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outsiders book questions

Chapter 3

Determine what the real difference is between social classes - specifically soc's and greasers.  Which would you rather be?  Why?  Cite textual evidence

The greasers live in kind of run down places and all live in one area and the socs live in a big area and dont have switchblades and they jump the greasers and the greasers either travel in packs or go separately but smart.

Chapter 4

Sketch out the "crime scene" in the park

Water all over the fountain and blood pouring out of a dead body and stab wound in the victim

Location, weapons, etc.

The greasers area in the middle of their park, weapon- switchblade

Who should be charged with what crime(s)?

Johnny- Killer

Ponyboy- Witness, Victim

Who would be accomplices and witnesses?

Johnny, ponyboy, and the other socs that weren’t killed

What was each person's role in the incident?

Johnny: murderer

Ponyboy: Victim and was almost killed:

Socs: 1 Killed the rest Fled in terror

What weapons were present, etc.

Hands and Switch blade

1. What did Johnny buy at the store?

-paperback copy of Gone with the Wind, baloney, two loaves of bread,

a box of matches,Peroxide, deck of cards

2. Describe how the boys changed their appearances.

-Johnny cuts his hair and washes the grease out, Pony boy cuts his hair and dies it a different color

3. How did Ponyboy and Johnny pass the time at the church?

-They read gone with the wind and played cards

4. What was the cause of Ponyboy’s illness on the 5th day at the church?

-smoking with an empty stomach

5. How do you think Soda and Darry are feeling about Ponyboy being gone?

-Sad because Soda wrote him a letter saying they were wondering where he is

6. What does Dally tell the boys about home?

-Socs are having wars, and Two Bit got jumped

7. Who is the spy Dally tells Pony about?

-Cherry

8. What are the results of Dally’s visit with the war council?

-If Soc’s win, everything goes on like normal. If Greaser’s win, the Soc’s have to stay off of their territory.

Put yourself into the story as a friend of Ponyboy's

Consider the family dynamics of Pony, Darry, and Soda up through chapter 7.  Give Pony some advice on his relationship with Darry and the relationship of all three boys.  Consider Pony's current situation and scare about the uncertainty of his future.

“Hey, just bear with Darry. He cares about you and is worried about you and Johnny. He knows how close you guys were. Keep Soda and Darry close. The three of you are family and you gotta look out for each other.”

Additionally, give Pony some advice on what's going on with Johnny.  Consider what Johnny's fate could be and how Pony may feel about the end result.  How can you make him feel better without giving him false hope or making a promise you can't keep.  What should he do in the immediate future?  What advice can you offer to make him feel better about what's going on.

"Pony, go and visit Johnny. See how he's doing. Then get some revenge. Beat up a couple of Soc's. Let them know that it isn't okay to mess with your brothers. Avenge Johnny. Then visit him again. Make sure he stays alright."

Create a definition of a hero as a group.  Analyze Johnny and Ponyboy - how do they fit as heroes?  Defend your answer with evidence from the book from their actions and inferences on who they are.

Heroes are people who risk their lives for others. They are selfless and don't care about the consequences their actions have as long as they’re keeping others safe. Ponyboy and Johnny are heroes because they selflessly ran into a burning church to rescue the kids who were stuck in the back, nearly losing their lives in the process. Although they are part of a gang, they care about others and aren't afraid to risk their lives for the lives of others.

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Johnny is currently in bad condition. The doctors don’t think he’s going to make it and he passed out when he was talking to Ponyboy and Two-Bit. Pony and his brothers are slowly fixing their relationship so they won’t have to go to different boy homes. (Orphanages.) The rumble is still on but Randy and Cherry don’t want in on any part of it.

Create an argument for why we should have a Greaser/Soc day.  Not just that it would be fun, but what academic benefits would such a day offer you as a learner.

Having a Greaser/Soc day will help us to understand the different sides better and make us more interested in the book and how life was like back in 1960’s.

Chapter 10

Create a definition of gallant.

a person who is brave and is selfless

Is being gallant the same as being a hero?  Why or why not?

No because being a hero is putting your life on the line and being gallant is being brave for someone

Cite evidence from the text showing how Dally was gallant.   Decide if these actions also make him a hero or not and explain.

Dally Always got what he wanted and was probably the bravest of all the greasers

Chapter 11

Describe Pony's recovery.  What was wrong with him?  Who came to visit him?  What was significant about some of his visitors?  What is the current standing of Pony and Darry's relationship?

Pony's recovery wasn't going too well. Although he's no longer sick, he believes that he killed that Soc and that Johnny isn't dead. He's kind of messed up in the head at this moment. Randy came to visit Ponyboy. That was important because Randy's a Soc. As of right now, Pony and Darry have a pretty good relationship going on right now. They're getting along and Pony can see that Darry cares for him a lot.

Chapter 12

Describe the outcome of Pony's hearing.  Do you agree or disagree with the outcome?

What do you learn about the purpose of the book and point of view in this chapter?

Pony got to stay with his brothers after the hearing. I agree with the outcome because Pony needs his brothers and his brothers need him in order to live a normal life. I learned that the purpose of the book is to explain the differences in social groups and to tell people not to judge others so quickly. The entire book was part of Pony's homework assignment, so the entire book was just Pony writing everything down like they happened for school.

S.E. Hinton

S.E. Hinton is know to be as the voice of the youth because she is known to connect to younger people and what they're going through and she makes connections with them. The kind of pressure that was put on her because of that title put her into depression and resulted into a 3 year writers block. Her husband had gotten sick of her being depressed all the time and eventually broke the block. Eventually it led her to write That Was Then, This Is Now. That Was Then, This Is Now, is also known to be even more well then the Outsiders.

The author usually writes about young adults. Her genre is usually something to do with teenagers or kids so it would be Realistic Young Adult Fiction. Her characters are usually teenagers or kids. Her setting is usually somewhere outside. Her plot is usually something with people not getting along. Her theme is usually always get along with other people.

When S.E. wrote the Outsiders, she wrote it about her high school. It relates to her school because they had these groups between rich and poor and that's what it was all about and she decided to call them the greasers and the socs. The socs  were the rich people and drank and partied. The greasers were poor and they smoked instead of drank.

S.E. Hinton was born in Tulsa,OK. She still lives there today. She was born July 22, 1948. She went to Will Rogers high school and she was a junior in high school when she wrote the book. She wrote these books.

S. E. Hinton has received awards and honors for many of her books, but the ones for The Outsiders include: Best teenage books list for the New York Herald Tribune, Chicago Tribune Book World Spring Book Festival Honor Book, Media and Methods Maxi Award, American Library Association Best Young Adults Books, Massachusetts

Chapter 1-5 vocab

1.  intrigued: 1, very interested; fascinated

Sentence: ­­­­Occasionally, when supplies were delivered by cargo planes to the landing field across the river, the children rode their bicycles to the riverbank and watched, intrigued, the unloading and then the takeoff directed to the west, always away from the community

Context Clues Proof: He describes what fascinated him and said that other were to.

2.  ironic: 2, contrast between tone/meaning

Sentence: there was an ironic tone to that final message, as if the speaker found it amusing; and Jonas had smiled a little, thought he knew what a grim statement it had been.­­­­

Context Clues Proof: Amusing and grim

3. palpable: 3, able to be felt

Sentence: ­­­­He remembered that moment of palpable, stomach-sinking terror when the aircraft had streaked above.

  Context Clues Proof: stomach-sinking terror.

4.  distraught: 4, mentally upset

Sentence: I guess I got distraught, watching them.  

Context Clues Proof: The fish were at a hatchery and he felt sorry for them.  

5.  apprehensive: 4, fearful about the future

Sentence: ­­­­Apprehensive, Jonas decided.

Context Clues Proof:He shuddered with nervousness.

6.  defiant: 5, resisting or challenging

 Sentence: ­­­­she held up a clenched fist and the rest of the family smiled at her small defiant gesture.

Context Clues Proof:the word defiant and she held up a clenched fist

7.  enhance: 12, improve by adding to

Sentence: It might enhance his nurturing if I could call him by a name.  

Context Clues Proof: He was small and under grown but Father thought calling him by a name could help.

8.  chastise: 20, punish

Sentence: ­­­­He didn’t like it that she had mentioned his eyes.

Context Clues Proof: Only a few people had eyes like this and he was sensitive about it.

9. nondescript: 24, with no outstanding features

Sentence: ­­­­The same nondescript shade, about the same shade as his own tunic.

Context Clues Proof: But it was the same apple. Unchanged. The same size and shape.

10. serene: 29, calm and peaceful

Sentence: ­­­­It was a serene and slow-paced place, unlike the busy centers of manufacture and distribution where the daily work of the community occurred

Chapter 8

Chapter 8
I think that Jonas's capacity of being top student and being very intelligent and having integrity and having that honor being given by the elders.

I would rather be selected what Jonas has because he seems more important to the community now that he will the receiver of memory

Chapter 9
I think that Jonas and Asher will not be friends anymore because is basically required to be alone and he can't really do a lot of things that he could d  before he was the receiver

Because has never lied and he thought that everybody hadn't lied but he is starting to think that people have and he thinks that it is a very bad thing to lie.

blog 15

Harry, Ron, and Hermione had went to see Xenophilius love-good to find out what a certain symbol meant. Mr. Lovegood had told them it was the the sign of the deathly hallows, and together they make the master of death. Hermione had read the tales of the 3 brothers and how they got the deathly hallows to begin with. The first Brother got a wand that would beat any other wand in the world. The 2nd brother got a stone that would bring back the dead. The final brother got an invisibility cloak. This reminded me when I did some chores for my mom and she gave me McDonalds in return for what I did.

Harry had used Voldemort's name and death eaters had surrounded him, Ron and Hermione. The 3 were searched and the death eaters thought they found different people other than Harry, Ron and Hermione. When the death eaters had found a newspaper in the tent they thought it was Hermione because of the picture that was in it. The death eaters brought Harry, Ron and Hermione to the Malfoy manner where they will summon the dark lord to kill harry and his friends. This reminds of how I had to go to place where I didn't want to go and my parents forced me to go with them.

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