Kirsten



**1) ** **Chapter 1: **
 * Characters : **
 * Ponyboy: is 14 years old, has lightbrown, almost red hair and greenish-gray eyes. His hair is squared off in the back, but long in the front and sides. **
 * Sodapop Curtis: (Soda) Ponyboy’s second oldest brother. Sixteen-going-on-seventeen, never cracks a book at all. Is the Movie star- kind of handsome; Not as tall as Darryl, but he is slimmer. Has a finely drawn sensitive face that manages to be reckless and handsome at the same time. He has dark-gold hair that he combs back, long silky & straight. In the summer, the sun bleaches his hair to a wheat gold. Has dark brown eyes, and can get drunk without really drinking. Lastly, he understands everybody. **
 * Darrel: (Darry) Ponyboy’s eldest brother, works too long and hard to be interested in a story or drawing or picture. He is six-feet-two, & broad shouldered and muscular. Has dark brown hair that kicks up in the front, and a slight cowlick in the back. Has eyes that are like two pieces of pale blue-green ice. He is 20 years old, but he looks older. He is tough, cool, and smart. **
 * Mom and Dad: killed in an auto wreck **
 * Dad: forty when he died, but he looked 25. People always thought Darry and him were brothers instead of father and son. **
 * Steve Randle: held off four Socs with a busted pop bottle. He is seventeen years old, tall, and lean with thick greasy hair he kept combed in complicated swirls. He is also cocky, smart, and Sodapop’s best buddy since grade school. His specialty was cars, and he works at the gas station with Soda. **
 * Two-bit Mathews: was the oldest of the gang & the wisecracker of the bunch. He was about six feet tall. Stocky in build, and proud of his long, rusty – colored sideburns. Has gray eyes and a wide grin, and can’t stop making funny remarks to save his life. His real name is Keith. **
 * Dallas Winston: (Dally) had an elfish face with high cheekbones and a pointed chin. Has small, sharp animal teeth, and ears like a lynx. His hair was almost white because it is so blond. He doesn’t like haircuts or hair oil. His eyes were blue, blazing ice, and he spent three years in the wild side of New York. He was arrested at the age of ten. He was tougher, colder, meaner than anyone else in the gang. **
 * Johnny Cade: The youngest, next to Ponyboy, but smaller than the rest. He has a slight build, and he has big black eyes in a dark tanned face. His hair was jet black and heavily greased and combed to the side, and it was so long it fell in with the shaggy bangs across his forehead. Always had a nervous, suspicious look in his eyes, and was sixteen when four Socs got a hold of him, and was scared of his own shadow after that. He was the “Gang’s pet”, and everyones’ kid bro. His father always beat him, and his mom ignored him except when she was hacked off at something. If it weren’t for the gang, Johnny would have never felt what love and affection was. **
 * Sandy: Soda’s girl, has natural blond hair, and her laugh was soft, like her china-blue eyes. She didn’t have a real good home or anything and was our kind- greaser- but she was a real nice girl. **


 * Summary: **
 *  Ponyboy was walking without company after watching a movie, and five Socs pulled up beside him in a Corvair. Then, after being rescued by his two older brothers and the gang, Ponyboy got a bruise and a cut. After the incident, they all just hung out, talking about their plans. Lastly, after Soda rubbed Darry’s back, he had a serious talk with Ponyboy, about Darry and Sandy. **

**Chapter 2: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Characters Introduced: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Sherri: (Cherry Valance) called “cherry” because of her red hair. Is a Soc Cheerleader, who goes to the same school as Ponyboy. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Marcia: Is a Soc, and a dark-haired girl. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Summary: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Dally, Johnny, and Ponyboy went to the Nightly Double drive-in-movie, and Dally tried to embarrass two girls. Then, Johnny and Ponyboy sat next to Marcia and Cherry to protect them, when Dally went off after Johnny faced him. Suddenly, Two-Bit sits besides Marcia and they talk about what happened. When Pony and Cherry are in the mile-long popcorn line they talk about Johnny’s past. Finally, they went back to the movie after talking about some things between the Socs and the Greasers. **

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**<span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif';">Chapter 3 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Characters Introduced: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Mickey Mouse: “Soda’s Horse” dark-gold buckskin, and really belonged to the guy who kept it at the stables where Soda used to work. Sassy and ornery, not much more than a colt. A mean horse that kicked other horses & always got into trouble. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Bob: (Robert Sheldon) Cherry’s boyfriend, the drunk handsome black-haired Soc with the dark sweater and three heavy rings. Was good looking, with a reckless grin like Soda’s, hot-tempered boy, cocky and scared stiff at the same time. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Randy (Randy Adderson) Marcia’s boyfriend, the drunk, tall guy with a semi-Beatle haircut. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Summary: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Cherry and Marcia decided to go home with the guys, after realizing they didn’t have a ride. As they were talking about their lives, the blue Mustang came up another time, and the girls boyfriends’ insisted they go home with them before any fight started. Then, Johnny and Ponyboy fell asleep in the lot as Pony rattled on about his life, and when he got home Darry had slapped him so hard he decided to run away. **

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**<span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif';">Chapter 4 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Characters Introduced: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Buck Merril: Dally’s rodeo partner, the one who’d got Dally the job as a jockey for the Slash J. Buck, raised a few horses, and made most of his money on fixed races and a little bootlegging. A tall lanky cowboy with blonde hair and buckteeth. Was in his mid-twenties. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Summary: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> As Johnny and Ponyboy were at the park, the five Socs in the blue Mustang had cursed and threatened them for taking their girls. Then, Pony was drowning in the fountain and losing his breath, so Johnny killed Bob with his switchblade before they jumped him. They ran worrying to find Dally at Buck Merril’s house party. Dally gave them fifty dollars, a gun, and Ponyboy dry cloths as he told them about their plan to escape. When the train brought them into the country of Windrixville, Ponyboy met a sunburned farmer driving a tractor down the road and asked where Jay Mountain was. Finally, after a forty-five minute walk, they fell asleep in the creepy, small, spiderwebby church. **

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**<span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif';">Chapter 5 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Characters Introduced: NONE **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Summary: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Ponyboy tells himself the plans of his usual weekend mornings as he wakes up in the old church. When Johnny comes back with groceries, they disguise themselves before the paper gets out to Windrixville. They killed time by reading “Gone with the Wind” and playing poker. So, when Ponyboy’s stomach aches from too many cigarettes, Dally walks through the church doors. The three friends talked and then Dally gave Pony a letter and half of Sodapop’s paycheck. While they were eating at Dairy Queen, Dally told them what was going on in their town. **

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**<span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif';">Chapter 6 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Characters Introduced: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Jerry Wood- the stranger that was in the ambulance with Ponyboy. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Summary: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Johnny and Ponyboy were shocked when they found the gang got a spy, and it was Cherry Valance! Then, Johnny spoke up and said it was time for them to testify and turn themselves in. After that, Dally slammed on the brakes when they found the church on fire during the picnic some people had. Pony and Johnny tried to rescue the kids that were stuck in the church. When they saved the kids, Johnny pushed Ponyboy out the window. After the incident, Pony found himself in an ambulance with a stranger named Jerry. As Jerry heard Ponyboy’s entire story, he still refused to take him to the hospital. Pony was waiting in the waiting room to make sure Dally and Johnny were okay. Finally, Soda and Darry arrived, and as they worried for the boys, Pony realized that Darry had truly cared for him. **

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**<span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">Chapter 7 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Characters Introduced: NONE **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Summary: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Reporters and police threw questions at Ponyboy repeatedly, and they took pictures including Darry and Soda, for public appeal. After that the hospital suddenly got quiet, and the doctor told Darry and Ponyboy that Dally would have to rest in the hospital for a couple of days, and Johnny could be crippled for life because he broke his back in the incident. After the harsh news, Ponyboy, Darry, and Soda went home. Since Ponyboy was the first one up, he had to make breakfast. However, Two-Bit and Steve came rushing in the door before Pony could cook. While they were teasing Ponyboy about his new look, he read the whole article about what happened. After Darry and Pony talked about the court situation, Ponyboy worried that they could be separated. So, he talked about the nightmare he had, but before he finished Steve angrily said Sandy moved to Florida instead of getting married to Soda. Later, Two-Bit and Pony walked to the Tasty Freeze to buy Cokes, but the blue Mustang followed them. Randy Adderson wanted to talk to Ponyboy in the car, and they surprisingly just talked as guys. So Ponyboy realized it was rough all over after discussing each of the gangs’ lives with Randy. **

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**<span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif';">Chapter 8 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Characters Introduced: NONE **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Summary: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Ponyboy and Two-Bit went to the hospital, and kept begging to see Johnny even after the nurses said no visitors. The doctor had left them visit Johnny after hearing the commotion. Two-Bit went to the drug store to get Johnny some hair grease and a copy of “Gone with the Wind”, and Ponyboy comforted him while he was terrified of dying. Then, Johnny’s mother came to visit, but Johnny didn’t want to see her. He passed out cold, and the nurse told Pony to exit the room, so Two-Bit and Ponyboy went to visit Dally. Along the hallway was Johnny’s mother, and Two-Bit was about to tell her off after she offended them with hatred. When they found out Dally was okay, Two-Bit gave him his switchblade for the rumble that night, and said they had to get even with the Socs, for Johnny. Ponyboy felt sick as he waited at the bench for the bus. He told Two-Bit he was fine for the fight, and he would just take a bunch of aspirins to feel better. They saw Cherry and she gave them a heads up about the rumble. After that she wanted to talk to Pony, but she said she couldn’t see Johnny because he killed her boyfriend. Then, as Ponyboy almost made Cherry cry, he made her smile by talking about the sunset, then walked home slowly. **

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**<span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif';">Chapter 9 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Characters Introduced: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Tim Shepard: was a lean, catlike eighteen-year-old who looked like the model JD you see in movies and magazines. He had the right curly black hair, smoldering dark eyes, and a long scar from temple to chin where a tramp had belted him with a broken pop bottle. He had a tough, hard look to him, and his nose had been broken twice. His smile was grim and bitter, and was one of those who enjoy being a hood. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Curly Shepard: Tim Shepard’s little brother, tough, cool, an average downtown hood, not real bright. He could take anything. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Paul Holden: Had been the best halfback on Darry’s football team at high school, him and Darry used to buddy it around all the time. Must be a junior in college by now **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Summary: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> They started getting ready for the fight, and Ponyboy took five aspirins when Darry and Soda weren’t looking during dinner. Although Darry hesitated to put Pony in the rumble, he eventually gave in after he begged to be in it. Later, each available member of the gang suddenly did acrobatics one after another, since Darry taught the guys everything he learned on the ground. The gang had met with Tim and company along with the gang from Brumly, and shook hands to prove they were on the same side in the fight. Then the Socs arrived, in four carloads, there were twenty-two of them, and only twenty greasers. Darry liked to fight two at a time so it was okay, but he stepped up first and his old high school buddy, Paul was up to fight him. A familiar voice said “Hold Up!” and Darry turned to see who it was. At that moment, Paul took a swing at Darry and the rumble had begun. Each member of the Greasers helped each other out, and fought until the Socs ran away. Everyone was a bit hurt, but it was worth it. The Socs have left their territory! They all ran into the car to tell Johnny the good news, but a policeman had stopped them. So, Dally lied and said he was trying to take Ponyboy to the hospital because he fell off his motorcycle. The policeman believed it, and even escorted them to the hospital. When they got there, they ran to Johnny’s room. The doctor said he was dying, so Dally quickly told Johnny that they had won, and Dally was proud of him. Before Johnny died, he told Ponyboy to stay gold, and the gang took it hard, especially Dally. **

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**<span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif';">Chapter 10 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Characters Introduced: NONE **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Summary: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> As soon as Dally found out he was torn apart, and he stormed off with the car. Ponyboy had to walk home, but he decided to wander around in places to realize Johnny was actually gone. When he got home, the rest of the gang was lounging, and while Ponyboy told them Johnny had died they all were struck with silence. Then, the phone rang and Darry had found out Dally needed a place to hide after robbing a grocery store. Dally was bluffing when he took the heater out of his pocket. But, the police didn’t know, and they shot him before Dally could do anything. Ponyboy was terrified because he didn’t want to lose two friends in one night. When he woke up he found out he was very sick, and had been asleep and unconscious since a Soc was kicking him at the rumble. Darry and Sodapop have been watching him nonstop, without much sleep since the fight. Finally, when Darry got Ponyboy his mushroom soup, he found him and Sodapop sound asleep besides eachother. **

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**<span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif';">Chapter 11 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Characters Introduced: NONE **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Summary: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Ponyboy had to stay in bed the entire week, so he read books and drew pictures. He flipped through one of Soda’s old yearbooks and found a picture of Bob. After he carefully studied Bob’s face, Randy came in to visit. He reminded Ponyboy about the court, and how Johnny killed Bob. However, Pony said he killed him, but Randy refused and said he saw what he saw. Darry said to never speak of Johnny to a Soc after Randy left the room. Ponyboy finally put out the cigarette and Darry helped fix up the messy room. **

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**<span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif';">Chapter 12 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Characters Introduced: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Mr.Syme: Ponyboy’s English Teacher **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Summary: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> The hearing made Ponyboy nervous as he saw the doctor talking to the judge. Then he realized it went by quickly, and they didn’t really ask him about Bob and Johnny. Although, things were over with, Pony didn’t feel as if things went back to normal. He slacked on his school work, and kept fumbling and tripping himself accidentally. When his English teacher wanted to talk to him about his grades, Ponyboy felt that was a harsh way to tell him he’s been having trouble lately. Later, Two-Bit, Steve, and Pony went to the neighborhood grocery store to buy some things. But, some of Bob’s Soc friends came out of the car and talked to Ponyboy. He acted tough, as if he was Tim Shepard for self defense because he was tired of everything. Two-Bit got a bit angry because he didn’t want Pony to be like the rest of them. All he wanted was for Ponyboy to be smart, so he wouldn’t get into any trouble. **

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">2) **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Powerpoint Link: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">(Where will my character be in 10 years?) **

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">3) **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">Theme from the story: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">( Socs vs. Greasers ) **

**<span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">( The only reason the Socs jumped them was because they took their girls) ** **<span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">( 2 Greasers vs. 5 Socs ) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">An example from the story is when Ponyboy was getting drowned by a Soc, and Johnny was getting beat up. So Johnny killed Bob (Soc) because he was scared Ponyboy would die from drowning. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">Another related example was when it was rumble night, and the Socs brought 22 members, and the Greasers only had 20 members available, until Dally came. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">( The fight started when Darry turned around when he heard Dally’s voice, and Paul decided to take the first punch) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;"> ( 22 Socs vs. 20 Greasers) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;"> (plus, injured Dally) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Gulim','sans-serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">Whenever the Greasers get jumped, they are usually out numbered by Socs. **