In the beginning of the story Dally and Ponyboy didn't get along the best. But throughout the story they became closer. Dally’s death happened right after he stole from the store. The cops showed up and circled around Dally under a street light. Dally soon pulled out a gun and acted like it was loaded but it really wasn't. How would the cops know that? They did not know that. After the cops told Dally to put the gun down multiple times and Dally still wouldn't do it so they shot him. Ponyboy took this really hard because him and Dally had gotten very close. Also dally had helped Ponyboy and Johnny out whenever they needed something. So I think that Ponyboy was really mad because he didn't stop it from happening. Also now Ponyboy is dealing with two deaths of his very good friends. “I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted” said Ponyboy (Hinton…
Ponyboy would try to run from a fight with Socs in the beginning. But after going thru some…
The book starts with the narrator and co-protagonist, Ponyboy Curtis, the youngest member of the Greasers (Lower class) going back home after an outdoor movie night. He is encountered by one of the Socs (Higher class), and attacked until his gang arrives to help. The Greasers and Socs need no other party’s provocation to fight. The next day, the Greasers visit the movie theatre once again and find Soc’s girlfriends hanging out. After a failed attempt by the older members of the Greasers to flirt with them, Ponyboy unprecedentedly succeeds in a long-talk and escorts them to the girls’ home, only to encounter the Soc’s, who are extremely mad. Fortunately, the girls stop the fight and Ponyboy runs back home, where Dally is waiting anxiously for him. Dally is extremely mad by the fact that such a young boy like…
Ponyboy is very intelligent and is aware that education can lead to a better future for him. He is the only person in the gang that has a chance at being successful one day. Ponyboy resents fighting while the rest of the gang admires it. “Why do I fight? I thought, and couldn’t think of any real good reason for fighting except for self-defense.” -Ponyboy Curtis page Ponyboy prefers to resolve problems without having to use violence; he only fights when it’s necessary. Darry is already trying to protect Ponyboy from becoming like the rest of the Greasers, he understands that Ponyboy has a bright future and it can not be ruined by the environment he has grown up in(Being raised around people who like to fight and steal things from stores). Ponyboy is selfless unlike the rest of the gang. He rushed into the church to save the kids (knowing that he likely caused the fire) instead of running away to keep himself safe from the police. He didn’t even think about himself before he rushed into the…
To begin, Cherry has the same conversation with pony where she says that things are rough on both sides of the city. A lot of the dialog in the movie is word for word with the book. Pony and Darry also both make it the church in Windrixville, and cut and dye their hair. Pony and Johnny later go back into the church to rescue kids from the fire. Two-Bit also makes a comment about how darry would be a soc if it weren't for The gang. Pony also has the same conversation with Randy about how he doesn't want to fight in the rumble. As the greasers prepare for the rumble, Darry expresses concern about how Pony didn't look well, and should not fight in the rumble. Darry also wears the same shirt that shows off all of his muscles. After the rumble, Dally and Pony are escorted to the hospital by the motorcycle police officer. Just before Johnny dies, he tells Pony to stay…
Most people think of Superman or Batman when they hear the word hero, but the true heroes are in our everyday lives. The Outsiders is a novel about the rivalry between the Socs and the Greasers, in one point of the book a cigarette catches a church on fire giving Johnny and Ponyboy a chance to be heroes. In the book The Outsiders there are many heroes, like Ponyboy, Johnny and Dally.…
In the novel The Outsiders Written by S. E. Hinton there is a constant war between the Greasers and the Socs. Two rival gangs constantly fighting because one group, the Socs are wealthy and the other group, the Greasers are poor. In the story the outsiders the characters Ponyboy, Johnny, Darry, Dally, Two-bit and Sodapop are all a part of the greasers. In the story all the characters change some way or another. This is how Darry changed as the story progressed.…
similar- They are similar because because Cherry can't ever it seems tell her group how she feels. Ponyboy maybe sometimes can't always be honest with his gang because it is it really like telling a friend because they are also like family so it would be awkward for him.…
Johnny, the person who doesn’t have a perfectly satisfactory family, is a little bit cowardice. In order to save Ponyboy from Socs, he forces himself to revolt but he killed the leader of Socs, and things become worse. He and…
The main character of “The Outsiders” was Ponyboy Curtis, the younger brother of Darry and Sodapop Curtis. Ponyboy is very unique from all of the other characters, they are all unique. He isn’t the tuff like Dally, the pet like Johnny, the leader like Darry, the silly one like Sodapop, the wisecrack like two-bit, or even the confident and arrogant one like Steve. Ponyboy is quiet, smart, young, and kind. One of Ponyboys obstacles in the book was his brother Darry, the leader of the gang. “I could tell it was Darry though - partly because of the voice and partly because Darry’s always rough with me without meaning to be. ‘ “I didnt mean to!” Darry shouted… “Thats all i hear out of you! Cant you think of anything?” “Darry…” Sodapop began, but…
Ponyboy and Johnny did not start this fight, they were just hanging out at a park on the east side, when five Socs came and invaded their territory in a blue Mustang and seemed to be looking for a fight. They got Ponyboy and were drowning him in a fountain until he blacked out (pages 42 to 45).…
And I’ve still got to got to court and talk to the police about Bob’s getting killed. And now… with Dally.. ”Ponyboy knows he can’t make up what he missed, and it’s going to hurt him. Their not going to clear him to go to school till he’s fine, and talks to the police about both deaths, which also means he misses even more school. In conclusion, Ponyboy missed a big part of his education, and has got some serious damage being involved in fights.…
The scare of Ponyboy getting jumped and threatened, and the murder of Bob show the violence that results from the hate and spite of divided groups. In the story there many negative examples and consequences from the gang life. The gangs were small groups, within the community in which bad choices were made out of loyalty to the group, and to the gang as a whole. All member of the gangs seemed to have great love for one another, and would sacrifice for each other, but the hatred they shared caused so much sadness and pain within the…
what are the physical traits of ponyboy curtis in the book? (long hair, light brown hair).…
The book is in the perspective of Ponyboy Curtis, a sensitive Greaser who is put in the middle of the social conflict when he friend Johnny kills a Soc in self-defense. Ponyboy and Johnny run away to escape the law, and to do so go to their friend Dally for help. Now, it is known that Dally was a criminal, a true Greaser. He was arrested at the age of ten, and mugged small children for fun. He didn’t care about anyone or anything, except for Johnny. Dally risked jail time to help them, providing a gun, money, and a plan.…
