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The Outsiders
Center 3 – Literature Connections to the Novel
Within the novel, The Outsiders, the author makes reference to various pieces of class
literature. Answer the questions below by visiting the websites listed under the center or
looking through the novels provided.
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
1. List 4 details about Charles Dickens’s life.
2. What influenced Dickens to write this novel?
3. Write a brief summary of the novel.
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
1. List 4 details about Margaret Mitchell.
2. What influenced Mitchell to write this novel?
3. Write a brief summary of the novel.
“Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost
1. Write 4 things about Robert Frost’s life.
“Nothing Gold Can Stay”
Nature's first green is gold
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Title: What predictions can you make from the title? What are your initial thoughts about the poem?
What might be the theme of the poem?
Paraphrase: Summarize the poem in your own words.
Connotation: What is the connotative meaning of the poem? Find examples of imagery, metaphors,
similes, etc. and elaborate on their connotative meanings.
Attitude: What attitude does the poet have toward the subject of the poem? Find and list examples
that illustrate the tone and mood of the poem.
Shift: Is there a shift in the tone/attitude of the poem? Where is the shift? What does the tone shift to?
Title: Revisit the title and explain any new insights it provides to the meaning of the poem.
Theme: What is the overall theme of the poem?