Monthly Archives: March 2015
Unfairness, Quote Post
“Big-time Socs, all right,” I said, a nervous bitterness growing inside me. It wasn’t fair for the Socs to have everything. We were as good as they were; it wasn’t our fault we were greasers…. I felt the tension growing … Continue reading
The Importance of Cherry Valance
In class on Monday, I mentioned something about how Cherry’s character is very important because if they had not met her at the movies, then the Socs never would have tried to beat up Ponyboy and Johnny, and Johnny never … Continue reading
Quotes
“Quite a few kids turned to look at us — you didn’t see a kid grease and a Socy cheerleader together often.” speak platinum edition, chapter 1, page 30 “Being careful to not wake Johnny up, I went to sit … Continue reading
Quote – Innocence
Don’t think of Dally breaking up in the hospital, crumpling under the streetlight. I chose this quote to display innocence because that’s what Johnny Cade was for the boys, especially for Dallas. Johnny represented the innocent part of Dally that … Continue reading
Close Reading Post – The Outsiders
Throughout The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton makes several references to Ponyboy’s hair. When the Soc’s are chasing him in the beginning of the novel, and then when Johnny and Ponyboy are hiding out in the church on the hill, he becomes very … Continue reading
The Outsiders – Gender
The morning after Ponyboy comes home following his and Johnny’s running away has a hint at gender roles and the modified roles Ponyboy and his brothers take on now that they are orphans. “The first one up has to fix … Continue reading
Outsiders Point
“Johnny Cade was last and least” (Hinton 11). This is the first sentence Ponyboy uses to describe Johnny, and it does not give a feeling of caring. To call one “least” would imply that they are “less” and not as … Continue reading
Race quote:
“Greasers can’t walk alone too much or they’ll get jumped, or someone will come by and scream ‘Greaser!’ at them.” Chapter 1, Page 2
Innocence Quote
“If you can picture a little dark puppy that had been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, you’ll have Johnny.” Chapter 1, The Outsiders
Group B Close Reading Blog – The Outsiders
In The Outsiders, S.E. Hilton dramatizes the differences between a group of social lower-class youth group who call themselves greasers and an upper-class youth group who are called Socs. Ponyboy, the main character and a member of the greasers, narrates … Continue reading