He thinks he will upset Darry and Soda.
In The Outsiders, Ponyboy Curtis is the characters real name. His father gave him the name along with his brothers Sodapop and Darryl.
Mostly to describe them at the begining, but some he mentions them later on, like when he tells the relationship Darry had with his father.
Yes it is their real names in the book and movie. who named them and why: their father. He wanted their names to be unique. Ponyboy Curtis and Sodapop Curtis. However Ponyboys actual name is: C. Thomas Howell and Sodapop's actual name is: Rob Lowe
hedose not mention the place where he is from...the only place I can come up with in the book is Windrixville, where Johnny and Ponyboy are hiding in the Church and that is halfway between Oklahoma City and Dallas. However, he is from Tulsa, OK.
Johnny Cade's parents treated him with both verbal, and physical abuse. His mother was an alcoholic, and his father would beat Johnny for no reason. Ponyboy Curtis states in the book, the Outsiders; "Without the gang, Johnny wouldn't know what love or affection was."
In The Outsiders, Ponyboy Curtis is the characters real name. His father gave him the name along with his brothers Sodapop and Darryl.
Her father was dying of a brain tumor.
Mostly to describe them at the begining, but some he mentions them later on, like when he tells the relationship Darry had with his father.
Yes it is their real names in the book and movie. who named them and why: their father. He wanted their names to be unique. Ponyboy Curtis and Sodapop Curtis. However Ponyboys actual name is: C. Thomas Howell and Sodapop's actual name is: Rob Lowe
He is like the father in the movie.
hedose not mention the place where he is from...the only place I can come up with in the book is Windrixville, where Johnny and Ponyboy are hiding in the Church and that is halfway between Oklahoma City and Dallas. However, he is from Tulsa, OK.
First he thought about writing about his father but couldn't. Then, he tried to write about Soda;s horse, Mickey Mouse, but couldn't get it write.Finally he started writing names across the paper then he ended up drawing horses all over the paper.
the father of essay writing is said to be Joseph P. Hynes
Johnny Cade's parents treated him with both verbal, and physical abuse. His mother was an alcoholic, and his father would beat Johnny for no reason. Ponyboy Curtis states in the book, the Outsiders; "Without the gang, Johnny wouldn't know what love or affection was."
He likes it because he realizes that atleast his father knows that he is there, and that he exists.
They died in an auto accident, eight months before the story takes place. Their death is discussed in Chapter 3.
I think he's more of a "father figure"... Darry may have acted coldly toward Ponyboy and his brother Sodapop, but this was likely his way of "being strong" since their parents were dead. Context shows that Darry cared very much about them, and especially wanted Ponyboy to have the chances in life he'd given up (like going to college), to keep them together in the same house.