in the book a heater was a gun
In the book The Outsiders, the slang term for a gun is heater.
It means a gun
There was no set answer to this in the book. One can infer that it was to keep up the entire tough guy act that he did and to protect the ones he loved.
Dally joined the rumble in the book of outsiders
He phones the Curtis' house to ask them to come try to save him from the police, but they are too late and he is shot upon their arrival.
In the book The Outsiders, the slang term for a gun is heater.
a heater
It means a gun
There was no set answer to this in the book. One can infer that it was to keep up the entire tough guy act that he did and to protect the ones he loved.
Because to society, the Greasers, the main gang of the book, are the Outsiders of the world.
The meaning of the Outsiders book is belonging, friendship, love, gangs and violence.
Dally joined the rumble in the book of outsiders
He phones the Curtis' house to ask them to come try to save him from the police, but they are too late and he is shot upon their arrival.
S.E.Hinton wrote The Outsiders
If I remember right, he had it to hold off any Socs' or Shepherd's gang that tried to jump him. Sorry if that isn't right, it's been a while since I've read the book :)
The city in the Outsiders isn't mentioned in the book. The author was from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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