Read the poem from " The Outsiders " and answer the following questions. Nature's first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf's a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

1 A. What does “gold” mean in the poem?

1 B. What does “nothing gold can stay mean”?

2. How does this poem reflect the theme of journeying from childhood to adulthood in the novel?

3. “Our hair labeled us greasers too - it was our trademark. The one thing we were proud of. Maybe we couldn’t have Corvairs or madras shirts, but we could have hair.” p. 41

3 A. Why are Pony and Johnny so proud of their hair?

3 B. How did Pony’s hair make him feel?

4. Cite a quote from the end of page 65 or beginning of page 66 that shows why Johnny thinks Dally is a hero.

5. “Dally was so real he scared me.” p. 65

What does Pony mean when he says this?

What can we tell about Pony’s maturity based on this quote?

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