The Outsiders – Study Guide for Test and Final – Flashcards
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How old is Ponyboy?
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Fourteen
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Why is Darry the guardian of Ponyboy and his other brother?
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Their parents died in a car accident
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What is the name of the oldest Curtis boy?
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Darry
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What is the name of the middle Curtis boy?
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Sodapop
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Who is the novel's narrator and the youngest Curtis boy?
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Ponyboy
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What is the name of Sodapop's girlfriend?
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Sandy
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Who is the joker of Ponyboy's gang?
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Two-Bit
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What is Two-Bit's prized possession?
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His black-handled switchblade
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Who is Sodapop's best friend?
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Steve
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Which greaser used to be a member of a New York City gang?
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Dally
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Which member of the gang has alcoholic, abusive parents?
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Johnny
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Who is the most sensitive of the gang?
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Johnny
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Where are the greasers from?
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The East Side
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What is the name of Bob's girlfriend, a Soc cheerleader, who befriends Pony and finds that they have a lot in common?
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Cherry
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What is the name of the violent, drunken Soc who is killed by Johnny?
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Bob
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Who is Cherry's best friend and Randy's girlfriend?
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Marcia
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What is the name of Bob's best friend?
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Randy
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Which Socs take a stand against the rumble? - name two
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Randy and Cherry
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Who is injured the most in the church fire?
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Johnny
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What is the name of the town in which Johnny and Pony hide?
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Windrixville
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What is the name of Dally's friend and the leader of the group of what Pony thinks is a group of street hoods and criminals?
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Tim Shepherd
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What is the name of Tim Shepherd's younger brother?
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Curly
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Who is the most protective of Johnny?
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Dally
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What is the name of the book that Johnny and Pony read to pass time in the church?
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Gone with the Wind
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What importance does their hair have to the greasers?
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It marks their identity
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Why does Cherry refuse to visit Johnny in the hospital?
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Because he killed Bob
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Who wins the rumble?
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The greasers
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What does Dally rob?
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A grocery store
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Who guns Dally down?
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The police
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Does Dally want to die?
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Yes
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Is Ponyboy allowed to stay with Darry?
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Yes
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Why did Ponyboy write this story?
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For a term paper
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Is Pony blamed for Bob's death?
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No
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Who is caught in the middle of Pony and Darry's fighting?
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Sodapop
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What is Two-Bit's real name?
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Keith
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What is Cherry's real name?
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Sherry
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Why is Sherry called Cherry?
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Her red hair
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Where does the story take place? - This is S.E. Hinton's home state
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Oklahoma
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Why does Pony run away?
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Because Darry hit him when he came home late
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What does the newspaper call Johnny and Pony?
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Heroes
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What is "Soc" short for?
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Social
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Where are the Socs from?
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The West Side
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How old is Darry?
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Twenty
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How old is Johnny?
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Sixteen
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What do the other greasers call Darry?
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Superman
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Who does Two-Bit flirt with?
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Marcia
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Who said, "I can't stand fights...I can't stand them..."
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Cherry
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Who said, "...you don't just stop living because you lose someone. I thought you knew that by now. You don't quit!"
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Darry
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Who said, "Why do people sell liquor to boys? Why? I know there's a law against it, but kids get it anyway."
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Cherry
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Who said, "Things are rough all over, but it was better that way. That way you could tell the other guy was human, too."
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Ponyboy
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Who said, "You could use a bath greaser. And a good working over. And we've got all night to do it. Give the kid a bath, David."
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Bob
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Who said, "To have somebody lay down the law, set the limits, give him something solid to stand on. That's what we all want, really."
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Randy
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Who said, "You mean if I'm looking for a good jumping, you outnumber us, so you'll give it to us?"
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Two-Bit
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Who said, "There sure is a lot of blood in people."
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Johnny
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Who said, "He's hard as a rock and about as human....He thinks I'm a pain in the neck..."
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Ponyboy
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Who said, "I think I like it better when the old man's hittin' me."
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Johnny
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vocab - patiently accepting; in an unresisting way
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resignedly
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vocab - open, bold resistance to authority
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defiance
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vocab - strength, physical power
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brawn
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vocab. - state of emptiness; void
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vacuum
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vocab - daring act or heroic deed
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exploit
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vocab - draw to another direction; turn from its course
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divert
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vocab - great in size or scope
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vast
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vocab - acting according to general rules or standards
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conformity
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vocab - in a gloomy, silent, surly way
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sullenly
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vocab - cautiously; carefully
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gingerly
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vocab - in a casual and unenthusiastic manner
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nonchalantly
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regretfully; sorrowfully
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ruefully
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vocab - uninvolved; indifferent;disinterested
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detached
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vocab - in a stubborn or persistent way
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doggedly
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lit. element - clues that suggest events that may happen in the future
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foreshadowing
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lit. element - a deliberate exaggeration or overstatement
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hyperbole
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lit. element - comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
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simile
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lit. element -reference to a well known person, place, event, literary work or work of art
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allusion
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lit. element -referring to something as if it were something else (That baby is a doll) - comparison without like or as
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metaphor
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lit. element - descriptive language that appeals to the senses of sight, sound, touch, smell and taste
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imagery
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lit. element - treatment of non-human subjects as if they were human
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personification
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lit. element - a struggle between two opposing forces
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conflict
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lit. element -time and place of the action
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setting
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lit. element - central message or insight into life revealed in a work of literature
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theme
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lit. element - the feeling created in the reader by the literary work
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mood
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lit. element - "...he looked like some Greek god come to earth."
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simile
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lit. element -"...so you can keep Darry off my back."
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idiom
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lit. element - "....Soda attracted girls like honey draws flies,..."
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simile
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lit. element -"...it's fun to swipe everything that isn't nailed down."
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idiom
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lit. element - "It drives my brother Darry nuts when I do stuff like that,..."
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idiom
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lit. element -"Darry would kill me if I got into trouble with the police."
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hyperbole
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lit. element -"They walked around slowly, silently, smiling."
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alliteration
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lit. element - "I was wishing that I looked like Paul Newman..."
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allusion
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lit. element - "His eyes are dark brown-lively, dancing, recklessly laughing eyes that can be..."
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personification
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lit. element -"He reminded me of Will Rogers--maybe it was the grin."
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allusion
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lit. element "...although Soda just can't sit still long enough to enjoy a movie and they bore Darry to death."
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hyperbole
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lit. element -"If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, you'll have Johnny."
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metaphor
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"lit. element - His eyes were blue, blazing ice, cold with a hatred of the whole world."
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metaphor
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lit. element - "Greasers can't walk alone too much, or they'll get jumped.
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foreshadowing
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lit. element - "The blue Mustang vroomed off."
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onomatopoeia
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lit. element - "Things are tough all over."
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theme
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lit. element - "Nobody was ever going to beat him like that again. Not over his dead body..."
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foreshadowing
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.What were Johnny's injuries from the fire?
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A burned and broken back
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Why does Darry fight?
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To show his strength
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Why does Soda fight?
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For the fun of it
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Why does Two-Bit fight?
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To fit in
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Why does Steve fight?
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For hatred
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Pony believes that the only good reason for fighting is this..
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To defend yourself
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The only time Darry cries is?
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When he sees Pony at the hospital
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Why does Johnny's death 'break' Dally?
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Johnny is the only thing that he loved.
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Why does Randy refuse to fight?
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He says that it won't change anything.
