When Ponyboy threw the last kid out of the burning church a falling ember fell on johnny’s back, breaking it his back. How was Johnny’s back broken? Johnny, however, is in very bad shape—he was struck by a piece of Read more…
Sodapop’s fate On a DVD commentary, Rob Lowe said he asked S.E. Hinton where she saw his character, Sodapop, going after the events of “The Outsiders.” He said she told him that Sodapop is drafted, goes to fight in Vietnam Read more…
He mentions that another Greaser leader, Tim Shepard, had visited him about the rumble, and now Dally is determined to get out of the hospital by that night. Dally also asks for Two-Bit’s prized switchblade. Who did Johnny say visited Read more…
The relationship between Darry and Ponyboy changed throw out the story. It went from Darry always being rude and angry at Ponyboy it even got to the point that Darry hit him. Then after when Darry hit him their relationship Read more…
On page 98, Ponyboy changed when he realized what Sodapop said because when he start talking to himself he ran to Darry and gave him a hug. Ponyboy was saying to himself was that what Sodapop and everyone else was Read more…
In contrast to his distant and tense relationship with Darry, Ponyboy’s relationship with Sodapop is one of admiration and trust. Both boys share a bed, and Sodapop serves as a symbolic security blanket for Ponyboy, especially since their parents’ deaths. Read more…
An unreliable narrator is an untrustworthy storyteller, most often used in narratives with a first-person point of view. The unreliable narrator is either deliberately deceptive or unintentionally misguided, forcing the reader to question their credibility as a storyteller. What is Read more…
The Naïf. This type of unreliable narrator is a narrator with a limited understanding or point of view. One of the best examples of this is Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Other examples of naïves include Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, Read more…
Soda’s letter expresses how worried both he and Darry are and how much they miss Pony. Dally had been picked up and questioned about the murder, and had let it slip that the boys might be heading for Texas. What Read more…
For instance, Dallas Winston is a round character. In the beginning of The Outsiders written by The Outsiders, Dally is cold, bitter, and mean; he is very careless. Later in the novel, Dally dramatically changes as he learns to love Read more…