Music of The Outsiders
Chapters 5-6 Enrichment
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
Text Evidence: "Let's Rock Everybody, Let's Rock"
Connection to The Outsiders: Dally has been in jail, several times before. Ponyboy and Johnny currently fear that they are going to go to jail.
Onomatopeoia:
"Crash, Boom, Bang!"
"Help" - The Beatles
Text Evidence: "Help me if you can I'm feeling down"
Connection to The Outsiders: Darry has been in charge of both of his brothers as a father-figure since their parents died and he hasn't been able to really be a "teenager".
Internal Conflict:
"Help me if you can, I'm feeling down"
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" - Hank Williams
Text Evidence: "I'm so lonesome I could cry"
Connection to The Outsiders: When Ponyboy and Johnny were alone at the church the first couple of days- they got really lonely and worried if they'd ever see the gang again.
Personification: "The moon just went behind the clouds to hide it's face and cry"
"Trouble" - Elvis Presley
Text Evidence: "If you're looking for trouble, you've come to the right place."
Connection to The Outsiders: This is most definitely Dally's theme song.
External Conflict: "But if your going to start a rumble, don't you try it alone."
"We Can Work It Out" - The Beatles
Text Evidence: "We Can Work It Out"
Connection to The Outsiders: Darry hopes to reconcile with Ponyboy when he meets up with him at the Hospital after the church fire
POV: 1st Person
Speaker: "I have always thought..."
Audience: "While you see it your way"