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The Outsiders Study Guide Chapters 1-2
Chapter 1 Plot Summary (3-5 sentences)
Response to Literature (5 sentences)
In Chapter 1, Ponyboy, the narrator of the story, is a 14-year old
“’You don’t ever think,’ Darry broke in, ‘not at home
boy who is part of the poorer social class known as “greasers”
or anywhere when it counts. You must think at school,
(they rival the richer social class known as “Socs”). After watching
with all those good grades you bring home, and
a movie by himself, he begins to walk home when he is spotted by
a group of Socs who begin beat him up. Luckily, the greaser gang
you’ve always got your nose in a book, but do you
comes to his rescue; however, his older brother, Darry, yells at him ever use your head for common sense?’” (Hinton 13).
for not being street smart. Darry has to take care of him and
Context (1-2):
Sodapop, 16-year old brother, because their parents died in a car
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In this quote, Darry is scolding Ponyboy for not using common
sense. Darry argues that Ponyboy has good grades and reads a lot,
but he doesn’t use his head in real life situations.
Relate to Character(2+):
Ponyboy is more innocent when compared to the rest of the
greaser gang and believes that people are mostly good. He likes
school and likes to be alone, which makes him brainy, which isn’t
necessarily a bad thing, but he does have to survive in his rough
neighborhood.
Relate to Life(2+):
In real life, people must be both school and street smart. Life is
filled with many situations where you need to use your brain to get
ahead, but you must be able to protect yourself.
Chapter 2 Plot Summary (3-5 sentences)
Response to Literature (5 sentences)
“’No,’ Cherry said slowly, looking at me carefully, ‘not
innocent. You’ve seen too much to be innocent. Just
not…dirty’” (Hinton 26).
“And nobody in our gang digs movies and
books the way I do” (Hinton 2).
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Chapter 3 Plot Summary (3-5 sentences)
Chapter 4 Plot Summary (3-5 sentences)
The Outsiders Study Guide Chapters 3-4
Response to Literature (5 sentences)
“’…It seems like we’re always searching for something
to satisfy us, and never finding it. Maybe if we could
lose our cool we could’” (Hinton 38).
Response to Literature (5 sentences)
“The fight for self-preservation had hardened him
beyond caring” (Hinton 59).
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Chapter 5 Plot Summary (3-5 sentences)
The Outsiders Study Guide Chapters 5-6
Response to Literature (5 sentences)
“When you haven’t got anything to do, you remember
things in spite of yourself. I could remember every
detail of the whole night, but it had the unreal quality
of a dream” (Hinton 69).
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Chapter 6 Plot Summary (3-5 sentences)
Response to Literature (5 sentences)
“That was his silent fear then—of losing another
person he loved” (Hinton 98).
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Chapter 7 Plot Summary (3-5 sentences)
Chapter 8 Plot Summary (3-5 sentences)
The Outsiders Study Guide Chapters 7-8
Response to Literature (5 sentences)
“’…He kept trying to make someone say ‘No’ and they
never did. They never did. That was what he wanted.
For somebody to tell him ‘No.’ To have somebody lay
down the law, set the limits, give him something solid
to stand on. That’s what we all want, really…’”
(Hinton 116).
Response to Literature (5 sentences)
“Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot.
But all the wrong things, not the things you want to
learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot.
But all the wrong sights, not the sights you want to
see” (Hinton 122).
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Chapter 9 Plot Summary (3-5 sentences)
The Outsiders Study Guide Chapters 9-10
Response to Literature (5 sentences)
“Johnny’s eyes glowed. Dally was proud of him. That
was all Johnny had ever wanted” (Hinton 148).
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Chapter 10 Plot Summary (3-5 sentences)
Response to Literature (5 sentences)
“Dally had reached the circle of light under the street
lamp, and skidding to a halt, he turned and jerked a
black object from his waistband” (Hinton 153).
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The Outsiders Study Guide Chapters 11-12
Chapter 11 Plot Summary (3-5 sentences)
Response to Literature (5 sentences)
“It was a funny thing—it bugged me about my friends
seeing our house. But I couldn’t have cared less about
what Randy thought” (Hinton 163).
Chapter 12 Plot Summary (3-5 sentences)
Response to Literature (5 sentences)
“It was the oddest feeling in the world. I didn’t feel
anything—scared, mad, or anything. Just zero”
(Hinton 170-171).
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