Tag Archives: The Outsiders
Outsiders quote
“I don’t see why he gave me this. I couldn’t shoot anybody.” Then for the first time, really, I realized what we were in for. Johnny had killed someone. Quiet, soft-spoken little Johnny, who wouldn’t hurt a living thing on … 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
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
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
“The Outsiders” quote – Group Innocence.
On page 95 of the Penguin Edition of The Outsiders, Jerry, possibly a school teacher, says, “Mrs. O’Briant and I think you were sent from heaven. Or are you just professional heroes or something?” after Johnny, Ponyboy and Dally saves … Continue reading
Discussion Questions on The Outsiders
For Wednesday, please consider the following questions about The Outsiders: 1) Why is there so much attention to what the narrator and the other characters look like? Is it important that the narrator and his brothers are attractive? 2) Thinking … Continue reading