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Title: The Outsiders S.E. Hinton


1
The Outsiders S.E. Hinton
  • Info to Know!!

2
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.

3
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?

4
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)

5
Mood and Tone
  • The mood focuses on characters being lonely,
    misunderstood and confused.
  • The tone mainly includes frustration and anger.

6
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!

7
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

8
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

9
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.

10
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

11
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).

12
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

13
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

14
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

15
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.

16
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

17
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

18
Q8
  • The boy who told Ponyboy he was not going to
    fight in the rumble is
  • Darry
  • Randy
  • Two-Bit
  • Bob

19
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?
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