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Dallas Big Idea:
Dallas seems like a very unlikely character to be a hero, but in a way, he is. Dallas seems mean and cold hearted, but really he's just hurt. Dallas died bravely, because in a way he was showing that he couldn't live without Jonny. The tramatic part is, that he never tried. Dallas was a sort of role model for Jonny, but Jonny knew the value of life, Dally didn't. Dallas lost the one thing he loved, the one thing he lived for. And then he lost himself.
Golden Line: Two friends of mine had died that night: one a hero, the other a hoodlum. But I remembered Dally pulling Jonny through the window of the burning church; Dally giving us his gun, although it could mean jail for him; Dally risking his life for us, trying to keep Johnny out of trouble (Hinton, 154).

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Big Idea: My big idea for Dallas Winston is that what people thought or said about him didn’t define who he really was. When we first met Dallas in the book, he smoked, he was a drinker and it looked like he didn’t have a very good future. But on the inside he really cared about the people that were close to him. Beneath all of the things that people that he was, Dallas was a human being with feelings and emotions just like anyone else. He cared for Johnny and Ponyboy and he helped them when they needed it most.
Golden Line:  “Dallas is gone,” I said. “He ran out of there like the devil was after him. He’s gonna blow up. He couldn’t take it.”
How can I take it? I wondered. Dally is tougher than I am. Why can I take it when Dally can’t? And then I knew. Johnny was the only thing Dally ever loved. And now Johnny was gone.
“So he finally broke.” Two-Bit spoke everyone’s feelings. “Even Dally has a breaking point.”

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Dallas Winston:
My big idea about Dally was that he was the unlikely hero in this story. Many stories have them. Dally was one of the most gallant person in the book. He might act all tough but he would do anything for Johnny or the people in his group. I don't feel like he should have gotten himself killed. I wish the book ended without him dying.

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My big idea is -  That life has a bunch of twist and turns but they all don't have to be bad if you don't want them to be! You are never to young or small or even dumb to make an impact on the world. In the beginning Johnny felt like he didn't have anything to live for. I felt like Hinton was trying to get the readers attention with his heartfelt story along with while he was in the hospital Hinton brought in his mother which we hadn't heard of yet. I think this concluded with a great deal with LOVE + SUPPORT before Johnny died.

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Dallas Winston
My big idea for Dallas Winston is that he could be rough and tough or kind in different movement. Dallas was always the roughest member of the gang and always wanted to get into fights. He was always steeling things and getting into trouble with the police. When it came to Johnny Dallas could be kind. It seemed like he was a whole other person. He was always kind to Johnny and would never hurt him. It seemed as Dally was two different people.
I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and Dallas always got what he wanted (Hinton 154).

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Dallas Winston
Big Idea #1: My first big idea for Dallas is, tough... But not too tough. He has always been a really tough guy and according to Pony not caring about anything. Hardened beyond repair. But he still cares, he isn't all tough and mean. He loves Johnny. That's why he risks his life to save him twice in the book. That's also why he breaks down and dies after Johnny's death. That's also why he helps them after Bob's murder.
Golden Line #1:
"Johnny," Dally said in a pleading high voice, "Johnny I ain't mad at you. I just don't want you to get hurt. You don't know what a few months in jail can do to you. Oh blast it Johnny"
Big Idea #2: Everyone has a breaking point. Everyone has a breaking point even tough hoodlums like Dallas. When Johnny died Dallas broke. One of the last thing's he cared about was gone, and he couldn't take it. So he ended his life.
Golden Line #2:
"Dammit, Johnny..." He begged, slamming one fist against the wall, hammering it to make it obey his will. "Oh dammit, Johnny, don't die, don't die, please don't die... He suddenly bolted through the door and down the hall.

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Big Idea: My big idea for Johnny is that he had a heart of Gold.
Johnny on the outside in the beginning he was just a shy quiet charter that did not have a big role." Johnny Cade was last and the Least"(Hinton 11). It the beginning he is played as a small character that was beat up once and that has changed him to be scared of his shadow. But as the book goes on you can see how much his role increases. It all starts with him at the movie theater, He hardly speaks in the beginning but later on he is thrust into a huge role when he kills Bob, then at the church when he saved the kids it shows that he cares for other people. His parents don't care but he cares about them. He cares about them when they don't even care for him.Then right before he dies he would rather see his friends then his mom. Then he tells Johnny to stay gold and that shows how much he cared about Pony.

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Big Idea: Fighting is no good. When Johnny killed Bob it didn't do him or Pony any good. The big rumble did't do the greasers or the soc's any good
When Johnny was in the hospital he told Pony and Dally fighting's no good.

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Big idea statement: I can see that Ponyboy has changed a lot after Johnny and Dallas died. I also see in chapter 12 the he has changed physically and mentally. the chapters talk about how Ponyboy is flunking school. He has gone all down hill. Pony has gotten more stronger too. for instance when he was at the parking lot. He was more violent with his words and was ready to fight. when Steve and Two-bit was going to back up Pony, they saw that ponyboy was not scared. another reason I think ponyboy has changed because he talk back to Darry. He used to back down when Darry yells at him. He.

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By: Abby
Big Idea #1: What you are labled isn't who you are. Choose your own story. I chose this big idea because Johnny was always refered to as a kicked around puppy, but Johnny wasn't going to settle for that. running in and saving those kids from the fire and in return he dies.
Big Idea #2: Innocent and Lovley doesn't mean weak. While Johnny was sensitive and empathatic, he is also strong-willed and quick to  take action.

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BIG Idea: My big idea for Johnny is nothing gold can stay. This is an important line through all the book. Right when Johnny was about to die in the hospital he told Pony nothing gold can stay. That means that all good things have to end, which makes sense because Johnny did many good things helping out the gang and was a really good person so when he said nothing gold can stay he was saying it is time for me to end. Johnny saved the lives of children, Johnny sacraficed his life to save others.Which was a heroic and good deed. The gang was held together by Johnny. Once Johnny died it also made Dally want to die. Then when you have Johhny and Dally die it is hard to think how the gang will do. Johnny is most likely the main part the gang is still together without Johnny the members would always be fighting. I think that Pony would be in terrible shape if Johnny was never part of the gang because when Pony and Darry got in a fight Johnny was there to help if and they were always sticking together.

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Johnny
Big Idea:
Even those who are rough around the edges can still be tender hearted and a hero. I think this is the big idea for Johnny because if you look at him from the perspective that he is a greaser, to many people such as the school teacher he is an unlikely hero. ""Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold..."' (Hinton 148).

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Two Possible Thematic Threads for Soda by Annika

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Two Possible Thematic Threads for Soda by Annika

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Big Idea Statement: Family needs to stay by each other and that even though sometimes we are frustrated with each other, we shouldn't do anything that will hurt the relationship between each other, otherwise things will fall apart. A family needs to stick together especially after what Soda's family had gone through. They couldn't risk losing another one of them and because Dally hit Pony, that almost happened. Soda is such a major character, but he gets out-looked because he is such a gentleman and is so quiet about all his problems. My Golden Line is, "But when I looked at Soda I stopped. His face was white, and when he looked at me his eyes were wide with a pained expression. I suddenly remembered Curly Shephard's face when he slipped off a telephone pole and broke his arm. "Don't . . . Oh, you guys, why can't you . . . " He jumped up suddenly and bolted out the door" (Hinton 174).

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You can tell that Ponyboy is taking the deaths of Dallas and Johnny pretty badly. He is obviously upset and is changing and acting differently. He isn't eating, his grades are failing, he has been sick lately. He is also very down on himself. He knows that he and Johnny did the right thing by saving those kids in the church but he still is very upset. I also noticed that he is trying to be more like the rest of the gang and specifically like Dallas. He is trying to be smart and tough.
Even though he is acting like this and doing this, deep down he is still Ponyboy.

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Character: Dally
Big Idea: My big idea for Dally is that you don't need to give up just because it's not going your way. Dally gives up on life as soon as Johnny dies. We should take this as a lesson to never give up no matter what is happening.
Golden Line: Two people died today. One a hero, and the other a hoodlum.

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Big Idea: When Dally got killed Darry was very sad and when Pony-boy and two bit were fighting he got mad at them to stop and just stop for a while to get through this hard time that we have had with loosing Johnny and Dally. Darry is probably really sad at this point because he has lost many things in this hard time. Darry lost Sandy, Johnny, and Dally he has been going through a lot of things because he loved Sandy so much that he would marry her even if she was in Florida.

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BIG IDEA STATEMENT:  My big idea statement is that pony boy has had a really hard life and lost a lot. First he lost his parents and now he has lost his friend Johnny.   I think that Pony is in shock. The book even says that he hasn't been being himself. I think he is in shock from Johnny's death. Normally when people are in shock they do act different. The book said that people have been scared of pony and his history teacher was scared of him. He even was able to scare the soc's back into their car with a bottle.  Pony must have been pretty convincing to scare a soc. Pony has changed so much that even one of his friends told him to cut it out and to not be like them. Another thing that proves that pony boy is in shock is that he is running into walls and the door.

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Dallas Winston
i thought that Dallas was one of the most important characters because

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Two Possible Thematic Threads for Sodapop Curtis by Elijah Langebartels

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Two Possible Thematic Threads for Sodapop Curtis by Elijah Langebartels

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Big Idea Statement: Family, I chose family as my big idea statement because family is important even if you do not have a big family even if you do not have parents. Family is like a rope. One strand gets broken then the next and next will get broken. They will break and get broken quicker and quicker and easier and easier until all there is left is broken string . Family needs to stick together even in times of tragedy and hardships. Sodapop can not stand it when Darry and Ponyboy are arguing so he runs out of the house. When Darry and Ponyboy catch up to him he explains how he feels like the middleman in the middle of a tug of war battle being pulled apart. The golden line that I chose "I"m the middle man  in a tug o' war and I'm being split in half" (Hinton 175). Sodapop tells them that they need to stick together and act more like a family. Because if they are alone they could end up like Dallas before he died. He not only want just him and his brothers to stay together but the entire gang to act like one big family even in the mist of tragedies.

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Big Idea Statement: I think the big idea of Pony Boy is the main thing is the main thing Pony Boy lost in his life is his parents but mainly Johnny and Dallas. Pony Boy had a hard time getting over Johnny's death. Johnny's death was very hard on Pony Boy. Dallas death was also had on Pony Boy. Pony Boy feels half guilt for Johnny's death. Pony Boy was in trouble and Johnny killed Bob for Pony Boy.  "Stay Gold Pony Boy. Stay Gold" The pillow seemed to sink a little and Johnny died". (Hinton 148)

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Zeb's Big Idea Statements for Sodapop Curtis

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Zeb's Big Idea Statements for Sodapop Curtis

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Big Idea: Family needs to stick together especially when times get hard. Sodapop can't handle when Darry and Ponyboy are arguing. My golden line is "I"m the middle man in a tug o' war and I'm being split in half" (Hinton 175). Sodapop said this when he couldn't handle the arguing any more. He tells them that they need to stick together, and not end up like Dallas before he died. Sodapop doesn't want them to split apart, since their parents died. He wants the last of the family to stay together, and he wants the gang to stay together, even if there is tragedy

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Big idea #1: Pony Boy is handling Dallas'  and Johnny's death differently like all the rest of the guys. I think he's handling it differently because he has a different relationship with Dallas and Johnny then the rest of the guys. Like, he was best friends and was almost like a brother to Johnny.
Big Idea #2: I think that Pony Boy is saying that he killed Bob because he is feeling like he can take the blame for it since Johnny killed Bob because Pony Boy needed help. I also think that Pony Boy is saying that Johnny isn't dead because that's his way of dealing with the death

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Big Idea for Dallas Winston: By  Savannah O. 

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Big Idea for Dallas Winston: By  Savannah O. 

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Big Idea Statement #1: Sometimes the most unlikely heroes are the best Heroes. I choose these words because it tells how Dally didn't seem like a hero but he was gallant and brave. in the end he wasn't Gallant he was a wreck. He wasn't thinking clearly he felt like it was his fault johnny was dead. I know that he didn't kill himself but he knew that if the cops saw the gun even though it wasn't loaded they would shoot him. I wish that Dally had a different ending. he acted out of despair. he couldn't take anymore. I wish his life wouldn't have ended in the way it did. He didn't die a hero he just died young and desperate.
Golden Line #1: "I remember Dally pulling Johnny through the window of the burning church, Dally giving us his gun, even though it could mean jail for him, Dally risking his life his life for us, trying to keep johnny out of trouble. and now he was a dead juvenile delinquent and there wouldn't be any editorials in his favor. Dally didn't die a hero he died young and desperate." (Hinton 154)
Big Idea Statement #2: Dallas winston had courage but he let his past shape who he was. He became hard and tough because of his past. his past didn't totally break him but in the end he died broken. I wish that he would have chosen a different life for himself but he chose to be tough so no one could get to him. if he would of let his friends heal he aching heart thing would have ended differently. if he was in pain from the death of johnny he wouldn't have gone and gotten himself killed. Pain makes people do bad things. Dally did his actions through pain which cost him his life.
Golden Line #2: "Even as the as the Policemen's guns spit fire into the night I knew that's what Dally wanted" (Hinton 154)

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My Big Idea of Johnny is:
I think life has its ups and downs, and nothing last forever. I feel like Jonny felt worthless, or just one of millions of people. I think he didn't fit in, and he didn't deserve to die. At least it showed some of the people that sometimes you have to sacrifice things, maybe even you life for better things. Jesus gave up his life and his innocence for us. When Johnny saved those kids, he did the right thing, but sometimes you have to pay the price for the things you do, even if they are not all bad.  Johnny dieing, and telling them he wanted to do more in his life, he didn't want to die made them want to do more in life, even if it is hard to get over what happened.
NOTE: I think Pony covers for Johnny killing Bob because he wants Johnny to die innocent. I think he doesn't want to feel like it was his fault Johnny died. I think he kind of feels this way.
My Golden Line:
"I'm pretty bad off, ain't I Ponyboy?" "You want to know something Ponyboy? I'm scared stiff. I used to talk about killing myself..."
"I don't want to die now. It ain't long enough. Sixteen years ain't long enough. I wouldn't mind it so much if there weren't so many things I ain't done yet, so many things I ain't seen. It's not fair." (HINTON 122)

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Big Idea: My big idea for Johnny is pride. All Johnny wanted from Dallas was for him to be proud of him. "Yeah, they're calling you a hero now and heroizing' all the greasers. We're all proud of you, buddy." Johnny's eyes glowed. Dally was proud of him. That was all Johnny had ever wanted'(Hinton 148). This summarizes it so well because all Johnny wanted was Dally to be proud of him and to love him. Dally really loved Johnny and couldn't take it when he died.

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Big Idea #1: One of my big ideas is when the book said, (I knew he would be dead, because Dallas Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted. S.E. Hinton 154) This shows that Dally is tough but also respected in the gang. The gang will never forget him.
Big Idea #2: Two-Bit is always known for goofing off and joking around, but when Johnny asked for a copy of Gone With the Wind he went to get him one and made sure he got it even thought he was unconscious. This shows how much Two-Bit and the gang needed Johnny and how much they liked him.

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Big Idea: When Johnny was gettign ready to die in the hospital and his mom wanted to come in and see him but Jonny did not want his mom to come in because he thought that his mom never even cared about him.  Johnny is being called a hero when he went into the church to save the kids lives. He new that all the cigarrets they were smoking and throwing them on the ground is hat probably started the fire.

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Big Idea: Ponyboy always tries in life and doesn't easily give up. In chapter 10-11 Ponyboy gives up pretty easily on the theme. I noticed that in chapters 10-11 that Ponyboy changes a lot because on Johnny and Dallas deaths.

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My big idea: The hospital scene: Johnny: When Johnny was about to die in the hospital his mom came in to see him but he didn't want to see his mom. He thought that

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Sodapop Curtis:
My Big Idea for Soda is that most people think that he is all perfect and he doesn't have any problems. In chapter 12, Darry and Pony realize that all of their fights have been affecting Soda. They also realize that Soda has been having troubles with remembering Sandy and all that has happened in the past few weeks. Pony learns some new things about Soda that he didn't know before and it kind of opens his eyes that Soda isn't perfect and has problems too. He realizes that Sandy didn't really love Soda   and she won't even read his letters. Darry tells Pony that Soda cried the whole week that he was gone. Soda had so much going on that things were getting hard for him. He lost two people he loved in only a few days. Soda seems perfect and this is about the first time that Pony and Darry had paid attention to Soda's problems because they had taken for granted that he didn't have any problems.
"He cried every night that week you were gone," Darry said slowly. "Both you and Sandy in the same week." He put the envelope down. "Come on, let's go after him." (Hinton 174,175)
"Soda shrugged. "I don't know. It's just... I can't stand to hear y'all fight. Sometimes... I just have to get out or... it's like I'm the middleman in a tug o' war  and I'm being split in half. You dig?" (Hinton 175)

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Alexis' Big Idea Statement for Sodapop Curtis

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Alexis' Big Idea Statement for Sodapop Curtis

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Big Idea Statement: Everybody has problems... Everybody has grief... Everybody needs somebody to lean on.
I chose this because Soda has lots of problems and has grief, but none of his brothers understand that. they both think that he is just this carefree, worry less kid. "And while I was thinking about it, I realized that I never had paid much attention to Soda's problems. Darry and I just took it for granted that he didn't have any"(Hinton 174). Neither of them realize that he has problems just like the rest of them and that he needs somebody to tell and to lean on. They both just assume that he is carefree and everything in his life is fine and dandy. They don't go the extra step to make sure that there's not someone wrong, or to care.

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big idea:
Ponyboy Curtis was that one kid who always tried at life and always tried to have fun. what I noticed about Ponyboy in chapter 11-12 is that even though he fights and argues with Darry he still doesn't want to loose him and doesn't was to leave his family. " I had to stay in bed a whole week after that. It bugged me, i'm not the kind that can lie around looking at the ceiling all the time" (S.E Hinton) Ponyboy likes to draw and study but he cannot stand that he can't be out with the gang and enjoying life and school. Ponyboy Curtis is one of my favorite characters in the book because he has such a good character and loves his people and never wants to give them up. he may complain and fight but in the end he will always be happy with who he lives with everyday of his life and he know that they will always have his back no matter what.

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Two Possible Thematic Threads for Dallas Winston by Mrs. O.

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Two Possible Thematic Threads for Dallas Winston by Mrs. O.

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Big Idea Statement #1: Sometimes, gallantry wears a leather jacket and looks like a hoodlum.
Big Idea Statement #2:
Dallas Winston had a heart composed of fire and ice.
"He died violent and young and desperate...But Johnny was right. He died gallant"(Hinton 154). I chose these statements and this passage for Dallas because like all of us, Dallas was a brilliant mixture of light and darkness. Some of the light was muted by how difficult Dallas' life was, but the "star" was still there in him if someone took the time to look up and look deeper.