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The Drive - In :star: - Coggle Diagram
The Drive - In :star:
CHARACTERS :silhouettes:
Dally
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"I'm never nice. Want a coke?" - not phased by the girl's lack of interest and pursues them. Quite playful and funny.
"He grinned slyly, 'Guess what I've been in for?" - proud of being in jail. Use it to show off to the girls.
"His eyes were blue, blazing ice, cold with a hatred of the whole world." - language
Cherry
"It was the principle of the thing." - determind, stubborn. . she doesn't want to give Dally satisfaction of taking the Coke
"You could tell by the way she said it that her idea of a good time was probably high class and probably expensive." - P.B acknowledges the class differences
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THEMES :red_flag:
Violence
"The Dingo is a pretty rough hangout; there's always a fight going on there and once a girl got shot." - greaser's hangout is rough
"We still watch a nice girl go by on the street corner and say all kinds of lousy stuff about her. Don't ask me why. I don't know why." - * verbal harassment
Loyalty
"Dallys ok," Johnny said defensively. - Language used here highlights loyalty between the gang. Johnny defends Dally in relation to Cherry's words.
"You take up for your mates no matter what they do." - Ponyboy, going to remain loyal to the gang no matter what.
Society and class
Cherry and Ponyboy walking together -people staring. "Plenty of Socs moving around and some of them were giving me funny looks as if I shouldn't be with Cherry." -
"Its a pack. A snarling, distrustful, bickering pack like the Socs in their social clubs or the street gangs in New York." -
Comparison between the loyalty and love amongst the gang of Greasers vs the distrust between the pack of Socs
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"Socs are rough. They gang up on one or two, or they rumble each other with their social clubs. Us greasers usually stick together. But when we do fight among ourselves, it's a fair fight between two.
Shows the difference in how each group treats each other within the gang.*Socs - sense of distrust and competition. Greaser - sense of loyalty, friendship and fairness.