Critical Analysis

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Critical Analysis of The Outsiders


By S. Boyd Revised by B. Lamkin
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Portfolio Requirements

• As we read The Outsiders, you will be required to
  complete a portfolio analysis of the book.
• You will be given a file folder for this project
• Portfolio front-page expectations include your
  name, title, and picture related to the book.
• Complete all of the expectations as indicated on
  the following slides.
• Neatness and clarity will count as part of the
  grade. Answers should be typed.
• Skip lines between each answer.
• Some questions can be answered without finishing
  the entire book. These are designated with a
  star .
• This will be completed with a partner however
  that simply means the discussion of the answers
  is with the partner, many answers may be
  different when written/typed. Each person must
  have own answers.

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S. E. Hinton
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Section I Author Facts

• On a piece of paper write Author Facts then
  answer the following questions.
• 1. After reading the previous slides, write down
  five of your favorite facts about the author S.
  E. Hinton.
• 2. Which fact surprises you the most? Explain.

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Character Map
Design a character map that describes each
characters personality and appearance and
illustrates the relationships between the
characters
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The Outsiders is a book that shows that beneath
the trappings of madras or leather, individual
hearts have much in common.
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"Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost
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.
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Section III Interpreting the Frost poem

• On a piece of paper write Nothing Gold Can Stay
  then answer the following questions in complete
  sentences.
• 1. What do you think the poem, Nothing Gold
  Can Stay means? Use at least two direct quotes
  (lines) from the poem in your answer of 4-6
  sentences.
• Johnny writes a note to Ponyboy and places it in
  Ponyboys book, Gone With the Wind. The note
  explains Johnnys interpretation of Nothing Gold
  Can Stay. What is his interpretation?

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Section IV Conflict
On a piece of paper write Conflict then answer
the following questions. 1. Define
Conflict. 2. List the TWO main types of
conflict. 3. List the four subtypes of Conflict.
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Section V Plot Development in The Outsiders On
a piece of paper, write Plot Development then
answer the following questions.

1. Use the literary terminology links on the Gr. 8
   Web page to define plot.
2. What three things does the plot do?
3. What is the major conflict in The Outsiders?
4. List several minor conflicts in The Outsiders.
5. What scene is the climax of the plot? Describe
   it briefly.
6. How is the major conflict resolved?

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Section VI Character Development in The
Outsiders On a piece of paper, write Character
Development then answer the following questions.
1. Read about Characterization on the Gr. 8
Webpage. List three of the five methods an
author uses to reveal a characters personality.
2. Which ones does S.E. Hinton use? 3. Make a
T-Chart of major and minor characters in the
Outsiders. Think carefully about which list to
put each character in. 4. List at least two
conflicts experienced by Ponyboy, and label them
as internal or external.
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Section VI Character Development in The
Outsiders Continued
5. What characterization methods are used to
portray Ponyboy? 6. What is Ponyboys character
like initially (in the beginning of the book)? 7.
What forces cause Ponyboy to change?
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Section VI Character Development in The
Outsiders Continued
8. What is Ponyboy like after he changes? 9.
What is the turning point in Ponyboys character
development? 10. Write a detailed sentence
describing each of the following characters (can
answer after reading ch. 1-6) Ponyboy
Johnny Soda Darry Dally
Two-bit Cherry
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Section VI Character Development in The
Outsiders Continued

• 11. Why is Johnny such a nervous boy?
• How do the other characters feel toward Johnny?
• What is Ponyboys family situation?
• Name 5 differences between the Socs and the
  Greasers. Write in complete sentences.

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Section VII Setting in The Outsiders On a
piece of paper, write Setting then answer the
following questions.

• Read about Setting on the Gr. 8 Webpage. Define
  it.
• What is the setting of The Outsiders?
• How does the author establish the setting?
• Could this story take place in another setting?
  Why, or why not? Explain in a detailed paragraph.

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Section VIII Theme in The Outsiders On a piece
of paper, write Theme then answer the following
questions.

• Read about Theme on the Gr. 8 Webpage. Define it.
• Describe at least three themes expressed in The
  Outsiders that can be applied to our everyday
  life (place a star by the most important).

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Section IX The Outsiders Study Questions On
a piece of paper, write Study Guide then answer
the following questions in healthy paragraphs of
5-7 sentences.

• 1. Ponyboy comments that self-defense is the
  only good reason for fighting. Do you agree?
  Why, or why not?
• Sodapop insists that if he, Darry, and Ponyboy
  dont have each other, they have nothing. Do you
  agree? Why, or why not?
• Some critics say that The Outsiders is too
  sentimental. Do you agree? Why, or why not?
• 4. Discuss the violence in The Outsiders. How
  do you define violence? Do you object to it?
  Why do you think the author included it?
• 5. Explain why you do, or do not agree with
  Johnnys message to Ponyboy.

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Section X Literary Terms that apply to The
Outsiders On a piece of paper, write Literary
Terms then answer the following questions.

A. Look up each term below. Read
about it, then 1. DEFINE IT
2. Provide an example of the term from the
book. a. allusion h. symbol
b. atmosphere i.
tragedy c. dialect
d. dialogue e.
flashback f. irony g.
point of view (3 types)
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Section XII Vocabulary Development in The
Outsiders On a piece of paper, write Vocabulary
Development then answer the following questions.

• 1. Below is a list of vocabulary words found
  in The Outsiders. For each word
• find the page and skim until you locate the word
• write the sentence that the word is used in.
• Based on the context clues of the word is used in
  the sentence, make up a definition of it
• look up the word in the dictionary. Write the
  definition that is appropriate for the way the
  word is used in the novel.
• unfathomable sagely roguishly incredulous
• Quavered ruefully conviction premonition
• aghast stupor vaguely
  indignant
• eluded subsides contemptuously

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End of book

• Be sure you have completed the Reading Analysis
  Portfolio as precisely as possible.
• The following are all of the sections covered.
  It is IMPERATIVE that each section is clearly
  marked in your portfolio and lines were skipped
  between each answer
• Section I Author Facts
• Section II Character Map
• Section III Nothing Gold Can Stay Analysis
• Section IV Conflict
• Section V Plot Development
• Section VI Character Development
• Section VII Setting
• Section VIII Theme
• Section IX Study Guide Questions
• Section IX Literary Terms
• Section X Vocabulary Development