The Outsiders--Chapter 7 Notes
The Outsiders–Chapter 7
Characters:
-Ponyboy
-Sodapop
-Darry
-Jerry
-The doctor
-Two-Bit
-Steve
-Randy
Main Events:
-Ponyboy finds out about Dally and Johnny’s conditions
-Ponyboy reads the newspaper and discovers that Johnny is charged with murder and there’s a chance to send both him and Sodapop to a boys’ home
-Ponyboy catches up with news of Sandy, Sodapop’s girlfriend/ex-girlfriend
-Ponyboy has an insightful conversation with Randy
Vocabulary:
Palomino: A horse that is a cream, golden, or tan colour with white splotches and an ivory or white tail
Colt: A young/teenage horse
Contemptuously: Without respect; in a disdainful matter
Important quotations:
“He was in critical condition. His back had been broken when that piece of timber fell on him. He was in severe shock and suffering from third-degree burns. They were doing everything they could to ease the pain, although since his back was broken he couldn’t even feel the burns below his waist. He kept calling for Dallas and Ponyboy. If he lived… If? Please, no, I thought. Please not “if”…”
In this part of the chapter, Ponyboy is finally hit hard with the fact that his best friend, Johnny, might die. Even if he did survive, Johnny would be crippled for the rest of his life. Just a day ago, Johnny was a lively sixteen-year-old. But now, he’s barely hanging on and grasping for life that he now learnt to value. Ponyboy is just absolutely shocked how quick and drastically an event could change someone’s life. “I was trembling. A pain was growing in my throat and I wanted to cry, but greasers don’t cry in front of strangers. Some of us never cry at all. Like Dally and Two-Bit and Tim Shepard–they forgot how at an early age…”
This explains how Greasers have to keep up a tough image in front of others. Even at depressing and heart-breaking moments, they’re expected to put up a façade and not shed any tears as it represents that they’ve
Characters:
-Ponyboy
-Sodapop
-Darry
-Jerry
-The doctor
-Two-Bit
-Steve
-Randy
Main Events:
-Ponyboy finds out about Dally and Johnny’s conditions
-Ponyboy reads the newspaper and discovers that Johnny is charged with murder and there’s a chance to send both him and Sodapop to a boys’ home
-Ponyboy catches up with news of Sandy, Sodapop’s girlfriend/ex-girlfriend
-Ponyboy has an insightful conversation with Randy
Vocabulary:
Palomino: A horse that is a cream, golden, or tan colour with white splotches and an ivory or white tail
Colt: A young/teenage horse
Contemptuously: Without respect; in a disdainful matter
Important quotations:
“He was in critical condition. His back had been broken when that piece of timber fell on him. He was in severe shock and suffering from third-degree burns. They were doing everything they could to ease the pain, although since his back was broken he couldn’t even feel the burns below his waist. He kept calling for Dallas and Ponyboy. If he lived… If? Please, no, I thought. Please not “if”…”
In this part of the chapter, Ponyboy is finally hit hard with the fact that his best friend, Johnny, might die. Even if he did survive, Johnny would be crippled for the rest of his life. Just a day ago, Johnny was a lively sixteen-year-old. But now, he’s barely hanging on and grasping for life that he now learnt to value. Ponyboy is just absolutely shocked how quick and drastically an event could change someone’s life. “I was trembling. A pain was growing in my throat and I wanted to cry, but greasers don’t cry in front of strangers. Some of us never cry at all. Like Dally and Two-Bit and Tim Shepard–they forgot how at an early age…”
This explains how Greasers have to keep up a tough image in front of others. Even at depressing and heart-breaking moments, they’re expected to put up a façade and not shed any tears as it represents that they’ve