https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm Made with whimsy en-us 2017-04-28 17:28:31 UTC 2025-12-04 14:58:58 UTC hello@padlet.com 365531 https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/168942904 2017-04-28 17:32:08 UTC https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/168942904 365531 https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/168945102 Soda pop enjoyed Elvis because he and the rest of the greasers thought he was tuff.]]> 2017-04-28 17:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/168945102 365531 https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/168946868 His home life was good enough to handle, and that is how he enjoyed it. His impact of his home life didn't bother him, neither his brothers. Soda dropped out of high school. He dropped out because he wasn't excelling in school, and because he needs to work to help support the family.Pony later learns that, although Soda doesn't want Pony to drop out of high school, he's happy with his own choice to do so. He likes his work at the gas station, and says he wasn't getting anything out of school. We also find out that his parents were killed, and he had to act like a parent, alongside Darry and Dally, to take care of the family.]]> 2017-04-28 17:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/168946868 365531 https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/168948866 2017-04-28 17:53:16 UTC https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/168948866 365531 https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/168949328 2017-04-28 17:54:59 UTC https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/168949328 365531 https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/168952622 2017-04-28 18:07:18 UTC https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/168952622 365531 https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/168954207 Seventeen-year-old Sodapop is Mr. Personality, and he backs that up with lots of heart. Like his brother Darrel, he's fashion-plate handsome, and since he's a Curtis, he's smart, athletic, and hardworking to boot.]]> 2017-04-28 18:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/168954207 365531 https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/168955518 Only at the very end of the novel do Soda's layers start to emerge. We learn lots of important things that deepen his complexity as a character.  We learn that his brothers' fighting is really hard on Sodapop. We also learn that he values peace with his brothers.]]> 2017-04-28 18:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/168955518 365531 https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/168958768 2017-04-28 18:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/168958768 365531 https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/168958996 2017-04-28 18:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/168958996 365531 https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/168959300 2017-04-28 18:35:10 UTC https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/168959300 365531 https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/169502044 We also learn that Soda has been having hard times with his girlfriend Sandy. Pony had no idea. He knew Soda was in love with Sandy and planned to marry her, but Pony sure didn't know she was pregnant with another guy's child. He also had no idea that Sandy had left town to raise the baby, even though Soda wanted to marry her and raise the child as his own.]]> 2017-05-02 17:52:30 UTC https://padlet.com/365531/7kds5thddttm/wish/169502044