Meet the Greasers By Miss Armstrongs 4 th

Meet the Greasers By Miss Armstrong’s 4 th Period ELA Class

Two-Bit

Two-Bit Physical Traits ü Six feet tall ü Stocky in build ü Oldest of the gang at 18 and a half ü Rusty colored sideburns ü Grey eyes and a wide grin ü Page 9

Two-Bit’s Character Traits ü Wisecracker of the gang, he’s always smarting off to the cops and always has to get his “Two-Bits” in the conversation ü Is very dishonest, which is why he loves to shoplift ü Loves blondes, violence, and school ü That’s why he carries his prize possession, a black handled switch-blade, which he loves to show off

Revealing Quote ü “Who are you two? (referring to Cherry and Marcia) Their Great Aunts? ” (from the outdoor movie scene)

Role In the Gang ü The wisecracker ü He loves to make funny remarks ü He takes the chance to brighten up everybody’s day ü And loves to pick on socs and greaser girls

Darry Curtis

Physical Description ü Six-foot two ü Broad shouldered ü Muscular ü Dark brown hair ü Blue green eyes ü Looks older than 20 ü Tough, cool and smart ü (Pg. 6)

Personality description ü Tough, cool and smart ü Responsible-takes care of brothers ü Stern-grew up too fast

Role in the gang ü Darry is the most responsible of all off the gang ü Darry helps everyone in the gang with all of their problems ü Examples from the story ü Darry going out and helping pony boy and johnny when they got attacked by the socs

Revealing Quote ü He doesn’t understand anything that is not plain hard fact. But he uses his head. ü Found on pg. 7

Johnny Cade

Physical Traits ü ü ü ü Has scars Black greasy hair Leather jacket Ripped jeans Slight build Big black eyes Tan face 16 years of age ü http: //fuzzyllama. net/mediac/400_0/media/johnnycake. jpg ü Pgs 4 -11

Character Traits ü Jumpy ü Gang’s pet ü Mom ignores him ü Dad beats him ü Bad home life Pg 18 http: //images. google. com/images

Role in the Gang ü He’s the gang’s pet. This is his role because his gets picked on by everyone in the gang, but everyone loves him. ü http: //services. windowsmedia. com/d vdcover/cov 150/drt 600/t 67106 i 1 n 3 s. jpg

Revealing Quote ü “ He’s afraid of his shadow!” ü This explains how he reacts to the things around him. This also provides a good idea about his life, and his personality. But people change to save a person as you find out in the story. ü PG # 4

Sodapop Picture Found At: http: //www. lowe-impact. com/images/thumb_sodapop 3. jpg

Physical Traits ü 16 years old (pg 2) ü Handsome (pg 7) ü Not as tall as Darry (pg 7) ü Dark golden hair (pg 7) ü Dark brown eyes (pg 7)

Character Traits ü Happy go lucky ü Doesn’t Drink ü Understands gang members very well ü Tries to stay out of trouble

Role In Gang ü Peacekeeper ü When things get shaken up Soda is always there to help sort it out and help the gang

Revealing Quote ü “I had to grin at him - soda can make you grin no matter what I guess its because he is always grinning himself” (pg 8)

Dally Winston

Physical Traits/Descriptions ü “He had an elfish face, with high cheek bones, and a pointed chin, small sharp animal teeth, and ears like a lynx. His hair was almost white it was so blonde, it fell over his forehead in wisps and kicked out the back in tufts and curled behind his ears and along the nape of his neck. His eyes were blue blazing ice. ”

Character Traits That Describe Personality ü Dally is tougher cause he likes to fight with other gangs. ü He is colder cause he didn’t have feelings like the other greasers. ü He is meaner cause he is a criminal and a hoodlum and indifferent from the other greasers. ü He wore more wild outfits like the other gangs. ü He didn’t like haircuts or the hair oil.

Role In The Gang ü “Dally’s role in relation to the rest of the gangs was to organize friendship in gangs and be the true greaser. ü He was one of the true greasers because he followed their rules of never getting caught and always sticking together. ü He serves as a hood and a greaser because a hood hangs under the street lights, dresses in downtown outfits, and ride around in souped-up cars. ü Greasers wear their hair long and oily and wear leather jackets with blue jeans. Greasers also stick together.

Ponyboy Curtis

Physical Traits ü Light-brown, almost red hair ü Greenish-gray eyes ü Long hair ü Young- 14 ü Greaser ü Small pg. 1 and 25

Character Traits ü Kind- walked home Soc girls ü Non-violent- when Two Bit handed him a bottle and told the girls he could not hurt anyone ü Smart- does well in school

Role in the Gang ü He is one of the youngest ü Brothers are Sodapop and Darry ü Reads and watches movies- the thoughtful one

Revealing Quote ü “Greasers are almost like hoods; we steal things and drive old souped-up cars and hold up gas stations and have gang fights” (pg. ? )

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