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 - Distant, Fake. never meaning what they say

impersonally- Without emotion or character traits

ornery- Unpleasant, Bad tempered or stubborn

resignedly- Submissive, gives in to a situation

The girls' sister was very ornery one day and was very aloof from her family. She seemed very impersonally and her parents eventually resigned and just said that she was having a bad day.

1. What does Cherry explain as the difference between the socs and the greasers?
Cherry explained that only part of the difference between Greasers and Socs is the money but not all of it. Part of it is because of the different sets of values and emotions. She explained that the Greasers were more emotional and the Socs were more sophisticated and had no emotion. That is the difference between Greasers and Socs.

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?
When Ponyboy says that the Johnny and him understood each other without saying anything he meant that him and Johnny

3. When and how did Pony's parents die?
Ponyboys parents died in a terrible car accident eight months before this story takes place.

4. What happens when Pony comes home after his curfew?
When Ponyboy come home after his curfew he finds Darry sitting on the chair reading the paper and Soda asleep on the couch. When he walks in the door Darry jumps out of his chair and begins to yell at Ponyboy about coming home late and that they were worried something happened to him. Ponyboy tried to explain that Johnny and him had fallen asleep in the vacant lot. Darry didn't want to hear what he had to say and Soda was trying to stand up for Ponyboy. This is when Darry really got mad and told Soda to stop telling him how to raise his little brother. Ponyboy has gotten mad now and when he tells Darry not to yell at Soda. Darry has had enough and he turns around and hits Ponyboy hard in the face. Everything went quiet and that's when Ponyboy had had enough of Darry's complaints about him and he ran out the door and ran away.

5. Why does Johnny like it better when his father is hitting him?
Johnny says that he likes it better when his father is hitting him because he says that at least his father knows who he is and that he exists.

6. At the end of the chapter, how does the author foreshadow that bad things are to come?
At the end of this chapter the author foreshadows that bad things are to come by writing Ponyboy saying that things can't get any worse. But he was wrong.