Ponyboy wants to get back at the socs for what they put him and Johnny through. Ponyboy is right to fight because the socs are always mean to the greasers. The socs deserve what they get in the rumble. Ponyboy Read more…
Here, Johnny urges Ponyboy to remain gold, or innocent. Johnny now senses the uselessness of fighting; he knows that Ponyboy is better than the average hoodlum, and he wants Ponyboy to hold onto the golden qualities that set him apart Read more…
Johnny’s last words to Ponyboy was, “Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold.” What Johnny meant by this was for Ponyboy to stay the way he was, and not to get influenced by other people. What is the meaning of Johnny’s last Read more…
A trap, pony trap (sometimes pony and trap) or horse trap is a light, often sporty, two-wheeled or sometimes four-wheeled horse- or pony-drawn carriage, usually accommodating two to four persons in various seating arrangements, such as face-to-face or back-to-back. What Read more…
Ponyboy recites a poem he learned by Robert Frost called “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” about impermanence in nature, from flowers to sunrises. What does Ponyboy say the poem is about in his letter chapter 12? He picks up Gone with Read more…
Ponyboy is different from the other Greasers because: He doesn’t believe in fighting unless it is self defence. Unlike the other Greasers, he doesn’t fight out of hatred, or pride, or for fun, like Sodapop. Ponyboy knows that fighting does Read more…
Before the rumble, Randy talks with Ponyboy because he plans not to attend the rumble. He is grieving for Bob and is tired of the hatred and fighting. Why did Randy talk to Ponyboy? Why did Randy want to talk Read more…
S.E. Hinton. Quote by S.E. Hinton: “Ponyboy, listen, don’t get tough. Who said you get tough like me and you don’t get hurt in The Outsiders? DallyEven Ponyboy was confused at how he talked because “he never talked like that”. Read more…
Darry tells him that he has a visitor. Pony welcomes into the room Randy Adderson, a Soc. Randy explains that he is visiting because Cherry has heard his name on the bulletin at school and because everyone involved in Bob’s Read more…
What are Ponyboy and Soda supposed to do if the cops show up at the rumble? Take off. What did Ponyboy Soda and Darry always do before a rumble? Me and Soda and Darry always got spruced up before a Read more…