One example of a man versus man conflict in this book is Darry Curtis versus his younger brother Ponyboy. The main reason for this conflict is Darry wanting to do the best for his family. Who does Darry fight? Twenty-two Socs arrive in four carloads to fight the twenty greasers. Read more…
Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold. As he lies dying in Chapter 9, Johnny Cade speaks these words to Ponyboy. “Stay gold” is a reference to the Robert Frost poem that Ponyboy recites to Johnny when the two hide out in the Windrixville Church. What book has Stay Gold Ponyboy? Symbols 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…
He takes his role as middle brother seriously, and is constantly the in-between for Pony and Darry, acting as a buffer against their constant clashes. What are Sodapop’s symbols? –Soda’s horse: The horse symbolizes their (greasersgreasersGreasers are a youth subculture that emerged in the 1950s and early 1960s from predominantly Read more…
Answers 2. His parents died in a car crash eight months before the story begins. The details of their death are discussed in Chapter 3. When and how did Pony’s parents die? Character Analysis Ponyboy Curtis His parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months before The Outsiders 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 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…
3) Why does Ponyboy think that Dally could never love anyone or anything? Ponyboy thinks that because Dally, has gone through so many hard things in his life, and that’s why he is so strict at Ponyboy because he wants him to have a nice life and not like on Read more…
What insult does Ponyboy tell Bob about the socs? Ponyboy says that the socs are ”white trash with a Mustangs and madras”. What did Ponyboy call the Socs? Ponyboy can tell they are drunk. Bob tells Ponyboy that greasers are white trash with long hair, and Ponyboy retorts that Socs 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…