st Journal Response

1. Describe the setting in the novel – Time, Place and Circumstance. Please use quotations to support your answer.

The time is the 1960’s but it is not mentioned yet in the book.

it is in Oklahoma as it tells you of all the rodeos and the way the dialogue is written. “If i don’t, ill come over and find y’all.”

The greasers are in a feud with the soc’s

“‘hey grease’ one of them said in an over-friendly voice ‘we’re gonna do you a favour greaser. We’re gonna cut all that long greasy hair off’

2. Which characters have you been introduced to so far? What are they like? Is there any conflict between characters?

Ponyboy – Booksmart, looks a little like Soda, isn’t street-smart, 14

Darry – Looks like the father, Tall and broad, works, 19

Soda – Handsome, tall and slim, dropout, 17

Johnny- Jumpy, Small, Abused at home

Two-bit – has comebacks ready, large, oldest mmber

Dally- Dangerous

3. Find a quotation that helps describe each of the characters you have been introduced to.

Soda- “Soda is handsomer than anyone else I know. Not like Darry- Soda’s movie-star kind of handsome.

Pony- “I make good grades and have high IQ and everything, but I don’t use my head.”

Darry –“It seems funny to me that he should look just like my father and act exactly the opposite

Johnny-“If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, you’ll have Johnny.”

Two-bit- you couldn’t shut up that guy; he always had to get his two bits in.

Dally- “he had quite the reputation. They have a file on him down at the police station.”