ENG 101 Methodist University Chapter 1 The Outsider Analysis Worksheet English 101: Ch. 1, The Outsiders (Due 6 HOURS) pp1 pp2 pp3 pp4 pp5 pp6 An

ENG 101 Methodist University Chapter 1 The Outsider Analysis Worksheet English 101: Ch. 1, The Outsiders (Due 6 HOURS)

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Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.

Instructions:

Read to establish the narrator’s point of view and voice
What can readers infer about the narrator?
How does he establish that he is different from those around him?

Chapter 1

1: WHEN I STEPPED OUT into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home. 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. My hair is longer than a lot of boys wear theirs, squared off in back and long at the front and sides, but I am a greaser and most of my neighborhood rarely bothers to get a haircut. Besides, I look better with long hair.

2: I had a long walk home and no company, but I usually lone it anyway, for no reason except that I like to watch movies undisturbed so I can get into them and live them with the actors. When I see a movie with someone it’s kind of uncomfortable, like having someone read your book over your shoulder. I’m different that way. I mean, my second oldest brother, Soda, who is sixteen-going-on-seventeen, never cracks a book at all, and my oldest brother, Darrel, who we call Darry, works too long and hard to be interested in a story or drawing a picture, so I’m not like them. And nobody in our gang digs movies and books the way I do. For a while there, I thought I was the only person in the world that did. So I loned it.
3: 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. He’s always happy-go-lucky and grinning, while Darry’s hard and firm and rarely grins at all. But then, Darry’s gone through a lot in his twenty years, grown up too fast. Sodapop’ll never grow up at all. I don’t know which way’s the best. I’ll find out one of these days.
4: Anyway, I went on walking home, thinking about the movie, and then suddenly wishing I had some company. Greasers can’t walk alone too much or they’ll get jumped, or someone will come by and scream “Greaser!” at them, which doesn’t make you feel too hot, if you know what I mean. We get jumped by the Socs. I’m not sure how you spell it, but it’s the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids. It’s like the term “greaser,” which is used to class all us boys on the East Side.
5: We’re poorer than the Socs and the middle class. I reckon we’re wilder, too. Not like the Socs, who jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to society the next. Greasers are almost like hoods; we steal things and drive old souped-up cars and hold up gas stations and have a gang fight once in a while. I don’t mean I do things like that. Darry would kill me if I got into trouble with the police. Since Mom and Dad were killed in an auto wreck, the three of us get to stay together only as long as we behave. So Soda and I stay out of trouble as much as we can, and we’re careful not to get caught when we can’t. I only mean that most greasers do things like that, just like we wear our hair long and dress in blue jeans and T-shirts, or leave our shirttails out and wear leather jackets and tennis shoes or boots. I’m not saying that either Socs or greasers are better; that’s just the way things are.

6: I could have waited to go to the movies until Darry or Sodapop got off work. They would have gone with me, or driven me there, or walked along, although Soda just can’t sit still long enough to enjoy a movie and they bore Darry to death. Darry thinks his life is enough without inspecting other people’s. Or I could have gotten one of the gang to come along, one of the four boys Darry and Soda and I have grown up with and consider family. We’re almost as close as brothers; when you grow up in a tight-knit neighborhood like ours you get to know each other real well. If I had thought about it, I could have called Darry and he would have come by on his way home and picked me up, or Two-Bit Mathews— one of our gang— would have come to get me in his car if I had asked him, but sometimes I just don’t use my head. It drives my brother Darry nuts when I do stuff like that, ’cause I’m supposed to be smart; I make good grades and have a high IQ and everything, but I don’t use my head. Besides, I like walking.

Textual Evidence showing the narrator’s point of view and voice

Analyze what readers can infer about the narrator based on the evidence and how this impacts readers’ perceptions of the narrator’s story

Example

“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.”

This quote shows that the narrator, Ponyboy, is honest and humble. He admits that he doesn’t look tough, but he seems to have confidence in himself and is not too bothered by it because he states, “I guess my own looks aren’t so bad.” He is different than others, which makes him a good narrator because he notices the differences. Because he is honest, humble, and confident in who he is as a person, the reader can trust him.

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“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”

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THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, THAT IS ALL!

THANKS MUCH! ANA D. OTERO
RL 8.6, Ch. 1, The Outsiders
Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g.,
created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.
Instructions:
● Read to establish the narrator’s point of view and voice
● What can readers infer about the narrator?
● How does he establish that he is different from those around him?
Chapter 1
(1) WHEN I STEPPED OUT into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I
had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home. 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. My hair is longer than a lot of boys wear theirs, squared off in back and long at
the front and sides, but I am a greaser and most of my neighborhood rarely bothers to
get a haircut. Besides, I look better with long hair.
(2) I had a long walk home and no company, but I usually lone it anyway, for no reason
except that I like to watch movies undisturbed so I can get into them and live them with
the actors. When I see a movie with someone it’s kind of uncomfortable, like having
someone read your book over your shoulder. I’m different that way. I mean, my second
oldest brother, Soda, who is sixteen-going-on-seventeen, never cracks a book at all, and
my oldest brother, Darrel, who we call Darry, works too long and hard to be interested in
a story or drawing a picture, so I’m not like them. And nobody in our gang digs movies
and books the way I do. For a while there, I thought I was the only person in the world
that did. So I loned it.
(3) 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. He’s always happy-golucky and grinning, while Darry’s hard and firm and rarely grins at all. But then, Darry’s
gone through a lot in his twenty years, grown up too fast. Sodapop’ll never grow up at all.
I don’t know which way’s the best. I’ll find out one of these days.
(4) Anyway, I went on walking home, thinking about the movie, and then suddenly wishing I
had some company. Greasers can’t walk alone too much or they’ll get jumped, or
someone will come by and scream “Greaser!” at them, which doesn’t make you feel too
hot, if you know what I mean. We get jumped by the Socs. I’m not sure how you spell it,
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but it’s the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids. It’s like the
term “greaser,” which is used to class all us boys on the East Side.
(5) We’re poorer than the Socs and the middle class. I reckon we’re wilder, too. Not like the
Socs, who jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get
editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to society the
next. Greasers are almost like hoods; we steal things and drive old souped-up cars and
hold up gas stations and have a gang fight once in a while. I don’t mean I do things like
that. Darry would kill me if I got into trouble with the police. Since Mom and Dad were
killed in an auto wreck, the three of us get to stay together only as long as we behave.
So Soda and I stay out of trouble as much as we can, and we’re careful not to get caught
when we can’t. I only mean that most greasers do things like that, just like we wear our
hair long and dress in blue jeans and T-shirts, or leave our shirttails out and wear leather
jackets and tennis shoes or boots. I’m not saying that either Socs or greasers are better;
that’s just the way things are.
(6) I could have waited to go to the movies until Darry or Sodapop got off work. They would
have gone with me, or driven me there, or walked along, although Soda just can’t sit still
long enough to enjoy a movie and they bore Darry to death. Darry thinks his life is
enough without inspecting other people’s. Or I could have gotten one of the gang to
come along, one of the four boys Darry and Soda and I have grown up with and consider
family. We’re almost as close as brothers; when you grow up in a tight-knit neighborhood
like ours you get to know each other real well. If I had thought about it, I could have
called Darry and he would have come by on his way home and picked me up, or Two-Bit
Mathews— one of our gang— would have come to get me in his car if I had asked him,
but sometimes I just don’t use my head. It drives my brother Darry nuts when I do stuff
like that, ’cause I’m supposed to be smart; I make good grades and have a high IQ and
everything, but I don’t use my head. Besides, I like walking.
Example
Textual Evidence showing
the narrator’s point of view
and voice
Analyze what readers can
infer about the narrator
based on the evidence and
how this impacts readers’
perceptions of the
narrator’s story
“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.”
This quote shows that the
narrator, Ponyboy, is honest
and humble. He admits that
he doesn’t look tough, but he
seems to have confidence in
himself and is not too
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bothered by it because he
states, “I guess my own looks
aren’t so bad.” He is different
than others, which makes him
a good narrator because he
notices the differences.
Because he is honest,
humble, and confident in who
he is as a person, the reader
can trust him.
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“I have light-brown, almostred 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”

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