Realistic family love. Ponyboy’s relationship with his two brothers symbolizes the traditional dual-parent relationship. Darry has taken over the role of the father, the disciplinarian and the rule maker; Ponyboy even notes a physical resemblance between his real father and Darry. What is ponyboy’s relationship with dally? Dally and Pony Read more…
Character Analysis Ponyboy Curtis Darry characterizes Ponyboy as lacking common sense. Pony agrees with this assessment. He readily admits that he is smart at school, but sometimes he just doesn’t think. Does Ponyboy do well in school? Pony is having a hard time at school, and he is forgetful and Read more…
The Socs live in West Side, which is characterized by wealth and opportunity, while the Greasers live in East Side, which is characterized by poverty and lack of opportunity. Though the city is deeply divided along class lines, Johnny and Ponyboy find a reprieve from the class war in the Read more…
Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ponyboy is a fourteen-year old greaser who lives with his two older brothers, Sodapop and Darry on the lower-class east side of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Where do Johnny and Ponyboy live? Ponyboy longs to live in a place where no greasers or Socs reside, and he wants to live Read more…
The greasers’ long, slick hair is a symbol of their gang, both to themselves and to others. When Ponyboy and Johnny cut and dye their hair while in hiding they’re taking a symbolic step outside the gang. Why did the boys cut their hair in the outsiders? The cutting of Read more…
Sodapop “Listen, kiddo, when Darry hollers at you … he don’t mean nothin’. He’s just got more worries than somebody his age ought to. Don’t take him serious…you dig, Pony?” “I don’t know. It’s just … I can’t stand to hear y’all fight. “I am a greaser,” Sodapop chanted. “I Read more…
Ponyboy Curtis is a 14-year-old boy whose world has been turned upside down. His parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months before The Outsiders story takes place. He lives with his oldest brother, Darry, who is 20 years old and has legal custody of him and his Read more…
Tuesday. On what day does Ponyboy finally wake up after passing out following the rumble? Tuesday. How long does Ponyboy stay in bed after the rumble group of answer choices? Ponyboy learns that he got a concussion when a Soc kicked him in the head during the rumble, and that Read more…
“It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. Whats important that happens in chapter 3 of the outsiders? The movie comes Read more…
When Ponyboy wakes, Darry is at his side. Ponyboy learns that he got a concussion when a Soc kicked him in the head during the rumble, and that he has been delirious in bed for three days. What were Johnny’s last words Ponyboy? Johnny is dying and is not impressed Read more…