Ponyboy is considered a hero. He helped the kids out of the church and saved their lives. On page ninety-one, he ran into the burning church in order to save the kids and was not scared. The kids were safe and unharmed thanks to Ponyboy and Johnny. What heroic things Read more…
I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me. What is Ponyboy’s famous quote? Quotes (102) Ponyboy: Nature’s first green is gold / Her hardest hue to hold / Her early leaf’s a flower / But only so an hour / Then leaf subsides to leaf / Read more…
Pony runs back to Johnny and says they should run away. But, as they talk, he starts wishing for his warm bed. Darry doesn’t have the right to keep that from him. So Pony decides he and Johnny will just walk over to the park, and then he’ll go home. Read more…
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. What is Ponyboy’s home life? His parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months before The Outsiders story takes place. He lives with his Read more…
He also wanted to make sure that Pony realized it was not him who killed Bob, but Johnny, and to tell him that Johnny only did what he did in self-defense. 3. Why do you think Ponyboy insists that he is the one who killed Bob and keeps saying that Read more…
When the rumble ends, Dally and Ponyboy go to the hospital to see Johnny. What does Ponyboy realize at the hospital? Ponyboy realizes that Darry does care about him; Darry is strict because he loves Ponyboy and wants him to succeed. Ponyboy runs across the room and embraces his brother, Read more…
Answers 1. Ponyboy’s theme for the story…… is the story of the Outsiders. What is Ponyboy’s theme in The Outsiders? Loyalty and Friendship – Ponyboy’s fierce loyalty to his friends and brothers is a persistent theme throughout his entire journey of self-discovery. What is Ponyboy’s English theme? In his final Read more…
They defend Darry, which only infuriates Ponyboy, so he verbally attacks Johnny about his own terrible home life. In response to this attack, Two-Bit slaps Ponyboy on the side of the head, which sets off a tirade from Ponyboy about the injustice in their world. What happens in chapter 3 Read more…
He is described as having dark-brown hair like his father but unique, piercing, blue-green eyes with a serious cast to them. Ponyboy thinks he would actually be handsome if he weren’t so cold and pragmatic. He describes his oldest brother at the start: “Darry’s hard and firm and never grins Read more…
Ponyboy also is able to open up to Soda and talk with him because Soda listens to him. Additionally, Soda takes Pony with him to hang out with him and his friends. Overall, Pony and Soda have stronger and better relationship than Pony and Darry. Both Soda and Darry love Read more…