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When the author says that Dally got white when he saw Johnny’s sick body, he lets on that he cares abo

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When the author mentioned that Dally looked “sick”, when seeing Johnny’s bloody body, it might be hinting that he cares about Johnny the most. It make us think this because, he didn’t need seem too concerned when he herd that Ponyboy got jumped, and that he’d seen many body in New York’s West Side.

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The theme that the author is creating is friendship, he shows this through his characters when they all stick up and protect eachother.

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The author has been mentioning the topic of horses such as Ponyboy’s name and Sodas horse. Horses and Rodeos are going to serve a large role later or at the end of the book. Due to the countinous mentioning of horses there might be a plot twist or a large event that will change the story.

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You can’t judge a book by its cover, like cherry she didn’t assume that ponyboy was like dally and cherry gave some time to spend with pony boy before understanding his real personality.

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We think that S.E. Hinton would create this visual representation of some very important stereotypes to show that some people can be different than what they are classified as, for example a greaser who may seem mean can easily be a favorable character.

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You cannot judge a book by its cover becaus

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When the author says that Dally got white when he saw Johnny’s sick body, he lets on that he cares about Jonny

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Cherry saying "Take your feet off my chair and shut your trap" shows her mean, defensive attitude towards people she doesn't know or is rude to her. Her personality is tough, and "fiery" as Dally puts it.

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The theme the author is creating is about the different social classes by showing that being poor effects your life.

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When Cherry convinces Ponyboy that only some socs are bad, it demonstrates how Ponyboy’s perspective on the socs has changed.

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Darry is protective over pony boy because their parents died and he feels like he needs to stepup as their guardian they don’t have any, the author did this to add tension to their relationship and to show Darry’s characteristics.

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The author started the book with ponyboy getting jumped for one, he wanted to grab the readers attention, and two, he wanted to give an example of how the social boundaries are structured.

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The author would write in first person because it’s easier to relate to the character that’s talking, if it’s coming out of their head.

I think the names of the characters such as Soda-Pop and Two-Bit represent the character traits of the characters.

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The stereotypes were common and showed things like the greasers are poor and like to steal things and are in gangs.

The names were very unique however they represented each characters personality.

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Despite the fact that Ponyboy is very intelligent and bright, he is still looked down upon by the socs.

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The author is trying to represent how different groups really act, and how it’s not just a stereotype

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The author started the book with Ponyboy getting jumped because he wanted to set a tone for the book. He is showing the reader that the book is very serious.

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The author wrote the book, because of what happened during her experience in high school and this was her way of standing up for the Greasers

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The author uses the madras to symbolize that the Socs are wealthier than the greasers, because the greasers wear street clothes and madras are collared shirts.