Test Review
You will need: netbook
Writing utensil
Paper
Packet

 Exposition
 Complication
 Rising Action
 Climax
 Falling Action
 Resolution

Exposition
 What information does the author give you at the beginning of the story?
Characters, Setting, Other Vital
Information

Complication
 “Trigger event”the thing that causes the conflict or sets the conflict in motion

Rising Action
 Complications and events that occur as the character(s) tries to solve the problem
 Johnny and Ponyboy go to Dally for help
 Johnny and Ponyboy flee to Jay Mountain
 Church burns down..causing injury and the boys to return to town

Climax
 The point of highest interest, suspense, or greatest emotional tension

Falling Action
 Events that occur as the character works toward the resolution of the conflict.

Resolution
 A satisfactory conclusion that is either positive or negative for the character

 Friendship
 Brotherhood
 The Golden
Rule
 Prejudice
 SOCIAL
CONFLICT
 Loyalty
 Decision
Making
 Unlikely
Friendships
 Stereotyping

 Man vs. Man
 Man vs. Society
 Man vs. Self
 Man vs. Nature
 Man vs. Supernatural (not in this novel)

 When a character (man or woman) has a physical or verbal disagreement with another character
 Examples:
– Johnny vs. Bob
Sheldon
– Dally vs.
Individual Cops

Man vs. Society
 When a character disagrees with societal values, laws, or beliefs
 Examples:
– Greasers vs. Socs
– Negative stereotypes of Greasers

Man vs. Self
 A character fighting against his or her own conscience or moral beliefs
 Examples:
– Ponyboy dealing with Johnny’s death
– Randy Adderson withdrawing from rumble

Man vs. Nature
 A character vs. the forces of nature
– Example:
• Boys vs. church fire
• Ponyboy vs. freezing from fountain

See if you can name the characters from the following descriptions

Ponyboy Curtis
 Loves sunsets and reading
 Youngest Greaser
(14)
 Narrator and main character of the story
 Has two older brothers
 Parents died in car crash

Marcia
 Randy’s girlfriend
 Cherry’s best friend
 Flirts with Two-Bit

Dallas “Dally” Winston
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Toughest Greaser
White-blond hair
Originally from New
York
Icy blue eyes and elfin face
Really loves Johnny and snaps after his death
Gunned down by cops after robbing store

 Soc Cheerleader
 Her boyfriend is stabbed by Johnny
 Meets Ponyboy at the movies
 Becomes a spy for the Greasers
 Red Hair

Darrel “Darry” Curtis
 The oldest Curtis brother (20)
 Loves showing off muscles
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Quit school to start working to as a roofer
Unofficial “leader” of the greasers
 Really strict with
Ponyboy

Robert “Bob” Sheldon
 Cherry’s boyfriend
 Jumps Johnny before the novel begins
 Never disciplined by parents
 Stabbed and killed by Johnny Cade

Sodapop Curtis
 Happy-Go-Lucky
 Known for his grin
 Good Looking and charming
 Quits school and works at gas station
 Middle Curtis boy
 Keeps peace between Darry and
Ponyboy

Steve Randle  Best friend of
Sodapop
 Works at gas station
 Knows everything about cars
 Steals hub caps
 Thinks Ponyboy is annoying and tags along too much
 Fought four socs with broken pop bottle

Tim Shepherd
 Leader of another greaser gang
 Respects and assists Dally even though they occasionally fight
 Ponyboy thinks he is an alley cat, hungry, and restless
 Considered a real hood

Johnny Cade
 Abusive and alcoholic parents
 Stabs Bob Sheldon
 Protected by older
Greasers (especially
Dally)
 Dies in the hospital
 Tells Ponyboy to
“stay gold”

Randy Adderson
 Marcia’s boyfriend
 Best friend of Bob
Sheldon
 Eventually sees the futility of fighting
 Refuses to fight in the rumble
 Attempts to make peace with Ponyboy

Keith “Two-Bit” Matthews
 Joker of the
Greasers
 The oldest Greaser
 Loves his black handled switchblade
 Regularly shoplifts

Jerry Wood
 Accompanies
Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally to the hospital after church fire
 Adult and member of mainstream society
 Judges Greasers on their merits

Symbolism
 Cars
 Rings
 Clothes
 Hair

Cars
 Socs power over
Greasers
– Socs own cars…Greasers fix them
 Increased protection and mobility for
Socs

Rings
 Traditional symbols of wealth and power
– rings = money
– money = power
 Rings used as weapons
– Johnny knows Bob jumped him because he remembers the rings

Clothes
 Sense of identity
 Wealth vs. Poverty
 Greasers:
– Dirty jeans
– Tight t-shirts
– Ratty sweat shirts
 Socs
– Madras sweaters
– Khaki pants

Greaser Hair
 Separates them from other social groups
 Rebelling against cultural norms
 True sense of identity
– Pg. 5 (Pony getting jumped)
– Pg. 71 (Church hair cut)
– Pg. 101 (Pony getting picture taken)

 Ponyboy’s perceptions of Darry
 Ponyboy’s perceptions of Socs
 All characters reasons for fighting
 Changing perceptions

Ponyboy’s Changing Perception of Darry
 Before Running away
– Mean
– Too strict
– Doesn’t love him
 After church fire
– Firm but loving
– Willing to sacrifice

Ponyboy’s Changing Perception of the Socs
 Pre-Cherry Valance
Meeting
– Hates and fears
Socs
– Dangerous enemies
– “White trash with
Mustangs and madras” (55).
– Thinks they have it made
 Post- Cherry
Valance Meeting
– Realizes Socs are human as well
– Understands they have their own problems
– Human compassion transcends gang loyalty

Reasons for Fighting
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Ponyboy
– Self-defense
Darry
– Pride and to show off muscles
Sodapop
– Entertainment
Dally
– Not a fight without him. He is the only real hood
Two-Bit
– Conformity
Steve
– Hatred and to bash in Socs’ heads
Johnny
– Doesn’t like to fight

 $

 He is experienced with evading the law

 They come from different social classes (money/wealth)

 It will harden him, like it did Dally.

 When he sees him crying at the hospital.

According to Sherry Valance
(Cherry), what is the main difference between greasers and Socs?
 Emotion
 Greasers feel too much
 Socs don’t feel anything

 Randy Adderson. He is sick of the fighting and he knows it won’t do any good. No one can really win.

What does Johnny mean when he says “Stay Gold” to
Ponyboy?
 Stay true to yourself.

When Two-Bit tells Pony he isn’t like the rest of the group, what does he mean?
 Pony is smart and kind.

Soda tells Pony not to end up like Dally, how he was before he was dead…what does he mean?
 Dally was alone. He lost the only thing he has ever loved (Johnny).

 Prepositions
 About, above, across, because
 Pronouns
 He, she, they, we, us, etc
 Adjectives
 Yellow shirt, English book
 Linking verbs
 Was awesome, were wrong
 Adverbs
 Yelled loudly, ran fast, walked quickly

 There will be a portion of the test where you use the surrounding words to figure out the meaning of a potentially unknown word.