What is the ending of the book outsiders?
In the final scenes of "The Outsiders," at least in "The Complete Novel" version, Ponyboy is cleared of any wrongdoing in court for Bob's murder. We also see Ponyboy and his two brothers, Sodapop and Darrel, make up for good when Darrel promises to stop laying into Ponyboy so hard.
Ponyboy realizes that he cannot become wholly naïve or wholly tough. He cannot stop being a greaser in order to retain his innocence or sacrifice his ideals in order to become a toughened gangster.
When Pony learns that Sandy's pregnant—not with Soda's kid—and that Sandy's parents refused to let her marry Soda, he realizes Soda has problems too. Since we only end up hearing this information from Darrel, some readers wonder if Sandy's really pregnant, who the father is, and why she was sent out of town.
The church is the place where Ponyboy and Johnny hide after Johnny killed Bob.
The Outsider seems to end on a beautiful note. Ralph and his wife Jeannie connect over their son's life while taking steps toward recovery. It's a fitting way to wrap up a show entrenched in grief, but after the credits roll, HBO then goes all Marvel on us, and introduces one final post-credits sequence.
Ponyboy regains consciousness to find himself lying on the ground. He is next to Johnny—and next to Bob's corpse. Johnny tells Ponyboy that he (Johnny) killed Bob because the Socs were going to drown Ponyboy and beat up Johnny.
Johnny is dying and is not impressed that the greasers won the rumble: "Useless . . . fighting's no good." He asks to speak to Ponyboy, and, leaning over him, Johnny's last words are "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold."
What do Johnny's last words mean? Right before he dies in the hospital, Johnny says “Stay gold, Ponyboy.” Ponyboy cannot figure out what Johnny means until he reads the note Johnny left. Johnny writes that “stay gold” is a reference to the Robert Frost poem Ponyboy shared when they were hiding at the church.
In essence, he is telling Ponyboy to stay innocent and to remain good. He is asking him to remain optimistic about life and his future, and to be true to himself. He is telling Ponyboy this because he is different to the rest of the Greasers.
Character Analysis Sherri (Cherry) Valance
To Pony, Cherry Valance typifies the perfect Soc girlfriend. And she is, perhaps, until her boyfriend, Bob, is killed. Cherry, a cheerleader, attends the same high school as Ponyboy.
Does Sodapop marry sandy?
Sodapop told Ponyboy he was sure he was going to marry Sandy. However, when she got pregnant, she left to go live with her grandmother in Florida. Soda later runs off, saying he hates being in the middle, and it makes him feel more worse because she left him, and he loved her so much.
Ponyboy Michael Curtis A 14-year-old boy who is the narrator and main character in The Outsiders. His parents have been killed in an automobile accident, and he lives with his two brothers.
After Johnny's death and Dally's departure, Ponyboy wanders through the hospital's halls in a daze. Pony is in denial about Johnny's death, and keeps repeating that he isn't dead. He leaves the hospital and roams the streets until a stranger picks him up and drives him home.
The roof collapses on Johnny, breaking his back. He is burned severely, and he dies the night of the rumble with the Socs.
Canonically, the only relationship between them is a mutual understanding and respect, as well as an ambiguous friendship and alliance. Ponyboy has a bit of a crush on her, but that's about it. Cherry has no canon romantic feelings for Ponyboy.
The Outsider is a superbly written, shot and acted miniseries, that is not to be missed, whether one is a Stephen King fan or not. Price's adaptation not only plays to the original novel's strengths, it realizes it with terrific filmmaking and some master-class acting.
This story was about twice as long as the others, and was the standout of the book. Folks familiar with the Bill Hodges trilogy or with The Outsider will recognize the main character, Holly Gibney. If It Bleeds is a direct continuation of her story after the events in The Outsider.
“The Outsider” won't be back for a second season, at least not at HBO.
Tough Guy. Notice the "used to." This is some subtle foreshadowing. Pony no longer sketches Dally because Dally's already dead when Pony's writing. His death is one of his reasons Pony's writing this piece in the first place.
Here, Johnny urges Ponyboy to remain gold, or innocent. Johnny now senses the uselessness of fighting; he knows that Ponyboy is better than the average hoodlum, and he wants Ponyboy to hold onto the golden qualities that set him apart from his companions.
Who Punched Ponyboy?
In the ensuing argument, Darry slaps Ponyboy. No one in Ponyboy's family has ever hit him before, and Ponyboy storms out of the house in a rage. He feels sure now that Darry does not want him around.
DALLY COULD NOT ACCEPT JOHNNY'S DEATH BECAUSE DALLY REALLY CARED ABOUT HIM, MORE THAN ANYONE OR ANYTHING ELSE.
He regrets losing the opportunity of living while he had the chance: "I wouldn't mind it so much if there wasn't so much stuff I ain't done yet and so many thing I ain't seen. It's not fair." Johnny's perspective regarding his mother also changes.
Why does Johnny smile before he dies? Because Dally was proud of him. How did Johnny die? Johnny went into the burning church (to save the children) and a beam fell on him.
Distraught after Johnny's death, Dally has run off to do something desperate. He has robbed a grocery store and called Darry for help, but the police have surrounded him in the vacant lot while the greasers watch at a distance. Dally pulls out a gun that isn't loaded, but is sure to draw the policemen's fire.
Dally pulls out the unloaded gun he carries, and the police shoot him. Dally collapses to the ground, dead. Ponyboy muses that Dally wanted to die.
Dally, the toughest member of the gang, took Johnny's death the hardest. It was the one thing that could break him and he fell apart the only way he knew how. He robbed a store and pulled an unloaded gun on the police, prompting them to shoot and kill him.
Sodapop's fate
On a DVD commentary, Rob Lowe said he asked S.E. Hinton where she saw his character, Sodapop, going after the events of "The Outsiders." He said she told him that Sodapop is drafted, goes to fight in Vietnam and dies there.
4. Who does Ponyboy love the most out of anyone? Soda. 5.
Cherry explains to Ponyboy that there was a side of Bob that not everybody saw that made you want to follow him. Ponyboy knew that she saw this in Dally, and that was why she was afraid to see him and love him.
Who was Dally's girlfriend?
Sylvia is Dally's ex-girlfriend who cheated on him while he was in prison at the beginning of the novel. This was found out when Johnny pointed out that Dally had his ring back. She does not make an appearance in the movie, but she is mentioned by Dally near the beginning.
Sodapop is dating, and in love with Sandy near the beginning of the book, a pretty girl with china blue eyes and blonde hair.
Tulsa's own Lynne Hatheway Anthony was cast as Sodapop's girlfriend, Sandy. Though her scenes were shot, they were ultimately never used in the film.
Sandy was pregnant, and her parents did not want her to marry Sodapop. They sent her to live with her grandmother, to keep her away from Sodapop and so she could have the baby in Florida.
Ponyboy learns he got a concussion during the big fight. He was kicked in the head and had been in bed for three days. Ponyboy has to stay in bed for a week after he wakes up from his concussion. The hearing is scheduled soon after.
Ponyboy doesn't stay gold. His grades suffer, he loses memory and appetite, and he continues fighting with Darry, he is also depressed. This took place in the 60s where ponyboy lives in a town with the town being seperated into 2 dominant groups (socs, greasers).
Ponyboy Curtis is a 14-year-old boy whose world has been turned upside down. His parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months before The Outsiders story takes place. He lives with his oldest brother, Darry, who is 20 years old and has legal custody of him and his other brother, Sodapop, who is 16.
The two Greasers hide out in an abandoned church, but when a group of children breaks into the church and a fire starts, Johnny saves them. In the process, though, he breaks his back and later succumbs to his injuries.
In the scene where Ponyboy and Johnny run away from home, and a group of Socs jump them at the park, David is the Soc who attempted to drown Ponyboy in the fountain, before running away when Johnny killed Bob (Robert Sheldon).
Cherry's accurate assessment that Johnny's "been hurt bad sometime" prompts Ponyboy to retell the story of Johnny's beating by the Socs. About four months ago, Johnny was out in a field hunting a football to practice a few kicks, and four Socs drove by in a blue Mustang.
Was Dally in love with johnny?
Sacrifice In The Outsiders
(1.48) After Johnny died, Dally makes an enormous sacrifice that took away his life. He loved Johnny so much that he couldn't take the fact he was gone. Dally was known to be the most cold-blooded member of the gang but after Johnny's death, he was the one who showed the most affection.
Ponyboy can't accept Johnny's death because he was too young. Also because he was still in shock. Ponyboy and Johnny were really close. Johnny was like the leader of the Greasers.
Johnny Cade died on November 27th at age 16 due to burn's and a back injury. He was a very caring person who even risked his live saving children stuck in a burning church.
Cherry was a Soc with a close relationship with Bob, the main external antagonist of the story.
Sodapop Curtis
Ponyboy's happy-go-lucky, handsome brother.
She finds herself attracted to Dally, who is crass and unrefined but also sexy and charismatic. Despite all her attraction to the greasers, moreover, she is not completely free of group prejudice. She tells Ponyboy that she probably won't say hello to him at school, acknowledging that she respects social divisions.
In Flint City, Oklahoma, the mutilated and raped corpse of Frankie Peterson is found. Fingerprints and DNA at the crime scene as well as witness accounts all clearly show local sports coach Terrence Maitland as the killer, so detective Ralph Anderson orders a public arrest.
After Johnny's death and Dally's departure, Ponyboy wanders through the hospital's halls in a daze. Pony is in denial about Johnny's death, and keeps repeating that he isn't dead. He leaves the hospital and roams the streets until a stranger picks him up and drives him home.
Ponyboy starts to go back in for Johnny, but Dally clubs him across the back and knocks him out. When Ponyboy wakes, he is in an ambulance, accompanied by one of the schoolteachers, Jerry Wood. The teacher tells him that his back caught on fire and that the jacket he was wearing, which Dally lent him, saved his life.
At the station, Wade questions Foster about the murder of his brother-in-law, Breece Dobbs. Foster tells him that it was his father, Big Foster, who killed Breece, but that Big Foster is himself now dead and that it was Asa who killed him.
What's on Ponyboy's neck?
Ponyboy has a scab on his neck, which is visible in quite a few scenes, that was the result of being cut by a Soc in the original opening where Ponyboy is jumped by Socs after leaving the movie theater.
Keith (Two-bit)
As I said in the first slide, Cherry is now married to Pony with twins, Johnny and Dally. She works at Starhucks where she earns lots of bucks for being the manager. There, she helps make coffee when it's busy, she trains people, and does some to-go orders.
After finding out that Sodapop is upset because his letters to Sandy went unanswered, Ponyboy realizes that he “never had paid much attention to Soda's problems.” At the end of the novel, Sodapop is the character who finally unites the Curtis family, after he breaks down in tears over his brothers' constant fighting.
Johnny is dying and is not impressed that the greasers won the rumble: "Useless . . . fighting's no good." He asks to speak to Ponyboy, and, leaning over him, Johnny's last words are "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold."