As they walk, Ponyboy and Cherry talk about Ponyboy’s brothers. He notices how easy it is to talk to Cherry. When Cherry asks Ponyboy to describe Darry, he says Darry does not like him and probably wishes he could put Ponyboy in a home somewhere. What does Ponyboy say about Read more…
The vacant lot. Where do Ponyboy and Two-Bit find Cherry as they are walking home from the hospital? The vacant lot. Why does Ponyboy call Cherry a traitor? The vacant lot. 12. Why does Ponyboy call Cherry a traitor? Because she will not go visit Johnny. Where do Johnny Ponyboy Read more…
Johnny had gone for supplies and returned with food, cigarettes, soap, peroxide, a deck of playing cards, and the book Gone with the Wind. In an effort to blend in and disguise their appearances, Johnny cuts and bleaches Ponyboy’s hair; Ponyboy in turn cuts Johnny’s hair. What things does Johnny Read more…
Bob Sheldon is the Soc who originally beat up Johnny. He is Cherry’s boyfriend, and, like Johnny, he is a victim of his own family. Is Bob a greaser or a SOC? Bob is the dark-haired Soc who beats up Johnny before the novel begins. Bob has a set of Read more…
When Ponyboy threw the last kid out of the burning church a falling ember fell on johnny’s back, breaking it his back. How was Johnny’s back broken? Johnny, however, is in very bad shape—he was struck by a piece of burning timber as it fell, and may have broken his Read more…
The relationship between Darry and Ponyboy changed throw out the story. It went from Darry always being rude and angry at Ponyboy it even got to the point that Darry hit him. Then after when Darry hit him their relationship became loving, caring, and protective of him. How does ponyboy’s Read more…
In contrast to his distant and tense relationship with Darry, Ponyboy’s relationship with Sodapop is one of admiration and trust. Both boys share a bed, and Sodapop serves as a symbolic security blanket for Ponyboy, especially since their parents’ deaths. What is ponyboy’s relationship with his brothers? Darry is always Read more…
An unreliable narrator is an untrustworthy storyteller, most often used in narratives with a first-person point of view. The unreliable narrator is either deliberately deceptive or unintentionally misguided, forcing the reader to question their credibility as a storyteller. What is an example of a unreliable narrator? The Naïf. This type Read more…
The Naïf. This type of unreliable narrator is a narrator with a limited understanding or point of view. One of the best examples of this is Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Other examples of naïves include Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, Holden Caulfield, from J. D. What makes a narrator unreliable? Read more…
Atticus, who believes Jem is the one who killed Bob, thinks Heck wants to cover up the truth to protect Jem. Atticus is adamantly against lying to protect Jem. He thinks that protecting Jem from the law will undermine Atticus’s relationship with his children and everything that he has taught Read more…