Who’s Who?
Chapter One - Review
Before Chapter 2 SOCIALS ARE AFFLUENT. THIS MEANS WEALTHY, RICH, UPPER CLASS, ELITE, AND PROSPEROUS. GREASERS ARE POOR. SLANG FOR POOR IS "BAD OFF" AND "BROKE." FORMAL WORDS DESCRIBING POOR INCLUDE DESTITUTE, INDIGENT, AND PENURIOUS. (THE ACTUAL CURTIS HOUSE FROM THE MOVIE IS BELOW.) photos/citizenkerr/ / photos/citizenkerr/ /
SOCIALS ARE PREPPY, CLEAN CUT, AND WEAR MADRAS (PLAID). THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE "IN" CROWD TO INCLUDE CHEERLEADERS, FOOTBALL PLAYERS, AND STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENTS. S OC IS SHORT FOR SOCIAL AND SPOKEN AS SO-SH! NOT SOCK. SOCS CRUISE AROUND IN CORVAIRS AND MUSTANGS (SPORTS CARS) AND LOVE THE BEATLES (MUSIC GROUP). THEY GO TO DRIVE IN MOVIES (BELOW). BOB THE SOC IN MADRAS
Chapter Two Cherry told Ponyboy at the drive-in that things are, "rough all over." 1. What does she mean by, "things are rough all over."? 2. Name one thing that makes the greasers' lives hard. 3. Name one thing that makes the Socs' lives hard. 4. In YOUR opinion, which group has a harder life; the Socs or greasers? EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER.