Pony Head gets taken away to St. Olga’s Reform School for Wayward Princesses and does not return until the episode of the same name. Star and Marco break into the school to help free Pony Head as well as the Read more…
The name was applied to members of the subculture partly because of their characteristic greased-back hair. Within Greater Baltimore during the 1950s and early 1960s, greasers were colloquially referred to as drapes and drapettes. Where does the word greaser come 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. What difference does Ponyboy see between some Read more…
He lives with his oldest brother, Darry, who is 20 years old and has legal custody of him and his other brother, Sodapop, who is 16. Darry characterizes Ponyboy as lacking common sense. Pony agrees with this assessment. He readily Read more…
SOCS and Greasers are the two rival groups in the young adult novel, The Outsiders written by The Outsiders. The SOCS is a group of rich teenagers belonging to the West side of the town while the Greasers are the Read more…
When Johnny dies, Dally bolts out of the room and takes off running. In this chapter, Ponyboy questions his identification with the East Side Ponyboy. As the seriousness of life hits him and he is forced to deal with the Read more…
The Socs are a large group of wealthy boys. They live in Tulsa around the 1960s and are obsessed with bullying the Greasers, even the ones that weren’t necessarily criminals such as Ponyboy. Who are the Socs who are the Read more…
Ponyboy recites a poem he learned by Robert Frost called “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” about impermanence in nature, from flowers to sunrises. Ponyboy is not sure what the poem means, but Johnny tells him the poem expresses exactly what he Read more…
Innocence 1: Ponyboy is very innocent and immature. He tries to figure out why Socs and Greasers fight, why his brother is overworked, and why they don’t have any money. He does not understand any of these complex issues. How Read more…
He picks up the novel Gone with the Wind that Johnny read before dying. Inside is a note from Johnny talking about the poem Ponyboy recited when they were watching the sunset. Ponyboy then learns what is means to ‘stay Read more…