Language Arts-The Outsiders Chapter 12 Questions – Flashcards

Darry and Pony are always arguing. Sodapop sees both sides, however both Darry and Pony try to make him pick a side.

A guy that will really listen to people, listen and care about what their saying.

Johnny was special because he still believed there was good in the world after all he had gone through.

He ends up writing about his Johnny, Dally and his life as a greaser.

Johnny's death.

The title of the book refers to the social position of the Greasers, Ponyboy's "gang". Handicapped by their lower socio-economic status, the Greasers are looked down upon; shut out from the advantages that are open to their more wealthy counterparts, the Socs. They are the "outsiders", the ones for whom access to opportunity is perpetually more complicated, because of preconceptions and stereotypes. One of the central themes of the story, however, is that, underneath it all, the Greasers and the Socs are more alike than they are different. As Cherry Valance observes to Ponyboy, "things are tough all over", and, after talking with her, Ponyboy realizes that there are individual differences within both groups, and, despite the gulf that separates the classes, they all "see the same sunset"