died.
Ponyboy- His only difference from his mom is that he is not a very vocal person and his mother seems like she might have been a very vocal person.