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Title: The Outsiders book notes
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Title: The Outsiders
Author: S
...
Hinton
Protagonist and
Details
● Conflicts
● Characterization
● Most important
detail about the
character
● Author’s attitude
towards the
protagonist
The protagonist of this book is a fourteenyear old greaser named
Ponyboy Curtis
...
In the book
Darry (Ponyboy’s older brother) describes Ponyboy as lacking common
sense and Cherry Valance (Ponyboy's friend) describes Ponyboy as
sweet and dreamy
...
I guess that the author has an attitude of understanding towards
Ponyboy
...
Bob is
from the socials (another gang)
...
But,
according to his best friend (Randy), deep down, Bob was a “good guy”
...
Secondary Characters
● Purpose
● Most important
minor characters
● Character details
● How main
character’s actions
affect secondary
characters
The secondary characters of this story are
Darrel Curtis, Sodapop Curtis,
TwoBit Mathews, Dallas Winston, Johnny Cade, Cherry Valance,
Marcia, and Randy Adderson
...
TwoBit, Dallas, and Johnny are all friends to the Curtis brothers and
they’re also all greasers
...
Key Plot Details
● Exposition
(background)
● Rising Action
● Falling Action
● Resolution
The author of the book is S
...
Hinton
...
The
rising action of the story is in the night at the movies when Bob arrives
with other socs to pick up Cherry, but instead of that Bob is killed by
Johnny
...
Central Themes
● Main idea
● Topic vs
...
● Connection
between themes
and plot, setting,
mood, tone
Setting
● Place
● Time
● Connection to plot,
mood and themes
The story takes place in
Tulsa, Oklahoma
...
o
● “Friday: The action begins on a Friday afternoon when Ponyboy
gets attacked by the Socs as he's walking home from the movies
...
● Sunday: Pony and Johnny are hiding at the church on top of Jay
Mountain, where they stay for five more days
...
● Saturday: The rumble, along with the deaths of Johnny and
Dallas
...
I think that the author’s tone towards the characters is understanding
because she (the author) does not describe any of the gangs and/or
characters as killers or murderers even though she knows they were bad
in a way
...
Why did the author
choose it?
This book is in the firstperson point of view because Ponyboy is the
narrator of the story
...
Elements of Style
● Language
● Organization
● Diction
● Sentence structure
and length
● Devices: imagery,
repetition,
symbolism,
dialogue
Since the book is about gangs, the language was kind of slang
...
The previous events
directed to accurate events afterwards
Title: The Outsiders book notes
Description: these notes can help you on your English class if you'd like
Description: these notes can help you on your English class if you'd like