Teachers and parents! The original text plus a side-by-side modern translation of. They also allow him to see beyond the shallow…, Despite the greasers' reputation as heartless young criminals, they live by a specific and honorable code of friendship, and there are many instances in which gang and family members make selfless choices.

A woman comes up and tells the man, Jerry, that she can't find some of the children.

Jerry tells him he's not old enough to be smoking. Jerry is shocked, but says he's still taking all of them to the hospital in town. A man tells them that he brought the kids for a school picnic and while they were eating, they realized the fire was started. Darry doesn't care about him. Pony can't believe he'd misjudged him, and thought he had no feelings. Hinton.

-Graham S. Jerry continues to treat Ponyboy with respect and kindness, despite learning of the boys' role in Bob's death.

The Outsiders shows the importance of preserving the hope, open-mindedness, and appreciation of beauty that are characteristic of childhood.

Pony has never heard this before.

Jerry helps Ponyboy see that it is the boys' courageous acts that speak for them, not their hair, group affiliation, or social class. While Dally himself has lost his innocence and hope for a better life, in a way he can still access those feelings by protecting and preserving them in Johnny. Dallas begins discussing alternative hiding places. (including.



Pony informs him that aren't heroes, just Greasers. They exhibit great heroism by running into the burning building without a second thought. He hears Johnny scream, but then Dallas hits Pony really hard on the back and he passes out. Some of the Greasers "[are] for jumping her then and there, her being the dead kid's girl and all" (6.2). Our, LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in.

He's large and in charge in his role as hero. His treatment of Ponyboy is totally unaffected by the stereotypes that dominate the greasers' life on the streets.

(including. Johnny and Pony are both amazed and ask Dallas if he's talking about Cherry. Dally, who seems not to care about anything…. Darry is trying hard to control his crying eyes and says, "Oh Pony, I thought we'd lost you… like we did mom and dad…" (6.96). Ponyboy's feeling that everything will turn out all right shows his continued hope and innocence.

Now Pony remembers the man he's talking to—he's the teacher, Jerry, who was at the church. A while later, Pony's sitting in the hospital waiting room, bruised but basically fine.

Darry's standing back, and his "eyes [are] pleading" (6.90).

By entering your email address you agree to receive emails from Shmoop and verify that you are over the age of 13. He just doesn't let it bother him. Pony starts helping kids out the broken window. They hear cries coming from inside the church. When you have those moments you feel you already lived, you feel weird, well think about feeling weird everyday.

Confused, Pony looks around for a no smoking sign, and doesn't see one. The two gangs' preoccupation with the appearance and class status of their rivals underscores the superficiality of their mutual hostility, which thrives on stereotypes and prejudice.

Themes and Colors Key LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Outsiders, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. So change your life and don`t be

Dally says no, and that his parents don't care about him either. Now it all makes sense to Pony. Previous Next . Pony's happy to see that there aren't any burns on Johnny's face. The original text plus a side-by-side modern translation of. Yes, now Pony understands it all. They're like having in-class notes for every discussion!”, “This is absolutely THE best teacher resource I have ever purchased. A woman shouts that some of the children are missing inside the church.

He asks if they're being taken to the hospital.

Panicking, he asks about Johnny and Dallas, and learns that they're in another ambulance. All the neighborhood kids, boys and girls alike, are smokers, with the exception of Darry.

Ponyboy doesn't let the superficial differences between him and Cherry determine his opinion of her. Though they are seen by society as misfits and hoodlums for being greasers, Ponyboy and Johnny's first instinct is to take responsibility for the fire they may have caused. She wants to testify that Bob was killed in self-defense.

Self-Sacrifice and Honor. When Cherry befriends Ponyboy at the drive-in and insists that "things are rough all…, The Outsiders shows the importance of preserving the hope, open-mindedness, and appreciation of beauty that are characteristic of childhood.

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Ponyboy is finally able to see things from his brother's point of view, signaling the beginning of a resolution to the conflict in the Curtis family. He runs into his brother's arms, and starts saying he's sorry. In the gang conflict, the novel shows how the two groups focus on their differences—they dress differently, socialize differently, and hang out with different girls—and how this focus on superficial differences leads to hate and violence.

A burning piece of wood fell on his back, probably breaking it, and his burns are very bad. “Would not have made it through AP Literature without the printable PDFs. By S.E. From the creators of SparkNotes, something better. LitCharts Teacher Editions. "My students can't get enough of your charts and their results have gone through the roof."

Instead, he recognizes and admires Cherry's sensitivity and independence of thought and action. Jerry's praise for the boys' heroic acts and his complete ignorance about what a greaser is reveals the meaninglessness of the greaser identity to the world outside Tulsa. "My students can't get enough of your charts and their results have gone through the roof." The smoke and flames are growing and Pony can hardly breathe.

I’d go home and walk by the lot, and Johnny would be sitting on the curb smoking a cigarette, and maybe we’d lie on our backs and watch the stars. As they reach the top of Jay Mountain, Dallas stops the car hard. Dallas, he finally learns, was burned trying to get Johnny out of the church, but doesn't seem hurt too badly. The act of saving the younger children also seems representative of the boys' desire to protect and preserve the innocence of childhood, which they feel slipping away in themselves.

A crowd is standing outside, and a bystander tells them that a school group was having a picnic there. LitCharts Teacher Editions. Chapter 7.

Divided Communities. Certain characters can see past the stereotypes, however.

He goes on to tell Jerry that "Johnny is wanted for murder, and Dallas has a record with the fuzz a mile long" (6.75). He knows Ponyboy lives in town because of the card in his wallet.

Pony asks if the little kids are all okay, and learns that they are. He thinks the "fuzz" (6.56), the cops, have him.

He thinks it's the best thing for himself and for Ponyboy. They get the back door of the church open and start pushing kids out. Heavy flames are chasing Pony as he makes it through the window. Notice that while Dally's actions were also heroic, he acted only to save the members of his gang, while Johnny and Ponyboy saved people they didn't even know.

Ponyboy runs over there, breaks a window, and he and Johnny get in the church. Unfortunately, the news isn't so good about Johnny. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser.

Now that he knows how much Darry loves him, Pony feels like he's "home" (6.97).

They're like having in-class notes for every discussion!”, “This is absolutely THE best teacher resource I have ever purchased. The Outsiders Chapter 6. My students love how organized the handouts are and enjoy tracking the themes as a class.”, LitCharts uses cookies to personalize our services. Johnny says he thinks they must have left a burning cigarette and started the fire. The Outsiders: Themes and Quotes As you can see change is necessary in our lives.

The jacket he was wearing (the one Dally gave him) protected him from being burned more severely.