Outsiders Flashcards
Name 3 key characters in the outsiders
1.ponyboy
2.Johnny
3.dally
Name the author of the outsiders
S . E Hinton was the author
Name a Key moment in the outsiders
A key moment in the outsiders is Johnny death. This happens after the greasers win the rumble they visit Johnny shortly after he dies
Describe ponyboys charachter
Describe ponyboys character
Pony boy is a brave,resilient,caring
He is brave because he was able to risk his life on the fire of jay mountain just to save children he risked his life this is a very brave act
pony boy is resilient because he pushed through everything even after Johnny and Dallays death he was able to keep going and even continue with school
ponyboy is a caring charachter because he cares so much about his friends that he’s able to risk his life for them we see an example of this in jay mountain
Describe Johnny’s character
Johnny is a brave,caring,selfless
johnny is a brave guy because he was able to rush into the fire on jay mountain just to save one kid and even protecting ponyboy pushing him out of the way so he doesn’t get hurt this makes him brave
Johnny is a caring person because he decided to risk his life to save both ponyboy and a random kid and didn’t regret doing it
Johnny is a Selfless guy because he was able to prioritize kids and his friends life Over his
Name another key moment on the outsiders
Another key moment is when johnny,dally and ponyboy rescue a child from the fire on jay mountain this led to Johnny’s death and bad injuries from both ponyboy and dally
Name 1 more key moment in the outsiders
The last key moment In the outsiders is the rumble. The rumble was an all out fight between the greasers and socs to finally find out who’s better. The greasers one In the end ofc 🤡😭🐺😉
Name and explain a theme In the outsiders
A theme In the outsiders is rivalry and violence
We see the rivalry between the 2 gangs the socs and the greasers
The socs are the rich and working class
And the greasers are the poor
over the course of the book we learn that the greasers and socs both face hardships and have the same problems that all young people have
Another theme in the outsiders is conflict and violence
The violence in the book results in the loss of three lives - the cost of violence is the loss of innocence and the future of these young guys
Another theme is family/friendship
In the novel there are a lot of functional family relationships are presented even the socs bob has a strained relationship with his parents ( they let him away with everything)
Describe dallys charachter
Dally is a selfless,dependent and caring person
dally is a selfless person because he cared more about johnnys life the. His own life
Dally is a dependent character because he was dependent on Johnny and couldn’t survive without him
dally is a caring person because he cared about both ponyboy and johnny and was risking his life to save both of them on jay mountain
Johnny quotes
“Stay bold ponyboy” Johnny last words to ponyboy telling him to stay young and Innocent as long as he can.
“We needed johnny as much as he needed the gang -protecting and looking after Johnny gave the gang a purpose
“Sixteen years on the street and you can learn a lot, but all the wrong things not the things you want Lear. -Johnny has learned to survive without his parents and how tough life can be
Who is your favorite character in the outsiders
My favorite character in the outsiders is ponyboy Curtis because he’s brave,selfless and intelligent, we see his bravery and selflessness when he risks his life to go save Johnny and the child on the fire on jay mountain and we see his intelligence due to his academics
In the key moment on the fire of jay mountain explain one of the themes that’s explored in it
1 theme on the fire of jay mountain is family we see this when Johnny life is at stake and dally risks his life to save his friend. We see in this moment that they’re more than friends and see each other as family
