The Outsiders – The Greaser Gang Ponyboy Curtis - The youngest Curtis brother‚ 14 years old. He is the narrator of the story. Ponyboy is very smart and interested in culture and movies‚ different from his other brothers. Ponyboy gets good grades and due to that he doesn’t get along with Darryl (Darry) his older brother because Darry wants to push Ponyboy to be good in school unlike him and his other brother Soda. He loves his brother Sodapop more than he even loved his own mom and dad. He is the
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Quote "Dally’s okay‚" Johnny said defensively‚ and I nodded. You take up for your buddies‚ no matter what they do. When you’re a gang‚ you stick up for your members. If you don’t stick up for them‚ stick together‚ make like brothers‚ it isn’t a gang any more. It’s a pack. A snarling‚ distrustful. bickering pack like the Socs in their social clubs or the street gangs in New York or the wolves in the timber. "[Dally’s] tough‚ but he’s a cool guy." this is a example of the way pony boy doesn’t want
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Johnny It was a big lid. All those years I believed he was gone forever. All those months I spent crying alone in my room‚ reading about his adventures he wrote down for me. Only to find out that he was still there. Anywhere. But there. Johnny‚ that’s what I decided to call my new furry friend‚ barked in his sleep. It seemed like he was dreaming. I did not want to wake him up. I leaned back in my chair and took a deep breath. Down here in my hideout‚ the air was a lot cooler than outside. I spent
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When is the truth a lie?.............. When it is only half told. The truth like an arrow in flight‚ if it deviates by a plus or minus .0 degrees‚ in any direction‚ will not hit its mark. True it may come pretty close‚ may fall with in acceptable boundaries‚ but more times than not it will miss the mark altogether. Seems to me people always say they want that arrow (the truth) to hit dead center bulls eye all the time‚ but because of hidden agendas though the aim‚ was true when the arrow was loosed
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If you don’t know anything about Johnny Cade now is your time to learn something about him. The novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is about two gangs who have a rivalry with each other. Johnny Cade is very nervous‚ He doesn’t feel loved‚ and he is a very brave kid. First of all‚ Johnny Cade is nervous he was a social person but he was nervous around people that he didn’t know. “He was nervous‚ though johnny was always nervous around strangers’’ (page 22). Johnny might have really nervous but he did
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We’ve recently been analyzing the themes of a novel and a poem in our language arts class. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost are two very interesting pieces of literature. The Outsiders is a novel that talks about the divided community of a city‚ the “Socs” and the “Greasers”‚ and describes their rivalry and the problems caused by it. “Nothing Gold Can Stay” is a poem that uses themes in nature to explain that good things don’t always last forever. Chapter three
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hero. He made sacrifices for his brothers‚ was a hard worker‚ and always wants to protect and take care of his younger brothers. Although Darry wasn’t really a main character in The Outsiders‚ he definitely played a very heroic role in the novel. Darry made several sacrifices in his life‚ in order for Sodapop and Ponyboy to be able to have better lives. When their parents died‚ Darry passed up a college scholarship and became responsible for his two younger brothers. He could have gone to college‚
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Imagine having to take responsibility of maintaining a household because your parents have died. Would you be able to handle that position and those responsibilities? or would you bail on your siblings? Well‚ in this book I read titled the "The Outsiders" a boy named Darry had to take care of his two young brothers‚ he had to work ‚ pay bills ‚ and he had to give up his college scholarship because he needed to take care of his brothers. Darry’s personality was stern and serious‚ his role in the gang
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S.E Hinton wrote the novel ‘The Outsiders’ to give a voice to the harsh reality for teenagers all over the world. Hinton clearly utilises language features such as dialogue‚ symbolism and characters in a way to specifically explore the issues with finding identity which is still relevant in today’s society. ‘The Outsiders’ novel features two main social classes‚ Socs and Greasers. Socs are born into wealthy families and seem to have it all but Greasers struggle in more ways than just financially
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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:
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