“I clenched my fists and thought about the next rumble.”

“The page was blank except for his name.”

“I looked at Bob’s picture and saw someone I could understand, not just someone to fight.”

"I couldn’t see anything but the Socs’ fancy cars and parties.”

He feels proud that people see greasers this way.

 He agrees completely and thinks greasers have no control over their actions.

He laughs at the idea and thinks it’s funny.

He understands that some people think his life is shaped by where he grew up, and he feels frustrated by this view.

 “I didn’t care what anyone thought of me at school.”

“I always knew I wanted to be rich like the Socs.”

 “People think we’re greasers because the neighborhood made us that way, but that doesn’t tell the whole story.”

“The cars on the street were shiny and red.”

 Randy feels that greasers are always lucky compared to Socs.

Randy has had a more sheltered life and sees some problems differently than Ponyboy, who has faced hardships as a greaser.

Ponyboy envies Randy’s life and wants to trade places.

Randy and Ponyboy both think life is exactly the same for Socs and greasers.

“We all watched the sun set quietly over the city.”

“The Socs had fancy clothes and cars, and that was all that mattered to them.”

 “Randy said he didn’t understand why we always had to fight, and I realized he didn’t grow up on the streets like we did.”

“I jumped onto my motorcycle and sped down the street.”

Ponyboy feels angry at his friends. Hinton shows this through his yelling and fighting.

Ponyboy is deeply sad and struggling to cope. Hinton shows this through his thoughts and repeated attempts to block out memories.

Ponyboy feels indifferent. Hinton shows this through his lack of reaction.

Ponyboy is happy that the danger is over. Hinton shows this through his jokes and laughter.

“They looked like they were all cut from the same piece of cloth: clean shaven with semi-Beatle haircuts…”

“And then I remembered. Dallas and Johnny were dead. Don’t think of them, I thought. Don’t remember how Johnny was your buddy… Blank your mind. Don’t remember.”

“We stayed with you so much that the doctor told us we were going to end up in the hospital ourselves if we didn’t get some sleep.”

“I grinned at Soda and joked about getting some sleep later.”

  Ponyboy is proud to live on the East Side of Tulsa.

 Ponyboy enjoys living in the city more than the country.

Ponyboy lives in a less wealthy neighborhood than his school friends, but isn't bothered by it.

Ponyboy feels self-conscious about living in a less wealthy neighborhood than his school friends.

"I was in the country, but I knew I wasn't going to like it as much as I'd thought I would." (p. 65)

"It's like the term 'greaser,' which is used to class all us boys on the East Side." (p. 2)

"I had been glad to see them, but it bothered me because we live in kind of a lousy neighborhood and our house isn't real great." (p. 163)

"But I couldn't have cared less about what Randy thought." (p. 163)