The Kool Kid that's directing his discussion

1. Why might Johnny have told Ponyboy to "stay gold" ?

2. Why would Dally have wanted to die?

3. Why might Ponyboy not have called for Darry while being delirious?

4. Why did Randy come to see Ponyboy?

5. Why was Darry confused about Soda not telling Ponyboy about Sandy?

6. Why might Ponyboy have asked Mr Syme about the length of the theme?

7. How would you imagine the end of the book if you replaced Ponyboy with Johnny?

8.  What made Ponyboy decide that he could tell people his story?

9. How did Ponyboy start his theme?

10. Why might Ponyboy have started his theme like that?

Connections

1.The Outsiders reminds me of my mothers work . She is always telling me stories about the gangs around the neighbourhood and how dangerous they are. They are called The Bloods, and The Crips. Who set buses on fire, break into cars, and are always getting into fights/ rumbles with each other, like The Socs and The Greasers.  This helps me understand the story better because I realized how everyone else around them in the story must have felt, and how scared they must have been. 


2.The novel "The Outsiders" has the same concept as Broadway musical called " West side story". In West Side Story, the Puerto Ricans make up the Sharks, and the Americans  make up the Jets.  In The Outsiders, the rich teenagers make up the Socs, and the less fortunate make up the Greasers. in these two stories the gangs are divided by race, and by class. This helped my understand The Outsiders better because, all the people in these stories are the same but they are just judged differently. 

3.This book reminds me a lot about reality, people focus more on stereotypes and looks than what's on the inside. Like in "The Outsiders" People judged the Greasers because they  are known for harassing, and giving people a hard time. That was why everyone was so shocked when johnny, and Ponyboy saved the children and turned out to be heroes, because everyone thought that they were the "bad guys". This helped me understand the story better because now I wonder if people changed their opinions on the Greasers after the incident. 


4."The Outsiders" reminds me of Shakespeare's play, "Romeo and Juliet".Pony boy, and Romeo were  laid back, low life's, while Cherry and Juliet were affluent, and well-heeled. But even though Ponyboy was a greaser and Cherry was a Soc, they still became great friends. Just like Romeo and Juliet, even though her parents disagreed and he wasn't as wealthy as her they still got married. This helped me understand more about why Cherry betrayed the Socs for the Greasers.