When, in Chapter 8 of S. E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders, Two-Bit Mathews tells Ponyboy, "You know, the only thing that keeps Darry from bein' a Soc is us," he is referring to Ponyboy's oldest brother Darryl being more mature, more disciplined, and more responsible than the rest of the Greasers.
Greaser Hair Symbol Analysis. The greasers' long, slick hair is a symbol of their gang, both to themselves and to others. When Ponyboy and Johnny cut and dye their hair while in hiding they're taking a symbolic step outside the gang.
fighting's no good." He asks to speak to Ponyboy, and, leaning over him, Johnny's last words are "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold." When Johnny dies, Dally bolts out of the room and takes off running.
A: When Pony says "we could get along without anyone but Johnny", he means that they would be fine if anyone else were to pass because they've all had pretty good lives if you really look at it.
At the rumble, the greasers defeat the Socs. Dally shows up just in time for the fight; he has escaped from the hospital. After the fight, Ponyboy and Dally hurry back to see Johnny and find that he is dying. When Johnny dies, Dally loses control and runs from the room in a frenzy.
“Stay gold” is a reference to the Robert Frost poem that Ponyboy recites to Johnny when the two hide out in the Windrixville Church. One line in the poem reads, “Nothing gold can stay,” meaning that all good things must come to an end.
Cigarette. The Cigarettes Symbolize The Greasers and how it keeps them calm and a symbol of there life style smoking makes them feel older then what they really are. it became a habit.
Pony thinks to himself that he is aware Darry could have been a Soc because he is too smart to be a Greaser. Similar to his youngest brother, Darry earned good grades in high school, does not have a criminal record, and does not really fit in with the other Greasers.
One of the Curtis brothers in S. E. Hinton's novel, The Outsiders, Sodapop was in love with his girlfriend, Sandy. Apparently, Sandy becomes pregnant, and she moves to Florida to live with her grandparents. Soda proposes marriage to her, but Sandy turns him down (or gives him no answer).
Nickname & Description
His real name is Keith, but no one ever remembers that. He got his name because he refuses to shut his mouth. Two-Bit 'always has to get his two-bits in,' recalls Ponyboy, the novel's narrator.Two-Bit is static because he stays the same (funny, sarcastic). Identify one dynamic character and explain why he/she is dynamic. Ponyboy is dynamic because he changes from the beginning to the end.
Physical Appearance
Two-Bit Mathews was around six feet tall, stocky in build, and was very proud of his long, rust-colored sideburns. He has grey eyes and was always wearing a wide grin. In The Outsiders novel, Two-Bit's hair is described as 'rust colored.Two-Bit Mathews - The joker of Ponyboy's group. Two-Bit, whose real name is Keith, is a wisecracking greaser who regularly shoplifts. He prizes his sleek black-handled switchblade. He instigates the hostilities between the Socs and the greasers by flirting with Marcia, the girlfriend of a Soc.
Two-Bit explains the greasers' two main rules: always stick together and never get caught. Cherry and Ponyboy go to get popcorn, and Ponyboy tells her about the time the Socs beat up Johnny. She also tells him that Socs have problems just as the greasers do, but Ponyboy does not believe her.
Seventeen-year-old Steve is tall, lean, cocky, and smart. He likes to comb his hair in thick complicated swirls. Along with that, he's been Soda's best buddy since grade school. He once called Darry "all brawn, no brain", and ended up with a punch to his jaw.
The answer to this is that Dally (Dallas Winston) asks to borrow Two-bit's switchblade. This happens in Chapter 8 of the book. Dally is in the hospital recovering from his injuries that he got when the church burned down. Two-bit really doesn't want to give it to him, because the knife is Two-bit's pride and joy.
One of the Socs wore several rings and the rings badly cut Johnny. The beating wasn't what had changed Johnny, it was the fact that they had scared him. Johnny never walked alone anymore, and he vowed that he would kill the next person who jumped him.
This book has been banned from some schools and libraries because of the portrayal of gang violence, underage smoking and drinking, strong language/slang, and family dysfunction. However, in many U.S. schools, the book is part of the English curriculum at the middle- or high-school level.
Johnny refuses to see his mother when he is in the hospital because he feels that she does not care about him. He only has the gang to look out for him, since as Pony says his father is an alcoholic and his mother is a “selfish slob” (Ch.
Answer and Explanation: On the way to the hospital, Johnny realizes that he is seriously injured, and in danger of dying. He doesn't want to die at such a young age, but
The blue Mustang represents the Socs wealth as well as the danger they pose to greasers. When Ponyboy or another greaser spots the Mustang, he knows trouble is coming. As the novel progresses, however, and Ponyboy comes to understand and feel compassion for the Socs, the Mustang loses some of its power to intimidate.
What does Cherry mean when she says Bob "wasn't just anyone" on p. 129? Cherry means that he wasn't the same as anyone else, he had something about him that made people like him and want to be like him, that's why he wasn't just anyone.
He rushed out of the hospital because he could not take seeing Johnny's dead body. Dally robs a grocery store and the cops chase after him. When he pulls his gun from his waistband, the police shoot him in a vacant lot.
the two things Greasers have to be proud of are their reputation as hoods and greasy hair.
In Chapter Two, the stage is set for Johnny's later use of his knife, or switchblade. And Johnny, who was the most law-abiding of us, now carried in his back pocket a six-inch switchblade. He'd use it, too, if he ever got jumped again. They had scared him that much.
Johnny and Ponyboy are jumped at the park; Johnny kills a member of the rival Soc gang; and Johnny and Ponyboy go on the run to hide out in an abandoned church several miles away. The setting at the beginning of the action foreshadows what will happen in several ways. First, Johnny and Pony are in a park.
Role in The Outsiders
The switchblade is carried by most greasers, as well as some Socs - the Soc who jumps Ponyboy in the beginning of The Outsiders cuts his neck with a switchblade before being chased away by Pony's gang.The switchblade means. something to the socs. and the greasers. The blade. of the knife is death.
Foreshadowing is the author's use of hints at future events earlier in the story. One example of foreshadowing is when Pony describes the trouble that greasers get into with Socs. In fact, Pony and Johnny are going to have a lot of trouble with the Socs throughout the book. The Socs jump Johnny, and beat him badly.
Dally explains to them that Tim Shepard came to visit him and was rubbing in the fact that Dally wouldn't be able to participate in the rumble. Out of nowhere, Dally asks Two-Bit for his fancy switchblade.
After exchanging a few insults, one of the Socs grabs Ponyboy and holds his head under water in a fountain until he passes out. When Ponyboy regains consciousness, Bob is dead. Johnny stabbed him in self-defense.
A: Pony has a problem with Johnny's idea to disguise themselves because Pony felt his hair was his pride. He believed his hair was tuff and was proud of it. It labelled the greasers, was their trademark and by losing his hair he would be losing a part of himself.
The setting in the early chapters of The Outsiders foreshadow the events of chapter 4 in many ways. In chapter 4, Johnny kills Bob, a Soc, who along with four other Socs, attempts to jump Ponyboy
