Read this excerpt from The Outsiders.Soda tries to understand, at least, which is more than Darry does. But then, Soda is different from anybody; he understands everything, almost. Like he’s never hollering at me all the time the way Darry is, or treating me as if I was six instead of fourteen. I love Soda more than I’ve ever loved anyone, even Mom and Dad.
Read this excerpt from The Outsiders.Then there were shouts and the pounding of feet, and the Socs jumped up and left me lying there, gasping. I lay there and wondered what in the world was happening—people were jumping over me and running by me and I was too dazed to figure it out. Then someone had me under the armpits and was hauling me to my feet. It was Darry."Are you all right, Ponyboy?”He was shaking me and I wished he’d stop. I was dizzy enough anyway. I could tell it was Darry though—partly because of the voice and partly because Darry’s always rough with me without meaning to be.
Read this excerpt from The Outsiders.I was wishing I looked like Paul Newman—he looks tough and I don’t—but I guess my own looks aren’t so bad. I have light-brown, almost-red hair and greenish-gray eyes. I wish they were more gray, because I hate most guys that have green eyes, but I have to be content with what I have.
A novel’s theme is best defined as
Which of these is a theme found in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton?
Read this line from The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton.It drives my brother Darry nuts when I do stuff like that, 'cause I'm supposed to be smart.
Read this excerpt from The Outsiders."I’m okay. Quit shaking me, Darry, I’m okay.”He stopped instantly. "I’m sorry.”He wasn’t really. Darry isn’t ever sorry for anything he does. It seems funny to me that he should look just exactly like my father and act exactly the opposite from him. My father was only forty when he died and he looked twenty-five and a lot of people thought Darry and Dad were brothers instead of father and son. But they only looked alike—my father was never rough with anyone without meaning to be.
Which line is an example of internal conflict in The Outsiders?
Which of these excerpts from The Outsiders best represents an external conflict?
Which of these lines from The Outsiders is an example of conflict between an individual and himself?
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