The Outsiders: An English Paper

been writing Most of us have heard the imperative to

write what you know And so ponyboy has decided

to write what he knows The stories of people like

johnny who can he He can imagine dying in the [Johnny laid in the streets]

streets on dh the stories of two bit and soda

pop and all of his other friends and their lives

What effect is the narrative twist have on the story?

Yeah for for me I mean it reinforces that ponyboy

is incredibly smart It does make me wonder how seriously [Ponyboy wearing graduation cap]

to take him Is he exaggerating Something's Is he a

completely reliable narrator Is he leaving some things out Because [Ponyboy flexing muscles]

this is for an english class and no one tells

their english teacher everything So i think it makes you

realise that pony boy is\ a real person But he's

also a storyteller and so were you may have seen

the book as just totally realistic You now take a

step back and understand it As you know um or [Woman looking at portrait of book]

impressionistic portrait of some things that happened What happens if

we go back and re read the book with the

twisted mind? I love that on dh You get so

much out of re reading like you can suddenly say

like when ponyboy criticizes the other gang members is not

seeming very smart Is it because he really felt that [Gang members appear]

way Or is he trying to impress another reader Who

would want him to be smart Does he seem to

you care so much about school Because he's genuinely like

that or because that's the image he wants to present

It becomes a totally different book in that light and

that's Pretty cool It's like two two stories in one [Ponyboy holding two books]

Why is ponyboy telling this story What effect is the

narrative twist have on the story What happens if we

go back and re read the book with the twisted