The Outsiders Silent Discussion by Julie Mason https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel First, post a response to each question. Then, read your classmates' posts and respond to at least two of them. en-us 2021-09-26 19:17:16 UTC 2021-09-28 16:11:03 UTC hello@padlet.com In Chapter 12, Why doesn’t Ponyboy feel scared when the Socs approach him in the parking lot? How is this a dramatic change from the Ponyboy we have known throughout the whole novel? JulieMasonBL https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1769112804 2021-09-26 19:20:43 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1769112804 In Chapter 11, Ponyboy looks at Bob's picture in the yearbook. What does Ponyboy think about when he does this, and what does it reveal about Ponyboy? JulieMasonBL https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1769118433 2021-09-26 19:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1769118433 In Chapter 12, Ponyboy reads Johnny's letter. What does Johnny tell Ponyboy? Why is Johnny's message to Ponyboy important? JulieMasonBL https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1769120677 2021-09-26 19:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1769120677 What do you notice about how the book ends? Why do you think S.E. Hinton made this choice? How does it affect you as the reader? JulieMasonBL https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1769121917 2021-09-26 19:28:39 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1769121917 Now that you've read the book. Why is it called The Outsiders? What are some other titles you think S.E. Hinton should have considered and why? JulieMasonBL https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1769122672 2021-09-26 19:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1769122672 Mrs. Mason JulieMasonBL https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771861548 This is an example of where I would type my response to the question. ]]> 2021-09-27 17:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771861548 Victoria Spivak vspivakstar https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771871691 I noticed how the words of the last sentence of The Outsiders are the same as the words in the beginning. "When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home." I think she wanted Ponyboy to write about his story of growing up, just like S.E Hinton herself did!]]> 2021-09-27 17:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771871691 Lielle https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771886027 Before looking at the yearbook picture, Ponyboy had always dehumanized Bob. He had thought of him only as the person who attacked Johnny and got him in trouble. But now Ponyboy associates Bob with someone who he loves, starting to sympathize with him. He thinks about how Bob acted to people he loved, wondering about the "Bob Sheldon that Cherry Valance knew" (162.) In past instances, Ponyboy has shown that he prefers to keep a firm mind to protect himself, looking at the photo helps push him toward understanding another perspective, revealing a character trait that many greasers don't possess.]]> 2021-09-27 17:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771886027 Jessa Fridberg https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771886745 He doesn't feel scared, because he has experienced to much, and the Socs are tiny compared to that. Or as Johnny stated, "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold"(148). He is nor longer 'golden'. This is a dramatic change, because he used to be a scared little boy, but now he is 'tough' as Two-bit says.]]> 2021-09-27 17:08:45 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771886745 I think that the ending shows why and how S.E Hinton came to write this story. It symbolizes that she too had experienced "greaser life" and wrote about it. I think that S.E Hinton is Ponyboy in this scenario. https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771887963 2021-09-27 17:09:10 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771887963 Romi Shtern romimishashtern https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771890215 When Ponyboy looks at Bob's picture in the yearbook, he begins to think about what Bob's personality was like. Ponyboy tries to see him as the person Cherry knew, not the Soc who attacked him and Johnny. This shows that his perception of others is much deeper now, and he is trying to understand people aside from social classes.]]> 2021-09-27 17:10:00 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771890215 Sophia Tatar sophiatatar https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771893318 "You get tough like me, and you cant get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothing can touch you." -Dally

The greasers all know Dally as a person that is so tough that he doesn't feel anything at all. At the beginning of the story, Pony makes a point that he doesn't like the way Dally is. This is a turning point in the story because suddenly we see Ponyboy starting to act exactly like Dally. Ponyboy changed.]]> 2021-09-27 17:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771893318 when Ponyboy looks at Bobs school picture he think about how old he was when he died, he also thinks about what he was like as a person, "I knew he liked to pick fights"(162). This reveals that Ponyboy thinks very deeply about things after they happen, for example, Bob. -Briana rbrianastar https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771893622 2021-09-27 17:11:11 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771893622 Victoria Spivak vspivakstar https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771894135 In chapter 12, Ponyboy reads the letter that Johnny wrote to him, write before he died. The letter tells Ponyboy that being a greaser isn't bad, and that he should follow his dreams and be who he wants. This letter is important because it reminded Ponyboy about all the good things he did and can do in the world, and that just because he is a greaser, that doen't mean he is a bad person and "worse" than the Socs. ]]> 2021-09-27 17:11:22 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771894135 Question 2 https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771894359 Pondyboy always thought of the socs especially Bob as a bad person but in that moment he wondered what was he actually like as a person. Also he compared him to Soda, his brother. This reveals that Pondyboy is starting to see people beyond a group but as individuals and maybe thinking that just because he was against the socs, doesn't mean that he can't be against some of the people there.]]> 2021-09-27 17:11:27 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771894359 Lielle https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771898346 The Outsiders makes a lot of sense, since Ponyboy has always felt like an outsider in every group he's found himself in. Pony doesn't belong with Cherry and the Socs, but he also doesn't quite belong with greasers either. Another title that I believe could be considered is something to do with sunsets, because of sunsets being something that Pony sees as a link between the Socs and greasers. The social clash is a huge theme throughout the book, which sunsets would highlight]]> 2021-09-27 17:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771898346 Victoria Spivak vspivakstar https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771901419 In chapter 11 when Ponyboy looks at Bob's photo in the yearbook, he really stops and thinks about the kind of person that Bob was, and he started to see a glimpse of the individual that Bob was, not just the Soc. Ponyboy looking at Bob's picture reveal's that he's taking the time and looking back at how he used to know Bob, and what it used to be like.]]> 2021-09-27 17:13:55 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771901419 Romi Shtern romimishashtern https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771907894 I think this book is called The Outsiders because everyone isn't fully a part of the society. Greasers are outcasts that are stereotyped as criminals. Socs are also outsiders because they don't have close relationships. This is shown in the text when Cherry says, "I never told anyone that. I think you're the first person I've ever gotten through to" (39).]]> 2021-09-27 17:16:13 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771907894 In chapter 12 when Ponyboy reads Johnnys letter, Johnny tells Pony to "stay gold". Its important to Pony because it connects to a book Pony read to Johnny when it was just the two of them in the church, and how that book was one of the thing that helped them stay sane. -Briana rbrianastar https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771910724 2021-09-27 17:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771910724 sophiatatar https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771916735 S.E. Hinton leaves readers with a lot of themes and life lessons. Everything tied back together to make sense including the sunsets, people dying, the letters and poems. I learned to notice repetition and different writing strategies like foreshadowing in text and use that to understand and predict everything that going on. ]]> 2021-09-27 17:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771916735 Jessa Fridberg https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771919196 I think the novel is called "The Outsiders", because greasers are the outsiders of society. Also, I think that it is about Ponyboy and the greasers. I think that because Ponyboy gets good grades, and cannot use a switch blade or a weapon without feeling bad. I believe that Ponyboy is an outsider in both groups. I think that a couple of titles she could have chosen were; 'The Societies", "Golden", and "Church On A Hill".]]> 2021-09-27 17:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771919196 Veronika https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771919366 My response is similar to Victoria's, since I had also noticed that when I was reading the book, the words in the beginning about Ponyboy needing a ride were reused in the end. The author both shows Ponyboy's journey and her own journey throughout this book.]]> 2021-09-27 17:19:54 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771919366 Johnny tells Ponyboy to stay gold, he tells him to keep believing in and seeing the good in the world. This is important, because after everything that has happened Johnny worried that Ponyboy would "wilt away" and become cold like many of the characters in the book. https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771920048 2021-09-27 17:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771920048 I think that he isn't scared anymore because after losing johnny and dally he is a bit more hardened and not as prone to emotions and therefore does not feel as scared. https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771922544 Ari]]> 2021-09-27 17:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771922544 He thinks about how Bob kind of reminds him of his brother Soda and how when he looks at Bob from cherries perspective, that he was sweet and friendly and stood out from the crowd and was the best buddy a guy could ever have. https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771922679 Ari]]> 2021-09-27 17:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771922679 Johnny tells him not to be ashamed of being a greaser and to stay himself and not change, to stay gold. he also talks about how saving the kids was worth it. And he wanted to get Dally to look at a sunset https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771927457 Ari]]> 2021-09-27 17:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771927457 I think the end shows that S.E. Hinton also went thorough something similar like ponyboy. I also think its cool how the end tells us that the whole story was ponyboy writing the theme for his teacher at the end https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771934028 Ari]]> 2021-09-27 17:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771934028 I think its called the Outsiders because johnny and Ponyboy where kind of outsiders, even in their group of greasers, and where never really a greaser all the way. https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771938191 Ari]]> 2021-09-27 17:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771938191 Veronika https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771957824 Ponyboy looks at the yearbook photo of Bob, and thinks about how Bob used to be and how his personality was. He also tried to see Bob as not the mean Soc that jumped Johnny, but as the Bob that was Cherry's boyfriend and that Cherry knew. It reveals about Ponyboy that he usually has his mind think of one person as everyone else sees them (like his brothers and friends who are greasers) but if he really thinks deeply about it and looks at the photos, he realizes that people aren't just one personality and are also loved by others. (if that makes sense?)]]> 2021-09-27 17:33:07 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1771957824 Eric eric598 https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1775212994
Ponyboy is has changed drastically. He experienced so many attacks and approaches from the Socs. He most likely has toughened up from the time him and Johnny were at the church. He also doesn't want the same thing to happen to him as it did to Johnny, which made him carry his switchblade around with him everywhere he went. ]]> 2021-09-28 16:11:03 UTC https://padlet.com/JulieMasonBL/vm3rwrrjpqsuvjel/wish/1775212994