Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy Curtis—that is his real name—is the novel’s 14-year-old narrator and protagonist, and the youngest member of the greasers. What is Ponyboy known as? Lesson Summary Ponyboy is the youngest in his family and in his gang at 14 years old. He is described as smart, impulsive, and Read more…
The Curtis brothers lived alone because their parents were killed in an auto wreck. Why do the three Curtis brothers live by themselves? Ponyboy’s 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 Read more…
Ponyboy realizes that Darry does care about him; Darry is strict because he loves Ponyboy and wants him to succeed. How does Ponyboy feel about Darry? At the beginning of the novel, Ponyboy resents Darry for being too strict and always bothering him for not using his head. He recognizes Read more…
Why does Two-Bit grin when Ponyboy picks up the broken glass? Two-Bit realizes that Ponyboy isn’t really getting tough. He was simply defending himself. What does Ponyboy do with the broken glass that makes Two-Bit know that Ponyboy will not get tough? What does Ponyboy do with the broken bottle Read more…
Bob has dark brown curly hair. Like all Socs, he wears dress pants with a button-up shirt and button-up Jacket. He also has a Mustang like most Socs, meaning he prided himself in his good looks and cars. Bob expresses a hatred for Greasers, especially for since he was a Read more…
Even Ponyboy was confused at how he talked because “he never talked like that”. Dally goes on, “You’d better wise up Pony… you get tough like me and you don’t get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothing can touch you”(147). Who said you get tough like me and Read more…
What was Randy’s purpose in visiting Pony? What was the outcome of their conversation? He wanted talk to Pony about going to see the judge tomorrow. He also wanted to make sure that Pony realized it was not him who killed Bob, but Johnny, and to tell him that Johnny Read more…
page 148. On page 148, Johnny tells Ponyboy, “stay gold, Ponyboy stay gold.” What is Johnny talking about when he says stay gold? Johnny encourages Ponyboy not to waste his youth looking for things he does’t have. He tells Pony that life is fleeting and nothing is permanent hence “Nothing Read more…
It was a punishment for losing the Agni Kai against his father, a way to add insult onto injury. Thankfully, Zuko abandoned this hairstyle after his banishment and grew the luscious locks we’ve all grown to love. The Fire Nation is a rigid society built on rules and a strict Read more…
Johnny and Pony went to Dally Winston for help. (They found him at Buck Merril’s party.) They asked Dally for help because they knew he would know what to do. You just studied 11 terms! Why did they turn to Dally for help? Ponyboy and Johnny turned to Dally for Read more…