Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Chapter One

1. Describe each of the characters and their relationship with one another.
2. Who are the socs? Who are the greasers?
3. How do Ponyboy's relationships with Darry and Sodapop differ? Explain.
4. Why is the 'gang' important to Johnny?
5. How does Ponyboy react to what Sodapop tells him about Darry?
6. Do you think Darry loves Ponyboy? Why does he treat Ponyboy the way he does?
7. What does Ponyboy mean on page 8 when he says, "I lie to myself all the time"? Do you ever lie to yourself? Why?

11 comments:

anthony said...

this book is okay

ANTHONY said...

the socs are rich the greasers are poor

Curaiysha said...

1Ponyboy,Sodapop,Darry,Steve
twobit and Johhny are all in a gang called the greasers.
2.the socs are a gang of rich kids and the greaser are a group of poor kids.
3.Ponyboys relationship with Sodapop is better then his relationship with darry because darry yells at him because he has to much presure on him and soda takes up for ponyboy.
4.The greasers was there for him when the socs jumped him.
5.Ponyboy really dont belive soda but he dont say that though.
6.I think darry loves ponyboy its just he got to much pressure on him having to raise both his little brother and hes only 20.
7.He means he saying things just to make hiself feel better but he know his self that he is liein.sometimes i be leing to myself when i mad.

Anthony said...

I think ponyboy is a buster becuse he walk around wit a knife and thats stupid because if you're in a gang you're suppose to have a firestick and you better buss somebody or you gone get whiped

Anthony said...

ponyboy is the smallest brother soda is the oldest bro and darry is the middle age bro the all have there , the socs are rich white kids the greasers are poor

Anthony j said...

pony is a buster

somebody said...

I think that the socs shoulda stuck every last one of them greasers then went in they pockets and took all they cash because thats what I woulda did

Shaikira said...

1. Darry is sodas and Ponyboys big brother. Has a very strict relation to Ponyboy. Pony is 14 yrs old smart, and is a very usual character in this story. Dally is a hardcore person that stays into a walking of trouble. Two bit always as to but his two sense into a conversation. He always make his pals laugh.
2. The Socs are the rich kid’s a.k.a jocs that mess with the Greasers. Greasers are the poor kids on the other side. Rarely they mess with the jocs .
3. Darry is the oldest of his brothers. Ponyboy is the nice one that is always have taken side by Sodapop. Soda pop is the middle and very bad, but the main difference is that he is always taking up for Pony.
4. Because that’s like his family.
5. He seems so calm when soda was talking to him.
6. Yes I think Darry loves Ponyboy. Ever since their parents died it has always been his job to watch over his brothers. And He doesn’t want them to spit up.
7. He tell about his true feelings and how he doesn’t want to carried to Darry.

angela said...

1: sodapop , dally, and ponyboy. All of them are brothers. And soda is the middle brother he dropped out of school in gets in trouble a lot. And dally is the older brother who looks after both o them. Also he work on houses. Ponyboy on the other hand he is the smart one in dally don’t really let Ponyboy get to do Two-bit is a trouble maker, and he funny.
2:the rich kids,the poor people
3:darry bullying him in sodapop always got his back
4:just in case he get jumped or something
6:yes he do he just want ponyboy to have a better life
7:he be saying stuff you don't mean, and yes

from the a to the n to the tonio said...

1.ponyboy is the youngest of darrel's family and because thier parents died darrel is the parent of both ponyboy and soda the second oldest who is best friends with steve who including dally ,johnny, two-bit,and steve are all members of this gang they called greasers. 2. socs are socials < jocks> and greasers are the poor rough kids. 3. ponyboy,s relationship with darry is harsh because he is always bossing him around but his relatinship with soda isn,t because he treats him like a kid brother. 3. the gang is important to johnny because his parents are always harsh to him, so the gang is his only family. 5. i think his reaction was suprised and amazed at the same time.6.yes, i think he treats him the way he does because he has to take responsibility for ponyboy and soda.7. i think he means he doesnt always mean what he says. yes because i dont like the truth sometimes even though its the right thing to do.

MONIS AWRIHGT said...

1. Darry is the oldest brother. He is 20 years old and takes care of his 2 brother’s soda pop and pony boy. Soda pop is the second oldest he is 16 years of age. He is handsome like he came out of a movie video. Although he can get very angry, he calms the bunch down with his smiles and teasing. Stevie is soda pops best bud. They go and pick up all the girls to gather. Stevie does not like pony boy soda pops younger brother. His specialty is cars. He could pop hubcaps very fast, easy and silently. Two-bit is the comedian in the group. He always makes the gang laugh about themselves and others. Johnny is the quiet one. He is everyone’s little brother the gangs pet. The reason he is so quiet is because he was jumped by the socs. Also he has a rough life back at home where his mom and dad don’t give a rats tail about him. Pony boy is darry and soda pops younger brother. He is 14 and is kind of quiet. He has been jumped once by the socks but not as bad as Johnny. At the last one is dally. He is the toughest of the bunch. Always started things and fighting in and out of New York. He can stay calm when under a threat but never scared t put up a fight.
2. The socs are the white kids that got money and no emotions. The greasers are the black poor kids that have no mustangs and madras like the socs. They have feelings and emotions
3. His relations with soda pop are cool. They get along well and soda pop always takes up for him when darry fusses at him. Darry on the other hand is always fussing at pony boy saying that he never uses his head for anything.
4. He has a mom and dad that want nothing to do with him. His dad is always beating on him and his mom acts he likes he doesn’t exist until he does something wrong. Then she wants fuss. Other than that he could never come home and they wouldn’t care.
6. I think he loves pony boy so he is hard on him because he is the only one who still has a future in school and he don’t want him to lose that opportunity.
7. He lying about the fact that he stills loves darry and that he loves him despite the fact that he is so hard on him. He does feels as he human and that he needs him just as he needs soda pop. I lie to my self to make me feel better when i am mad or when i am not feeling so pretty.