The Outsiders - Chapters 4 and 5
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Now, feel free to comment on any one of these three questions. Proofread what you post before posting it and correct as many spelling and grammar errors as possible:
- Even though Johnny killed Bob the Soc, it seems that this act might be justified in that the Socs were drowning Ponyboy. Do Johnny and Ponyboy do the right thing in escaping to the countryside, or did they have a better choice? Explain why you feel the way you do.
- As we get to see more of Dally in Chapters 4 and 5, do you see any positive character traits in him, or is he simply bad news? Justify your answer with an example or two from the story so far.
- Many readers are surprised to suddenly encounter a poem in Chapter 5. It's a good guess that the message of this poem is important to this novel. What do you think is the message of the poem?:
Nature's first green is gold
Her hardest hue to hold
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
