The Outsiders S.E. Hinton

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The Outsiders S.E. Hinton

• Info to Know!!

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Round Characters

• Definition A round character is a major
  character in a work of fiction who encounters
  conflict and is changed by it.
• You know a lot about the character and the story
  would not stand without him/her.

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Flat Characters

• Definition A flat character is a minor character
  within the novel.
• If you took the character out of the story, it
  wouldnt change the story line much.
• Hmmmmwho would be considered a flat character
  in The Outsiders?

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Conflicts

• Person vs. Society Person struggles against
  oppression, racism, poverty, etc.
• Person vs. Person Person struggles against
  another person.
• Person vs. Himself Person has an internal
  struggle within himself. Self-doubt, indecision,
  depression, etc.
• Person vs. Nature Person struggles against the
  elements of nature, like weather, animals, etc.
  (Not much of this conflict in The Outsiders)

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Mood and Tone

• The mood focuses on characters being lonely,
  misunderstood and confused.
• The tone mainly includes frustration and anger.

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Foreshadowing

• Suggestion of something that hasnt happened yet
• Ex. Johnny carried a switchblade everywhere he
  went after he got jumped. You KNOW something is
  going to happen!

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Flashback

• Looking back into the story hints at future
  events to comea transition in a novel, film,
  etc, to an earlier scene or event
• Ex. Remembering when Johnny got jumped by the
  Greasers

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Symbolism

• Representing things by symbols, or of investing
  things with a symbolic meaning or character.
• Ex. sunrise/sunset a connection between the
  Greasers and Socs

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Irony

• Something opposite of what you think will happen
• EX. Ponyboy didnt think that Dally liked him at
  all, yet he was the one who helped Johnny and
  Ponyboy after they were jumped.

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Allusion

• A passing or casual reference an incidental
  mention of something, either directly or implied
  metaphorical language.
• Stay Gold, Ponyboy. References the poem
  Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost

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Q1

• Which quote below most reveals Ponyboy to be an
  insightful, thoughtful character that shows a
  strong sense of maturity?
• I wanted to be out of towns and away from
  excitement. I only wanted to lie on my back
  under a tree and read a book or draw a picture,
  and not worry about being jumped or carrying a
  blade (Hinton 48).
• They came and got him one day and took him off.
  He was a real valuable horse. Pure quarter
  (Hinton 40).
• He was too late, though Dally walked out with
  two packages of Kools under his jacket (Hinton
  19).
• So I lay still, swearing at them between gasps.
  A blade was held against my throat (Hinton 5).

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Q2

• As they are lying by the fountain, Johnny asks
  Pony, Aint you about to freeze to death?
  (Hinton 53). Johnny is exaggerating to make a
  point about the cold weather. What type of
  figurative language would this quote be labeled
  as?
• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

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Q3

• He was as white as a ghost and his eyes were
  wild-looking, like the eyes of an animal in a
  trap (Hinton 54).
• The phrase in bold is which type of figurative
  language?
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Hyperbole

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Q4

• Here, Dally handed me a shirt about
  sixty-million sizes too big (Hinton 61).
• The phrase in bold is which type of figurative
  language?
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Hyperbole

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Q5

• While staying at the church, why did the sight of
  peroxide and Johnnys knife make Ponyboy uneasy?
• He was afraid Johnny might try to disinfect the
  knife and spill the peroxide.
• He feared that his hair would be cut and bleached
  to fool the authorities.
• He was concerned, for Johnny still hadnt thrown
  away the knife and dumped the evidence.
• Ponyboy had a flashback to the night when Johnny
  held the knife after committing murder.

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Q6

• Which of the following is the correct type of
  figurative language for the following quote
  The world was spinning around me, and blobs of
  faces and visions of things past were dancing in
  the red mist that covered the lot (Hinton 155).
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Idiom
• Personification

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Q7

• A major turning point that has dominated the
  novels plot occurred in the hospital between
  Ponyboy and another character. Who was the
  character, and what type of conflict was being
  resolved?
• DallyPerson v. Society
• JerryPerson v. Person
• JohnnyPerson v. Nature
• DarryPerson v. Person

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Q8

• The boy who told Ponyboy he was not going to
  fight in the rumble is
• Darry
• Randy
• Two-Bit
• Bob

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Q9

• A major theme throughout the novel is that
  appearances can divide people. Describe the
  differences of appearances between the Socs and
  the Greasers. How do these appearances represent
  the personalities of the groups?