The Outsiders

THE RISE OF THE NOVEL

Nietta Sabatinoにより

A deep cultural crisis

Nastassja Pellicciaにより

After Twenty Years

Ahmed Ryanにより

War

Breanna Kargleにより

Bob Sheldon

his parents would never discipline him

bob gets killed by Johnny

beats up Johnny gave him scares

Randy's friend

cherry's boyfriend

Relationship

Best Friends

Best friends

Brothers

Paul Holden

went to the same high school

darry and paul were on the football time

challenges darry at the rumble

husky

blond

Cherry Valence

best friends with Marcia

admires dally

cherry becomes a spy for the greasers for the rumble

ponyboy feels comfortable talking to her

called cherry for her red hair

real name sherri

cheerleader

bob's girlfriend

Marcia

shares humor with two-bit

be friends two-bit at the movies

dating Randy

best friends with cherry

Socs

west side rich white kids

Not a greaser nor soc

Randy Anderson

decides not to fight in the greasers and socs rumble

tries to make peace with ponyboy after saving kids from fire

talks with ponyboy about socs

fights

Marcia boyfriend

best friends with bob

Mr. Syme

inspires ponyboy to write about the greasers

offers to raise his grades with a well written biography

express concern of his falling marks

ponyboys English teacher

Jerry Wood

large man

judges greases as delinquents

teacher of the kids saved from the fire

Dallas Winston

really protective of Johnny Cade

he's very dangerous

doesn't put grease in his hair

has icy blue eyes

used to run gangs in New York

known as dally

Tim Shepard

tim and dally respect each other

the leader of the other part of the greaser gang

Two-Bit Matthew

flirts with marica a soc

loves his black switch blade

regularly shoplifts

real name is keith

the joker of the group

Curly Shepard

15 years old

Tim's little brother

Sandy

she only appears in thoughts and things said by the guys

lives with her grandmother

moved to Florida

had a child with another man

sodapops girlfriend

Main topic

Steve Randle

wishes ponyboy didn't always have to ta along

see's ponyboy as sodapops annoying little brother

fought of 4 guys with a broken bottle cap

cooky

lean

tall

knows a lot about cars

works at the gas station with sodpop

17 years old

best friend with sodapop since grade school

Sodapop Curtis

wants to marry sandy a greaser girl

charm

16 years old

middle brother

handsome

"happy go lucky" brother of ponyboy

Greasers

east side poor kids

Darrel "Darry" Curtis

other greasers call him superman

makes a good chocolate cake

unofficial leader of the greasers

authority figure for ponyboy

works two jobs to keep the family together

quit school

intelligent

athletic

strong

20 years old

oldest of three

Ponyboy Curtis

Subtopic

best friends with johnny

him and Darry fight

Youngest of 3 brother

Curtis parents died in car crash

likes to read and watch movies

youngest greaser

fourteen years old

Johnny Cade

dally is very protective of him

see's greasers as his real family

parents don't care

sensitive

nervous

parents are abusive and alcoholics

doesn't succeed in school

fearful eyes

sixteen years old