Outsiders Review

Know all these characters and their roles in the story:

• Soda
• Pony
• Darry
• Steve
• Dally
• Two-Bit
• Johnny
• Cherry
• Marica
• Jerry Wood
• David
• Bob
• Sandy
• Buck Merrill

Know the significance of these places and things.

• Dairy Queen
• Tastee Freeze
• Grocery Store
• empathy
• Gone With The Wind
• sunsets
• "Stay gold..."
• Bob's rings
• Corvairs and Corvettes
• Elvis Presley vs. The Beatles
• an unloaded gun
• hair (length, style)
• madras
• Mickey Mouse
• the blue Mustang

Think about the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay." What do you think it means? Why does the author include it in the story at that particular point in the plot?

Do you think Randy is a hero or a coward for not fighting in the rumble?

In what ways does Pony change during the course of the story? How does he mature?

Be able to complete this chart.