Prompt 1: Nicole wharton The narrator makes the reader feel like it's in their point of view and if they are going through the saem situations. The story is in first person point of view. It also seems like you know the the narrator's thoughts. It is in first person point of view. Ponyboy gets jumped by a group of socials while he was on his way home from the movie theater. He also tells cherry who is a social but gets along with ponyboy. Ponyboy also decides to cut his hair and wash the grease out. His hair is important to him because it describes his personality. It also took him a very long time to get his hair that long. Ponyboy then gets a concussion the night of a big rumble between the socials and the greasers. He passes out, and …show more content…
The reasons are because Ponyboy runs away after his older brother Darry had hit him for the first time. This makes it seem like you know what they are thinking because if you have ever got hit or ran away then you know his situation and why he would want to run away, because he isn't used to being treated like that.so you would get upset and just not want to be there. Another reason is that Ponyboy tells Randy that he killed bob and johnny did not. The reason why he told Randy it was him was because Ponyboy was making sure Radny didn't want to go after anyone else besides himself. The third reason why it seems like you know their thoughts is when the nurse gave Ponyboy a letter that was written by johnny. You know that Ponyboy wasn't expecting to get a letter from johnny before he had died. Johnny wanted him to tell Dally stuff that he needed to know. So, you have to know that it was an important letter for him to get. In conclusion, these are the reasons on how the narrator makes it seem like you know their life or as if you were in their life and not someone else's. Ponyboy was an important part who made the reader fell more connected tothe story and his
Ponyboy has good grades and he likes to be on the track team and that keeps him in good health. In the end Ponyboy realizes that Darry cared about him as much as Sodapop. Darry is rough on Ponyboy because he want’s the best for him. Clearly Ponyboy does good in school and likes to do track and this keeps him in shape. All in all Ponyboy should stay with Darry because Darry tries too hard to keep Ponyboy in school so that he would have a better life. Darry has high expectations for Ponyboy and these expectations keep Ponyboy with good grades. Ponyboy also does track and this keeps him healthy and in shape. Ponyboy might be a star track runner. This is why Ponyboy should stay with
Poney does not want to be in a boys home, due to his parents death all three boys should be in a boys home. He mentions both in the book and the movie he has to be careful with getting into huge trouble because if the cops found him they would put him in a boys home since he has no parent. Cherry is very kind hearted in both the movies she tells Ponyboy about how you can’t assume if one person from this group is like that, then that must mean everyone else there is the same. She finds a way to figure someone out, if they are a certain way it's because of their past because they've gone through tough stuff she says “Things are rough all over”(S.E. Hinton). In both Cherry spills soda on Dally for trying to hit on her and tells him “get lost hood” (S.E. Hinton), but then tells Pony that if she sees Dally she's afraid she will fall for him, because she sees the good in him. Poney boy also talks to Johnny about the poem Nothing Gold Can Stay in both while watching the sunset about losing your innocence and views in life. When Johnny passes away he tells Ponyboy Stay
If Ponyboy is a hero with sympathy in mind than his friend Johnny is a hero with sympathy in action. The first time Johnny showed his sympathy is when Dally harass the Socs girls, Cherry and Marcia. Johnny bravely stand up to Dally to everyone’s surprise. In the novel, the dialogue of Johnny and Dally showed Johnny’s
The novel begins when Ponyboy walks home from the movies alone. He is trailed closely by an automobile which held a group of Socs and worries that he will soon be jumped as a result of being alone. He fears he will be jumped, because a
On page 51, after Darry slapped him because he came home late, he ran away to find Johnny. Later he mentions how he “ran for several blocks until (they) were out of breath. Then (they) walked. (he) was crying by then”. However, Ponyboy wasn’t crying because he hurt physically, he was crying because he hurt mentally that Darry would slap him. If anyone he didn’t care about slapped him, he wouldn’t feel hurt the way he did that night. Also, on page 98, there is confirmation that he cares about Darry. When he was in the hospital after the church fire, he see's Darry in the doorway. After a moment’s hesitation, he shouted “Darry”, then said, “and the next thing I knew I had him around the waist and was squeezing the daylights out of him.” He may have had mixed emotions about Darry, but it is evident that Pony truly cares about him. Dally is another example of someone he had mixed emotions about, but when he died, Ponyboy said, “My stomach gave a violent start and turned into a hunk of ice.” He thought he didn’t care about Dally, but when he died, Ponyboy realized how much he admired
“Since Mom and Dad were killed in an auto wreck, the three of us get to stay together only as long as we behave (2).” This explains why Ponyboy, Dally and Sodapop did not have parents. In the novel, this really effected their life and character. "…It was Darry. He hit me. I don't know what happened, but I couldn't take him hollering at me and hitting me too... He didn't use to be like that... we used to get along okay... before Mom and Dad died. Now he just can't stand me (2)." This shows that not having their parents anymore effected Darry’s character and how he treated Ponyboy, which in return effected how Ponyboy felt about himself in comparison to how he was treated. This illustrates that Ponyboy believes that Darry picks on him all the time. This shows that Darry was like a caring parent in a tough way,
Ponyboy and others know subconsciously that they need to hammer away. Through dreadful living conditions, family issues, and the deaths of friends, they just chip away until they can’t no more. When the end is there in the distance they all lean on each other and support the others. Ponyboy and his family endure through the thick and the thin. S.E. Hinton shows this so perfectly and inspires the rest of the world to do so. At the end of the day, the reader can understand how important it is to persevere through
The story is seen through the innocent eyes of a 13 year old boy called Charlie Bucktin. The first person central point of view helps us to understand Charlie, to identify with him and his attitudes and values and for reader positioning. Silvey uses language conventions such as descriptive language, dialogue, diction, register and imagery to construct Charlie’s point of view. Since we only see and know what Charlie does thus this helps us create and certain bond with him as he grows, learns, and faces new problems throughout the novel. The fact that Charlie is a teenager and the readers are provided with teenager reactions the teenager audience is able to identify with the character and why he does things that way. Charlie starts of as a the model son, ever the obedient never to do anything wrong… to eventually losing his innocence and naivety and having a better understanding of what is right and what is wrong.
Through the omniscient narrator, readers are able to see the full story behind what the characters tell each
Leaving the greasers behind was not an easy choice, but Ponyboy’s willingness to sacrifice led him to realize this was the right choice to make to help Johnny. This is shown when Ponyboy says, "We gotta get outta here. Get somewhere. Runaway...” (Hinton 50). Ponyboy’s clearly struggling with the consequences of leaving and his fear of the police possible catching them, but he has to sacrifice staying and run away so they do not get caught despite leaving the greasers behind. Ponyboy later rethinks his choice when he says, I was beginning to relax and wonder if running away was such a great idea,” (Hinton 46). Even Tho Ponyboy thought the choice of running away as a bad idea he still stayed with his friend, therefore, showing ponyboys willingness to
Ponyboy talks about him as having ", an elfish face with high cheekbones and a pointed chin, small, sharp animal teeth, and ears like a lynx. His hair was so blond, and he didn't like haircuts, or hair oil either, so it fell over his forehead in wisps and kicked out in the back in tufts and curled behind his ears and along the nape of his neck. His eyes were blue, blazing ice, cold with a hatred of the whole world. “He works as a jockey, and funnily doesn't rig his races; it's "the only thing Dally did honestly." Even though he is only seventeen years old, "the fight for self-preservation had hardened him beyond caring." He set the stereotype for the greasers its scary to the others how scary he is. In the events when Johnny killed Bob dally helped out the boys and gifted them one handgun and $100. Ponyboy realizes the truth after Johnny's death. When he tries to make sense of Dally's reaction to Johnny's death, it dawns on him, "Johnny was the only thing that Dally
Ponyboy does not want to be taken away from his family, but he might question the love his older brother has for him because, “He's as hard as a rock and about as human...he thinks I'm a pain in the neck. He likes Soda--everybody likes Soda--but he can't stand me (42).” This shows that Ponyboy thinks his eldest brother does not care about him. Ponyboy is bothered by this, but he knows that he could not stand being apart from his only family, given that he already lost both his mom and dad. This is why he should stay with his brothers, in a loving home where he feels safe and taken cared of. Ponyboy counts his gang as his family and cares
...utside world, where you must learn to hate and neglect. Johnny enjoys reading, as he really enjoys reading “Gone with the wind.” Dally meanwhile, is described as not having the “shade of difference that separates a Greaser from a hood” on page fourteen. Dally is rough while Johnny is soft. Dally reflects hatred while Johnny reflects sensitivity. Therefore, when Dally and Johnny both die, Ponyboy feels like he has lost himself, because two major people who had such a big influence on him has left him.
The characters in this story are not simply black and white, from the moment you meet them you are drawn in and want to know more about them. The story¹s intrigue, that element that makes the viewer curious, draws the audience in. And the story¹s credibility, the consistency of the characters, holds the audience there, inside the movie.
The use of vivid descriptions for setting, mood and feelings of characters is one of the effective tools, which writers use in a good story. Giving readers a true sense of the atmosphere or settings, enhances the chance that they may become submerged into what they are reading. `Believability of the situation' is another main factor, which I find, contributes to the enjoyableness of a story. If the reader can believe that, the characters and the events these characters partake in may occur in real life, they may associate with the story more freely. The last characteristic, which helps me to enjoy a story, is the presence of rhetorical questions, which further help to involve the reader by promoting critical thinking, thus increasing the enjoyment experienced by the reader.