The outsiders symbols by charlottecjames haiku deck. Thomas howell, matt dillon, ralph macchio, patrick swayze. Quiet, nice, likes books and movies important roles in the book. Learn the outsiders characters with free interactive flashcards. Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel but did most of the work when she was 16 and a junior in high school. Ponyboy is a fourteenyear old greaser who lives with his two older brothers, sodapop and darry on the lowerclass east side of tulsa, oklahoma. He is not talkative with anyone exempt sodapop and cherry. Hinton and was released on march 25, 1983 in the united states. The outsiders is a 1983 american comingof age drama film directed by francis ford coppola.
Ponyboy is pretty smart and has a lot of opportunity in front of him, but he comes from the wrong side of town and hangs out with a bunch of similarly weirdlynamed friends who drop out, smoke cigarettes, and get busted for robbing stores and. Dec 30, 2018 1080p sodapop curtis scenes sams tuts. Sodapop full name sodapop patrick curtis birthday october 8 age 16 affiliation. The middle curtis brother, 16 years old, a popular high school dropout who works at a gas station. He lives with his oldest brother, darry, who is 20 years old and has legal custody of him and his other brother, sodapop, who is 16. Sodapop, or soda, is ponyboys secondoldest brother behind darry. Ponyboy and his friend johnny cade macchio are the two characters caught up in the films central drama, while dallas winston dillon, an older and more worldly gang member, has. Sodapop, usually happygolucky, reveals a more sensitive, vulnerable side, and his pain ultimately brings resolution and peace for the curtis family. But soda took it as a big deal when he found out your age. Personality, and he backs that up with lots of heart. The oldest curtis brother, 20 years old, who has been caring for his brothers since their parents died in a car crash. Sodapop patrick curtis is the middle curtis boy, and one of three deuteragonists of the.
Overprotective gang imagine the outsiders preferences. Sodapop enjoys racing, fighting, dancing and basically anything that would blow off steam. He is ponyboys older brother, and darrys younger brother. Your dad frowned,thats because we broke up with him for you. Jan 20, 2019 the seven characters in the film include the curtis brothers darrel swayze, the oldest, sodapop lowe, the middle brother, and young ponyboy curtis howell. His parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months before the outsiders story takes place. Ponyboy is a fourteenyear old greaser who lives with his two older brothers, sodapop. Sodapop patrick curtis is the middle curtis boy, and one of three deuteragonists of the outsiders. Character analysis darry and sodapop curtis darry has taken over the responsibility of guardianship, forfeiting college and working to enable the three of them to stay together. What are some quotes by sodapop curtis in the outsiders answers. The outsiders 1983 rob lowe as sodapop curtis imdb. Even though you loved him and vice versa, you were young.
Sodapop curtis, from the outsiders, was constructed by the author, s. He loves both of his brothers but feels like the middleman of a tugofwar between them. Ponyboy describes his idolization of sodapop from the very beginning, and says his brother gets drunk on just plain living, a quality he deeply admires. Hes said to be movie star handsome, and has silky, dark gold hair real tuff that he combs back. His parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months before the. Dec 27, 2019 the outsiders is a comingof age novel written in 1967 by s. Soda is sixteengoingonseventeen, and according to ponyboy, soda never cracks a book at all, and he also never drinks. Ponyboy states that he has lightbrown, almostred hair and greenishgray eyes. I grew up with the curtis family, sodapop and i are the same age. E hinton, so that we see his values in a positive way.
Ponyboy thinks of him as a funny fright train with legs. Sodapop full name sodapop patrick curtis birthday october 8 age 16 affiliation greaser family darrel curtis. Like his brother darrel, hes fashionplate handsome, and since hes a curtis. Sodapop dropped out of high school, and is good at working with cars. Darry and sodapop curtis are ponyboys older brothers who, along with being greasers, are adjusting to life on their own. He is the guardian of ponyboy and sodapop, he holds two jobs because he has. The outsiders is narrated by a fourteenyearold called ponyboy curtis weird name, but a cool kid. When asked by his younger brother why he liked to fight, he simply replied that it was fun and a challenge for him. Choose from 500 different sets of the outsiders characters flashcards on quizlet. Ponyboy curtis, a teenaged member of a loose gang of greasers, is leaving a movie theater when he is jumped by socs, the greasers rival gang. Darrys eyes symbolize him having to become the guardian of the house at a young age, and that he had to grow up too fast. We practically lived at each others houses, and even more so once their parents passed away. Hinton tells the story of 14yearold ponyboy curtis and.
I might of guessed you were brothersyou look alike hinton 23. This meant showing less emotion and caring for sodapop and ponyboy. The outsiders is a great book about a gang of friends who deal with some very big problems, and a great moral. He narrates the book and he is the protagonist in the book along with johnny amount of grease in hair. Having an age difference with him the outsiders preferences. His principles become more obvious to us as we read the novel, and we discover that soda is a very respectful character, who the other characters feel they can openly talk to. Sadly, swayze lost his battle with pancreatic cancer and died at age 57 in 2009. Ponyboy curtis is a 14yearold boy whose world has been turned upside down. Like a father to pontboy and sodapop and he partook in an event that changed ponyboy and the whole gangs futures. What are sodapops physical and personality traits in the. He works at a gas station, with his best friend steve randle. In this lesson, we will examine the character sodapop curtis from the outsiders, the coming of age novel by s.
The film is an adaptation of the 1967 novel of the same name by s. Rob lowe portrayed sodapop curtis in the outsiders. In the outsiders, ponyboy shares that sodapop, or soda, is handsomer than anyone he knows. They include ponyboy curtis and his two older brothers, sodapop and darrel, as well as johnny cade, dallas winston, keith twobit matthews. The story, narrated by its 14yearold protagonist, deals with socioeconomic disparities and impositions, violence, friendship, and the need of a sense of belonging. The outsiders is a 1983 american comingofage drama film directed by francis ford coppola. You caught sodapop sitting in the front with a cigarette in his mouth.
Like his brother darrel, hes fashionplate handsome, and since hes a curtis, hes smart, athletic, and hardworking to boot. Ponyboy is the youngest kid brother of darry and sodapop who all live together. Darry has taken over the responsibility of guardianship, forfeiting college and working to enable the three of them to stay together. Sodapop love is blind this is the perfect quote that could easily define the love between you and sodapop. Soda, never very good in school, has dropped out at age 16 and is working to help support the family. At this moment ponyboy realizes the toll his and darrys fighting has taken on sodapop. Sodapop curtis used to work in a stable when he was twelve years old. Ponyboy is very smart and interested in culture and movies, different from his other brothers. Sodapop is 16 years old, turning 17, and is part of the greasers. Hes often described as being attractive and comedic, the reason for his popularity. The problem of having three greasers as older brothers would be that its deathly forbidden to fall in love with a soc, but here you were, gawking all over the one boy who stole your heart, chad springfield.
Darrel, known as darry, is a twentyyearold greaser who is raising ponyboy because their parents have. Ponyboy michael curtis is the narrator and protagonist of the 1967 novel the outsiders, and its 1983 film adaptation. The character of sodapop curtis, the unofficial leader of the gang the greasers in the book the outsiders is 16 years old. Ponyboy is a dreamy absentminded fourteen year old who lives with his brothers, sodapop and darry, in their house on the east side of town. Hes a little shorter than ponyboys oldest brother, darry.
The most interesting character in the outsiders by s. When darry and ponyboy reach sodapop, sodapop explains why he took off. Ponyboy curtis, sodapop curtis, darrel darry curtis, dallas dally winston, johnny cade, keith twobit mathews, and steve randall. The outsiders the greaser gang ponyboy curtis the youngest curtis brother, 14 years old. He is the older brother of ponyboy curtis and the younger brother of darrel curtis. Likes to analyze things, a bit clueless, really smart, high iq, he thinks darry doesnt like him since he says darry pushes him to hard, trying to make him perfect. Socs, seeing ponyboy and sodapop getting hurt looks. Several greasers, including ponyboys two older brothersthe paternal darry. Ponyboy curtis, whose name is often shortened to pony by those who know him, is the main protagonist of the outsiders.