The Outsiders was written by a teenager about teenagers. It is told in a first-person narration style, with the narrator being a 14-year-old boy. Is The Outsiders A Personal Narrative? The Outsiders is a young adult fiction book following two Read more…
Q. Why did Dallas get nervous about Ponyboy? He thought he broke his neck when he put the fire out on his back. What Dally feels about Ponyboy? Ponyboy explains, “I liked my books and clouds and sunsets. Dally was Read more…
Why does Dally hit Ponyboy across the back? Because if Ponyboy does something wrong social services will take him up, and its his responsibility to take care of him. Why does Dally hit Ponyboy on the back? Ponyboy and Johnny Read more…
The only thing that Dally loved was Johnny. He was wielding a gun that wasn’t loaded. Over the phone, he asks Darry and the gang to help him hide. As the gang arrives, they see Dally aiming his unloaded gun Read more…
Later in the book, Ponyboy polls his friends before the rumble, asking why they like fighting. Two-Bit’s answer shows that, for him, fighting is about fitting in and doing what those around him are doing. What does Two-Bit think about? Read more…
Johnny looked up to Dally and defended him to others. He compared Dally to the gallant Southern gentlemen in Gone with the Wind – always calm and never scared. What examples of Johnny give Dally is Gallant? What example does Read more…
1998. How did the idea for doodles originate? In 1998, before the company was even incorporated, the concept of the doodle was born when Google founders Larry and Sergey played with the corporate logo to indicate their attendance at the Read more…
What happens when Ponyboy realizes how self-centered he had been regarding the lives of Darry and Sodapop? Ponyboy realizes that he and his brothers are all that they have. Sodapop may always seem happy but he breaks when he feels Read more…
How it works Download or print the entry form. Doodle: Artists create their Doodles using any materials they want. From crayons to clay to found objects. Write: Artist’s statement – Tell us about what you have drawn and how it Read more…
“Johnny,” Dally said in a pleading, high voice, using a tone I had never heard from him before, “Johnny, I ain’t mad at you. I just don’t want you to get hurt. You don’t know what a few months in Read more…