Answers 1. Cherry wasn’t as “tough” as the girls he was used to, she was wealthier, and she didn’t “feel” things in the same way. How are Ponyboy and cherry different? Answers 1. Cherry is part of the Socs and Pony is a Greaser. Cherry believes that Socs live artificial Read more…
Ponyboy believes that other Greasers will end up like Dally because of how they look at life, and how they take it: violent and desperate. Why did Ponyboy end up in the hospital? Ponyboy did this after Dally was shot, because he was exhausted, in shock, and had a concussion. Read more…
Summary: Chapter 5 Ponyboy makes a wisecrack and Johnny tells him he is becoming more like Two-Bit every day. Johnny insists that they cut their hair to disguise themselves, and he bleaches Ponyboy’s hair. For the next week, the boys hide out at the church, reading Gone with the Wind, Read more…
Why or why not? – Ponyboy and Johnny are heroes because they saved the children with no regard to their own lives, even though they might have started the fire. Why are Johnny and Ponyboy considered heroes? In the book The Outsiders, by S. E. Hinton, Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally Read more…
Ponyboy realizes that the strength of the group lies in the solidarity of its members, and he begins learning to temper his individual needs for the sake of the group. What realization does Ponyboy have? Ponyboy realizes that he cannot become wholly naïve or wholly tough. He cannot stop being Read more…
Why does Ponyboy get sick on the fifth day at the church? From smoking two packs of cigarettes. What does Dally bring to Ponyboy from Sodapop? How did Ponyboy get sick? Ponyboy learns that he got a concussion when a Soc kicked him in the head during the rumble, and Read more…
What does Darry do when he sees Ponyboy in the hospital? He doesn’t make a sound, but tears were streaming down his face. Ponyboy finally realizes why Darry has been so strict. How did Darry react when he saw Ponyboy in the hospital? When Darry got to the hospital, how Read more…
Ponyboy and Johnny, two Greasers, are hiding out in Windrixville, a rural town in Oklahoma, after the murder of Bob, a Soc. Where do pony and Johnny go to hide? The church is the place where Ponyboy and Johnny hide after Johnny killed Bob. Where do Ponyboy and Johnny hideout Read more…
Ponyboy Curtis appears in Hinton’s later novel That Was Then, This Is Now (1971). Is Ponyboy in another book? Connections to other books by S.E. Hinton However unlike Rumble Fish, Ponyboy Curtis, the main character in The Outsiders, appears in That Was Then, This Is Now and even takes part Read more…
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. Following Dally’s orders, they stay inside the church and pass the time playing poker and reading aloud from Gone with the Wind. How did Read more…