"The Outsiders" Chapter 4 & 5

"The Outsiders" Chapter 4 & 5

Chapter 4 Summary

•Walking through the empty park, Ponyboy and Johnny hear a car horn and see some Socs approaching them in the park.

•Randy and Bob, along with some other Socs, trap Ponyboy and Johnny at the fountain.

•One of the Socs forces Ponyboy into the fountain and holds him underwater until he passes out.

•Johnny stabs Bob and kills him.

•Johnny and Ponyboy go to Buck Merrill's house to get help from Dally, who gives them money and a gun and sends them to Windrixville to hide out in an old church.

Open Ended

Where are Pony and Johnny when the Socs show up looking for trouble?

Open Ended

What did Pony realize when he woke up?

Open Ended

Where did Pony and Johnny go when they left the park?

Open Ended

What was Dally’s reaction to their news? How does he help them?

Let's Watch a clip! Ponyboy & Johnny VS Socials

https://youtu.be/H9END_Ex_eU

Multiple Choice

Why didn’t Pony and Johnny run away from the Socs?

• They were so scared that they could not move.

• Two-Bit told them that he would be there soon.

• They did not want to seem like wimps by running away.

• It was too late; they were on the way over when they saw them.

Multiple Choice

What two things motivated Johnny to stab Bob?

• Bob tried to choke Johnny and Randy punched him in the stomach

• David was drowning Ponyboy and the others were going to beat up Johnny

• Randy threatened to hurt Johnny’s family and Bob punched him in the stomach.

• David was choking Ponyboy and the others threatened to go after Cherry and Marcia.

Multiple Choice

Which act proved the cowardice of the Socs?

• They ran away and left Bob to die alone.

• They left the scene in order to go after Cherry and Marcia

• They threatened to blame Ponyboy for the stabbing

• They teased Johnny about his homelife

Multiple Choice

What did Dally give the boys?

• money, dry clothes, a loaded gun, and a plan

• money, cigarettes, and the name of someone to contact

• cigarettes, an unloaded gun, and some food

• dry clothes, and directions to West Virginia

Multiple Choice

“The train came to a screaming halt.” Which figurative language device is being used here?

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Chapter 5 Review

-They both wake up in the Church. Ponyboy daydreams about being with Darry and Soda and how wonderful life was at home.

-Johnny had gone for supplies and returned with food, cigarettes, soap, peroxide, a deck of playing cards, and the book Gone with the Wind. 

-  Johnny cuts and bleaches Ponyboy's hair; Ponyboy in turn cuts Johnny's hair. 

Chapter 5 Continued...

-They stay inside the church and pass the time playing poker and reading aloud from Gone with the Wind.  GALLANT!

-Dally brings news, and a letter for Ponyboy from Sodapop. Soda misses him :( :(

-They go to DQ. Dally fills the boys in on whats happening. Theres a rumble planned, Cherry is the spy.

Johnny and Pony Run Away & Haircut Scene

https://youtu.be/dkWYXn-30uE

https://youtu.be/isAfFeY6IBM

Chapter 5--Important Quote!

"Nothing Gold Can Stay" --Let's refer to the text

Multiple Choice

What does the poem mean?

• Just like the first signs of spring or a sunset, youth and innocence are only around for a short time.

• Just like leaves during the autumn, people live long lives but then drop and blow away.

• Gold is important in one’s youth, but then people realize money cannot buy everything

• Gold is not necessary for one’s youth, but it does bring sunshine in later years.

The boys at DQ

https://youtu.be/2LRJJaRSnas