The Outsiders: Chapter 3

Vocabulary - Find the meaning for the following words in this chapter and write one paragraph that uses all 4 words correctly:

aloof p. 38: staying away from someone because of fear or shyness.

impersonally p. 38: without warmth, impersonal manner.

ornery p. 39: unwillng to co-operate, having a difficult and contrary mood.

resignedly p. 44: with resingation and acceptance, abjectly.

1. What does Cherry explain as the difference between the socs and the greasers?
Cherry does explain as the difference between the Socs and the Greasers is that Greasers are more emotional and Socs are more sophisticated.

2. What does Ponyboy mean on p. 39 when he says "Johnny and I understood each other without saying anything"? Have you ever had a relationship with someone who you understood, or who understood you, without having to say anything?
Ponyboy meant by when he said this is that he knows Johnny so much that he already knows what his answer would be. Yes I have had a relationship with someone who I and she both understood eachother and we didn't have to say anything.

3. When and how did Pony's parents die?
Ponyboy's parents died in a car crash and it happened 8 months ago.

4. What happens when Pony comes home after his curfew?
When Ponyboy comes home after his curfew Dally yells at Ponyboy and pretty much flips out on him while Sodapop is sticking up for him, Dally yells at him to stop sticking up for him but no one is ever supposted to yell at Sodapop, and after Ponyboy stands up for Sodapop and yells back to Dally for yelling at Sodapop, Dally slapped Ponyboy right acroos the face. Once Ponyboy got hurt, Ponyboy ran out of the house to Johnny in the lot and they said they would run away.

5. Why does Johnny like it better when his father is hitting him?
Johnny likes it better when his father is hitting him because he knows who he is.

6. At the end of the chapter, how does the author foreshadow that bad things are to come?
At the end of the chapter, the author forshadows the bad things that are to come by Ponyboy saying "Things got alot better. I figured. They couldn't get worse. I was wrong."