In the outsiders, how does ponyboy react to what sodapop. Elizabeth believed that many of the outsiders decedents still lived in the underground castle that had been built using the many spells that had been created to make the home of the outsiders. This study guide consists of approximately 90 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of the outsiders. You look out for yourself and nothin can touch you. Hinton tells the story of 14yearold ponyboy curtis and his struggle with. Ponyboy curtis, the narrator, begins the novel with a story. According to wikipedia, the outsiders is a comingofage novel by s. Or, how did what was happening in the world of politics and society influence the outsiders. During chapter 2, ponys character is not able to see cherrys point of view that the socs have their own troubles. Ponyboy curtis, the narrator of the story and a fourteenyearold boy, is walking home alone, wishing he looked handsome and tough like paul newman. He wasnt one to waste time when something needed to be done. In the book the outsiders when ponyboy says i lie to myself all the time, he means that sometimes he says stuff to him self that he knows arent true when he upset and mad about something. I was wishing i looked like paul newman he looks tough and i dont but i guess my own looks arent so bad. He thinks about how he wants paul newmans good looks, though he likes his own greaser look.
This quiz includes true and false, fill in the blank, and matching questions about the characters and basic content of chapters 1 and 2. This lesson will focus on the summary of chapter 1 of the outsiders. Deviance is not an inherent quality of the deviant, rather, it is in the social interaction of one group in power having. More than anything else, the curtis boys want to keep their family together. He wears his hair long, like most of the other people from his neighborhood. Hinton interview,please answerthe following questions in your notebook. Ponyboy is explaining what life is like for the greasers living on the east side of town. These help him cope with difficult situations, but sometimes also keep him from facing things that he might really need to deal with. When i stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of. Epilogue chapter 1, an outsiders, 2016 fanfic fanfiction. Chapter 8 is not all that exciting of a chapter compared to other chapters in hintons book the outsiders. Their parents are dead and darry is trying to keep his brothers out of a home for boys. The outsiders why does ponyboy repeatedly say, i dont use my head.
This is a dominant theme found in many fairy tales and much folklore, and thus it makes sense that it would also appear in the narration of a story told by a 14yearold boy. There isnt any real good reason for fighting except selfdefense. While reading chapter 3, continue to add evidence to your character chart in your interactive notebook. I have lightbrown, almostred hair and greenishgray eyes. I thought, and couldnt think of any real good reason. Ponyboy curtis, the narrator of the outsiders, walks out of a movie theater in tulsa, and heads home. He wants the greasers to know their place in society, and to stay away from soc girls. The socs and a group of rich kids that are the enemys of the greasers. Ponyboy he is can of a outlaw as he is trying to fit in but he a greasers so society does not allow sodapop a sixteengoingonseventeen year kid is a happy and. Hintons the outsiders explained with chapter summaries in. An anonymous soc says this to ponyboy in chapter 1. Chapter answers chapter answers 46 chapter answers 79 chapter answers 1012 the 60s. Get an answer for in the outsiders, how does ponyboy react to what sodapop tells him about darry in chapter 1. The narrator of ithe outsiders, ponyboy is fourteen years old and a greaser.
He calls himself a greaserone of the poor, tough gang of boys who fights with the socs, socials a gang of rich, violent boys. We first meet our narrator, fourteenyearold ponyboy, as hes walking home from the moviesalone, which is something we know hes not supposed to be doing. Hinton introduces the theme here with the three brothers. As she expected, he was packed and ready for his journey. But the last sentence of the chapter, i know better now, not only foreshadows upcoming events, but also shows ponyboys own personal growth. Soda fought for fun, steve for hatred, darry for pride, and twobit for conformity. Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel, butdid most of the work when she was sixteen and a junior in high school. His hair was almost white it was so blond, and he didnt like haircuts, or hair oil either, so it fell over his forehead in wisps and kicked out in the back in tufts and curled behind his ears and along the nape of his neck.
Ponyboy is walking home from the movies and is attacked and nearly beaten up by a group of kids known as the socs. The outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14yearold boy. Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in the outsiders, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. She took a deep breath and opened the bathroom door to find hasil leaning against the kitchen counter. The outsiders is very clear that the violence is serious and real. The crossword does have spoilers, so i would make sure students have finished chapter 1 before attempting to solve the puzzle. A minor theme prevalent throughout western literature and established here in chapter 1 is the power of three. They need to be sure to keep out of trouble, because otherwise they could get. Ponyboy resents darry and the total control that he attempts to wield over his life. His east side neighborhood is patrolled by bullying socials, rich kids from the west side of. This essay asks one to critically assess the main arguments becker puts forward in outsiders.
I never noticed colors or clouds and stuff until you keep reminding me about them. Describe each of the characters in this chapter and their relationship with one another ponyboy. Later, he develops a better understanding of the socs and changes his own perspective. He meant it when he said he didnt care about his parents.
Becker opens his book outsiders with this statement that can provide the foundation for his theories on deviance 1. Why does ponyboy repeatedly say, i dont use my head. Publishers thought that if there were a womans name on the book teenage boys would be unlikely to read it. In chapter 3, ponyboy runs away to the vacant lot because soda hit him. The outsiders had become lost to the potter family when elizabeth died before passing on her secret. Darry is a hard worker who doesnt have time for school or books, and sodapop is. The greasers are the main groupgang in the novel with all the characters that i explain on the characters page.
They have a reputation of being juvenile delinquents, because they wear their hair. Chapter 1 chapter 1 when i stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, i had only two things on my mind. Also they are described as being social and meanrude in the novel. The novel tells the story of ponyboy curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. The outsiders study guide contains a biography of author s. Ponyboys parents died in a car crash, so the three curtis brothers live together by themselves, an arrangement possible only as long as they stay out of trouble.
The next night, ponyboy and johnny go with dally to a double feature at the drivein movie theater. Questions are included for before, during and after reading, as well as simple recall and high. But he and the rest of the gang knew johnny cared and did everything they could to make it up to him. The outsiders still lived on today, she had written. The outsiders pages 101 150 text version fliphtml5. A little after johnny and ponyboy got to the park a blue mustang full of socs. Chapter 1 when i stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, i had only two things on my mind. He was very still, and fora moment i thought in agony.
A vocabulary list featuring the outsiders chapter 1. He has lightbrown, almostred hair and greenishgray eyes, and wears his hair longer than a lot of boys wear theirs, squared off in the back and long at the front and sides. Chapter 1 to chapter 3 let get you up to speed on key information and facts on the outsiders by s. The outsiders chapter 1 ponyboy curtis, the narrator of the story and a fourteenyearold boy, is walking home alone, wishing he looked handsome and tough like paul newman.
Read chapter 14 from the story the outsiders by zkangel18 queen elsandi vi britannia with 2,5 reads. We bothwent into johnnys room, standing there for a second, getting our breath back in heavygulps. Pony and johnny rush in and save all the little kids. With the purchase of this item, the buyer will receive a 30 question objective quiz that accompanies chapters 12 of the novel the outsiders by s. Novel page guide character chart vocabulary chart chapter questions literary terms chart. The authorities allow the three brothers to stay together as long as they behave. Hintonaccording to wikipedia, the outsiders is a comingofage novel by s. Becker sets the foundations for his ideas on labelling theory in his book and furthers the notions of other sociologists such as edwin lemert. You can publish your book online for free in a few minutes. What famous actor does ponyboy mention in the first lines of his english essay. He enjoys watching movies alone, but now wishes he had some company because greasers like him arent safe from members.