The Outsiders Padlet by Angie Chen https://padlet.com/2021chena31/7i0mneh54ibx en-us 2016-04-25 16:55:08 UTC 2025-12-14 20:15:40 UTC hello@padlet.com http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8375/8533262027_87c262a858_o.jpg Character Analysis: Darry (Darrel) 2021chena31 https://padlet.com/2021chena31/7i0mneh54ibx/wish/107599153 1. Motivation:
     Darry's main motivations in his life are his brothers. As stated in the text, ""You know, the only thing that keeps Darry from being a Soc' is us."", (Page 126), Darry could be a Soc, the ones with all of the lucky breaks, with his brains, experience, and looks, but he refuses to leave his brothers as he cares deeply for them. 
     Although, sometimes Ponyboy doesn't think it, Darry's constant nagging for Ponyboy to use his head was his way of caring for him, as seen in, "Darry did care about me... and because he cared he was trying too hard to make something of me." (Page 98). Every time Darry nagged Ponyboy, it had a hidden meaning behind it, like "I was so scared, please don't do that again because you might get hurt," or "You have to get good grades so you could create a better life for yourself."]]> 2016-04-25 17:04:21 UTC https://padlet.com/2021chena31/7i0mneh54ibx/wish/107599153 2021chena31 https://padlet.com/2021chena31/7i0mneh54ibx/wish/108075617 2.  Desires:
     Darry wants to stay together with his brothers and to ensure they lead a good life. Him crying of joy when he and Soda was reunited with Ponyboy was a proof of that.
     Also, he wants to support himself and his brothers so they could lead a adequate if not good life. Darry works many odd jobs and is too busy to do much other stuff. 
     Soda and Pony both think that Darry works too hard for them, as seen in, "He thought Darry worked too hard anyway. I did too." (Page 16), when Soda was giving Darry a back rub.]]> 2016-04-27 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/2021chena31/7i0mneh54ibx/wish/108075617 2021chena31 https://padlet.com/2021chena31/7i0mneh54ibx/wish/108075728 3. Flaws:
     Darry, constantly nagging Ponyboy about his blunders, which annoys Ponyboy a lot, because he thinks that Darry never cuts him a break, as seen in "then all of a sudden he blows up on me... " (Page 51). His flaw was that he was trying too hard to try to make something of Ponyboy that Ponyboy felt angry and bitter that Darry was constantly all over him.
     Darry seldom has time for anything besides work, because he overworks himself to try to provide a good home for his brothers, as seen in, "Darry didn't deserve to work like an old man when he was only twenty." (Page 16). He is also quite proud.]]> 2016-04-27 16:51:46 UTC https://padlet.com/2021chena31/7i0mneh54ibx/wish/108075728 Personality Test 2021chena31 https://padlet.com/2021chena31/7i0mneh54ibx/wish/108084079      The personality test on Darry was actually pretty accurate. As stated on the website, "In high school, ESFJs are the cheerleaders and the quarterbacks, setting the tone, taking the spotlight and leading their teams forward to victory and fame." Darry was a football player during high school.
     A weakness of Darry was pretty accurate.
  • Too Selfless – The other side of this is that ESFJs sometimes try to establish their value with doting attention, something that can quickly overwhelm those who don't need it, making it ultimately unwelcome. Furthermore, ESFJs often neglect their own needs in the process.
    I find this accurate as Darry sometimes overwhelms Ponyboy with nagging and yelling to try to make something of him, like when Darry yells at Pony to use his head in, ""You don't ever think," Darry broke in, "not at home or anywhere it counts. You must think at school, with all the good grades you you bring home... And if you did have to go by yourself, you should have carried a blade."" (Page 13). Although it may not seem like it, Darry really does care about Ponyboy. 
    Another accurate description was a bullet point on strength
  • Strong Sense of Duty – People with the ESFJ personality type have a strong sense of responsibility and strive to meet their obligations, though this may sometimes be more from a sense of social expectations than intrinsic drive.
     I also find this accurate because Darry cares a lot about his brother, as he provides a good home and cares deeply for them. An example of this was when Darry cried when he was reunited with Ponyboy after Ponyboy and Johnny ran away.
]]> 2016-04-27 17:20:27 UTC https://padlet.com/2021chena31/7i0mneh54ibx/wish/108084079 A Metaphor for Darry 2021chena31 https://padlet.com/2021chena31/7i0mneh54ibx/wish/108315867      Darry is a mother bear, proud and strong, usually calm, scary when angry, yet nice when he needs to be. He provides for his "cubs" and nurtures them, teaching them the way of survival in the harsh "Forest of Society". 
     Although it is very important for Darry to be there for his "cubs", and to scold them to teach them a lesson, he might accidentally go overboard if he gets too angry, like in, "Darry wheeled around and slapped me so hard that it knocked me against the door... Darry looked at the palm of his hand where it turned red and then looked back at me. His eyes were huge." (Page 50).
     Mistakes are made, but not always forgiven, but still Darry tries his best, working hard every day for his "cubs" with only the love and drive a mother bear can have. 
     Darrel is a mother bear, sometimes making mistakes, but always loving his "cubs" with the love only a mother bear could have, in the merciless "Forest of Society".
]]> 2016-04-28 17:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/2021chena31/7i0mneh54ibx/wish/108315867 Archetypes of the Characters 2021chena31 https://padlet.com/2021chena31/7i0mneh54ibx/wish/108529181      Pony is "The Reluctant Hero" because he never wanted to leave but circumstances of him nearly drowning and Johnny killing Bob to save him forced Johnny and him to go run away. Later, after Dallas arrived to the church, Johnny decided to turn himself in to law, and on the way there, they realized that the church was on fire, due to their actions of throwing their used cigarettes on the church floor. They ran inside to save the children, where he, Johnny, and Dally turn into heroes.

     Dally is "The Troubled Teen", always getting his way, and constantly being put into Juvenile Detention Centers. "His eyes were blue, blazing ice, cold with a hatred of the whole world. Dally... had been arrested at the age ten." (Page 10). Dally loves Johnny, as Johnny reminds him of himself before he became a hardened criminal. Dally doesn't want Johnny to lose that innocence, so when Johnny died, his whole world collapses, leading him to kill himself. 

     Darry is "The Mentor", caring for Pony and Soda, but sometimes annoys Pony with his constant scolding. Darry gives advice to Soda and tries to keep them both out of trouble so they could stay together and not be put into a boys home. Sometimes, Darry is a kind of a negative force, when he doesn't cut Ponyboy a break, but usually, they get along perfectly fine, especially when Pony realized what Darry meant with his nagging. 

     Johnny is "The Victim" archetype. He had a pretty terrible life at his home, with abusive parents, and is doomed to a tragic ending from the start. When he panicked and accidentally killed Bob while trying to save Pony from drowning, he and Pony were forced to run away. When, he and Pony unknowing caused a church fire, they ran inside to save the children trapped in there. But then, Johnny got injured from a fallen beam, and suffered severe injuries. Johnny dies from injuries a little while after.

     Bob is a "Tragic Hero", and although he isn't necessarily heroic, he made a poor decision of getting drunk that cost him his life. Bob had wanted to get back at the greasers and teach them a lesson as revenge for "picking up" Cherry and Marcia, even if Cherry and Marcia didn't mind it. The poor decision Bob and his friends made was getting drunk and nearly drowning Ponyboy.  Johnny stabbed Bob and accidentally killed him to make the Socs let go of Ponyboy.

     Two-Bit Matthews is "The Trickster", always joking, smarting off to people, and putting his "two-bits worth" into any conversation. "Two-Bit Matthew was the oldest of the gang and the wisecracker of the bunch... couldn't stop making funny remarks to save his life. You couldn't shut up that guy; he always had to get his two-bits worth in. Hence his name," (Page 9-10). Two-Bit keeps the mood mainly lighthearted and is a real smart aleck to cops. ]]> 2016-04-29 17:27:05 UTC https://padlet.com/2021chena31/7i0mneh54ibx/wish/108529181 2021chena31 https://padlet.com/2021chena31/7i0mneh54ibx/wish/108656671 2016-05-01 21:53:07 UTC https://padlet.com/2021chena31/7i0mneh54ibx/wish/108656671 Literary Terms & Their Impact 2021chena31 https://padlet.com/2021chena31/7i0mneh54ibx/wish/108657885      Literary terms have a big impact on The Outsiders.

     One of them is foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is used to create suspense in the story and to get the reader's attention. An example of this is seen in, "I really couldn't see what Socs would have to sweat about - good grades, good cars, good girls, madras and Mustangs and Corvairs -Man, I thought, if I had worries like that I'd consider myself lucky. I know better now." (Page 36). The foreshadowing was used at the end of Chapter 2, to show that things for the Socs were not petty worries and just basically sugar and cream. Instead, the foreshadowing suggests that Ponyboy went through some trouble that showed him just how rough the Socs also had it.
     There is also some other foreshadowing in The Outsiders as well, like in "Things gotta get better, I figured. They couldn't get worse. I was wrong." (Page 52). All of the foreshadowing impacted The Outsiders by making it more suspenseful and makes the reader not want to put the book down.

     Another one of literary term that impacted The Outsiders was conflict. Without the conflict, there basically wouldn't be any plot. The main conflict was was the Greasers against the Socials, or People v.s. People. An example of the conflict is during the rumble where the Socs and the Greasers were fighting,  "They were slugging it out, but Dallas was getting the worst of it, so I jumped on his Soc’s back, pulling his hair and pounding him. He reached back and caught me by the neck and threw me over his head to the ground." (Page 144). The conflict impacts the story by giving it a plot and making it a more interesting read. There were a few more minor conflicts too, but the Greasers against the Socials was the main one.
     Much like the foreshadowing, the conflict makes the story more interesting]]> 2016-05-01 22:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/2021chena31/7i0mneh54ibx/wish/108657885 2021chena31 https://padlet.com/2021chena31/7i0mneh54ibx/wish/108859355 2016-05-02 20:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/2021chena31/7i0mneh54ibx/wish/108859355