[chapter 3]

Vocabulary
aloof - reserved or reticent; indifferent; disinterested:
impersonally - not personal; without reference or connection to a particular person: an impersonal remark.
ornery - ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper:
resignedly - characterized by or indicative of resignation
Jenna and her boyfriend Chad recently became a couple and are trying to get to know one another further. They went to the movies together and just hung out with a group of friends. But, the date after that, Chad resignedly walked with Jenna to the Carnival. They hardly spoke a word and when Jenna did say something Chad would ignore her or change the subject. A group of her friends met up with the two and ornery, Chad told them to “back off.” The next night Jenna told Chad impersonally that this couldn’t go on any longer. As usual, Chad expressed his aloofness in the subject and they both went their separate ways.
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1. Q: What does Cherry explain as the difference between the socs and the greasers?
A: Cherry explains the difference between the Socs and the greasers by explaining to Pony that the Greasers are more real and demonstrate true emotion. The Socs are sophisticated and cool, up to the point that they don’t feel anything. They portray a character that is fake to maintain their coolness. Cherry even gave an example of what she meant. She said, “I’ll catch myself talking to a girlfriend and realize I don’t mean half of what I’m saying”.

2. Q: What does Ponyboy mean on p. 39 when he says "Johnny and I understood each other without saying anything"? Have you ever had a relationship with someone who you understood, or who understood you, without having to say anything?
A: Pony boy means that when he said "Johnny and I understood each other without saying anything" that they don’t necessarily need to speak to know what each other are going through. They both have problems in their life; Johnny his fathers abuse and mother ignoring him, Pony the death of his parents. They both have similar difficulties and recognize them. No, most of my relationships aren’t understood without saying anything, for a person to understand me or me them, I have to be vocal and talk about it.

3. Q: When and how did Pony's parents die?
A: Pony’s parents died 8 months ago, in an automobile accident.

4. Q: What happens when Pony comes home after his curfew?
A: When Ponyboy comes home after his curfew in 2 in the morning, his brother Darry was outraged. He yelled at him with a fierce anger. After Pony stuck up for Soda for sticking up for him, Darry slapped Pony so hard against the face that he knocked him against the door. Pony lost complete interest and respect for Darry and felt the best way to handle this was to ignore him.

5. Q: Why does Johnny like it better when his father is hitting him?
A: Johnny likes it better when his father is hitting him because he feels that this is a way of his father to pay attention to him. Even if it is abuse he feels that by his father doing this he knows who he is.

6. Q: At the end of the chapter, how does the author foreshadow that bad things are to come?
A: The author foreshadows that bad things are to come by having Ponyboy say “that things have to get better and they couldn’t get worse. I was wrong,” meaning that Ponyboy felt that things were going to improve but since he’s wrong then even worse things are to come.