The Socs accuse him of being the one that killed Bob Sheldon, and start coming toward him. Pony calmly breaks a bottle and threatens to “split” them if they don’t get back into their car: “I’ve had about all I can take from you guys.” The Socs retreat, and Pony Read more…
Darry treats Ponyboy the way he does because he wants what is best for him. He knows that Ponyboy has the potential to go far in life and he doesn’t want him to mess up. Does Darry care about Ponyboy? Ponyboy realizes that Darry does care about him; Darry is Read more…
At the beginning of the novel, Ponyboy resents Darry for being too strict and always bothering him for not using his head. He recognizes the sacrifices that Darry has made to raise his two little brothers, but still thinks Darry just doesn’t care for him at all. What happened between Read more…
She tells Ponyboy that not all Socs are like that, just like all Ponyboy are not like Dally. She tells him that Socs have their troubles, too, but Ponyboy cannot imagine what worries a Soc might have. What does Ponyboy learn about the Socs while he is talking to Cherry? Read more…
At the beginning of the novel, Ponyboy, like all of the greasers, hates and fears the Socs. He thinks of them as dangerous enemies. After he meets Cherry at the movie theater, however, Ponyboy begins to realize that Socs are human just like greasers. How does Ponyboy’s view of the Read more…
When Johnny returns, he brings a week’s supply of baloney and cigarettes, and a paperback copy of Gone with the Wind, which he wants Ponyboy to read to him. Ponyboy makes a wisecrack and Johnny tells him he is becoming more like Two-Bit every day. How do Johnny and Ponyboy Read more…
Johnny and Ponyboy ran away because Johnny killed a Soc because he was jumping them and drowning Ponyboy. They ran away to an old church in Windrixville on Jay mountain. 5. Why were Johnny, Ponyboy, and Dally considered heroes? Who helped Johnny and Ponyboy run away? Panicked, Ponyboy and Johnny Read more…
Dally instructs them to hop a train to Windrixville, hike up Jay Mountain, and stay in an abandoned church until he comes for them. Ponyboy and Johnny follow Dally’s instructions. Where is the church Ponyboy and Johnny need to go to? In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the old, abandoned Read more…
Johnny and Pony went to Dally Winston for help. (They found him at Buck Merril’s party.) Who do Ponyboy and Johnny go to for help? DallyThey decide to go to Dally, thinking he might be able to help them. They find Dally at the house of Buck Merril, his rodeo Read more…
turn themselves into the police. What does Johnny announce that he and Pony are going to do? Why does he think it is best? Johnny says that Pony and him will turn themselves into the police. He thinks they might be let off easy. What does Johnny say to Pony Read more…