Outsiders Plot

Johnny kills Bob, who was trying to drown Ponyboy.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

Answer explanation

this event adds to the tension of the conflict between the socs and greasers

Ponyboy is jumped by the Socs while walking home from the movies.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Resolution

Answer explanation

this is the first scene of the book and helps establish the conflict. this is the inciting incident that sets the story in motion.

Johnny and Ponyboy hide out in an abandoned church.

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Answer explanation

This is still building to the most intense moment, so this is rising action

Johnny is seriously injured and burned in the church fire.

• Rising action

• climax

• falling action

• resolution

Answer explanation

This still isn't the most intense moment where the protagonist and antagonist come face to face.

The Socs hunt down Johnny and Pony for being with their girls.

• Rising action

• Climax

• Falling action

• Exposition

Answer explanation

still building tension

Johnny dies in the hospital.

• Rising action

• climax

• falling action

• resolution

Answer explanation

the tension of whether Johnny will die is now resolved and falls away ; the story is moving towards a resolution

The greasers and socs rumble to battle out their anger from Johnny and Ponyboy's attack and Johnny killing Bob.

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

• resolution

Answer explanation

this is the moment the author has been building towards - when the greasers and socs battle it out (protag and antag come face to face)

Dally is shot and killed by the police.

• Rising action

• climax

• falling action

• resolution

Answer explanation

the tension of what Dally felt after Johnny's death has now been answered and "solved" in his tragic death

Ponyboy is acquitted in the murder of Bob Sheldon and is still allowed to live with Darry and Soda.

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution