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Thematic Ideas The Outsiders:
Ch. 9-12
Page 137
I had it then. Soda fought for fun, Steve for hatred, Darry for pride, and Two-Bit for
conformity. Why do I fight? I thought, and couldn’t think of any real good reason.
Context:
Thematic
Idea(s):
So What? What does the passage
show about the thematic idea?
Page 147
“You’d better wise up, Pony…you get tough like me and you don’t get hurt. You
look out for yourself and nothin’ can hurt you.”
Context:
Thematic
Idea(s):
So What? What does the passage
show about the thematic idea?
Directions: First, read the passage, and use your book to figure out
the context (think 5Ws & H). Second, figure out what thematic idea(s) the passage
shows. Third, explain the deeper meaning to the thematic idea(s).
Page 176
“If we don’t have each other, we don’t have anything. If you don’t have anything,
you end up like Dallas…and I don’t mean dead, either. I mean like he was before.
And that’s worse than dead.”
Context:
Thematic
Idea(s):
So What? What does the passage
show about the thematic idea?
Page 179
It was too vast a problem to be a personal thing. There should be some help,
someone should tell them before it was too late…maybe people would understand
then and wouldn’t be so quick to judge a boy by the amount of hair oil he wore.
Context:
Thematic
Idea(s):
So What? What does the passage
show about the thematic idea?