What's Bob's last name in The Outsiders?

Bob Sheldon is the Soc who originally beat up Johnny. He is Cherry's boyfriend, and, like Johnny, he is a victim of his own family.
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What was Bob's the SOC full name?

Bob Sheldon

Bob is the dark-haired Soc who beats up Johnny before the novel begins. Bob has a set of three heavy rings, which he wears when he fights greasers. Bob's indulgent parents have never disciplined him.
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What is Bob in The Outsiders?

Robert "Bob" Sheldon was Cherry Valance's boyfriend and a minor but pivotal character in The Outsiders. One night, when Ponyboy and Johnny are in the park, unwanted and alone, Bob and some other Socs come and pick a fight in revenge for the two boys picking up Bob and Randy's girlfriends after a drive-in movie earlier.
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How old is Bob Sheldon in the book The Outsiders?

Bob Sheldon is eighteen. He is a Soc and Cherry's boyfriend in The Outsiders.
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Who killed Bob the SOC in The Outsiders?

Johnny tells Ponyboy that he (Johnny) killed Bob because the Socs were going to drown Ponyboy and beat up Johnny. Desperate and terrified, Ponyboy and Johnny hurry to find Dally Winston, the one person they think might be able to help them.
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The Outsiders Johnny Kills Bob



Why does Pony keep saying he killed Bob?

Who does Ponyboy insist killed Bob and why does he do this? Ponyboy insists he killed Bob, it's his way to trick himself to believing Johnny is not dead.
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How did Johnny feel when he killed Bob?

When he kills Bob, Johnny loses the look of a wild animal caught in a trap and instead he "looked as cool as Darry ever had." By killing Bob, Johnny takes control of his life in the only way that he thinks is possible.
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How old is 2bit?

Keith (Two-Bit) Mathews The oldest of the gang, except for Darry, and still a junior in high school at age 18. He is the wisecracking comedian of the gang.
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Is Ponyboy his real name?

Author S.E. Hinton wrote The Outsiders in her teens, inspired by the gang violence at her high school in Oklahoma. As her narrator, Ponyboy becomes the most familiar character to the reader—and remains emblematic of the book and its themes. His real name is Ponyboy, making him even more distinctive and memorable.
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What did Bob look like in The Outsiders?

Bob has dark brown curly hair. Like all Socs, he wears dress pants with a button-up shirt and button-up Jacket. He also has a Mustang like most Socs meaning he prided himself in his good looks and cars. Bob expresses a hatred for Greasers, especially for since he was a Soc leader.
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What's Johnny's last name in The Outsiders?

Johnny Cade is a vulnerable sixteen-year-old greaser in a group defined by toughness and a sense of invincibility. He comes from an abusive home, and he takes to the greasers because they are his only reliable family.
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How are Bob and Johnny alike?

He is Cherry's boyfriend, and, like Johnny, he is a victim of his own family. Unlike Johnny, his parents do not physically or verbally abuse him; however, they do something equally as harmful: They allow Bob to shirk responsibility for his own actions. Bob is the rich kid who has never had to work for anything.
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How old was Bob Sheldon when he died?

Robert “Bob” Leonard Sheldon, age 72, passed away suddenly late on January 19, 2021, while in his home. Bob was born on April 7, 1948, to Dorothy and Fred Sheldon, in Detroit, Michigan. Bob was the oldest of three - the older brother of Jean Ivory and Carol Sheldon.
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How did Two-Bit get his name?

Nickname & Description

His real name is Keith, but no one ever remembers that. He got his name because he refuses to shut his mouth. Two-Bit 'always has to get his two-bits in,' recalls Ponyboy, the novel's narrator.
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What does SOC mean in outsiders?

The Socs (pronounced ˈsoʊʃɪz / so-shis, short form of Socials) are a group of rich teenagers who live on the west side, or the south side in the movie. They are the rivals to the Greasers, and were described as having 'money, cars, and futures', according to Ponyboy Curtis.
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What does Two-Bit Matthews look like?

Two-Bit Mathews was around six feet tall, stocky in build, and was very proud of his long, rust-colored sideburns. He had gray eyes and was always wearing a wide grin. Two-Bit is six feet tall in the book as described by Ponyboy Curtis. In The Outsiders novel, Two-Bit's hair is described as 'rust colored.
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What is Sodapop's full name?

Sodapop Patrick Curtis is the middle Curtis boy, and one of three deuteragonists of The Outsiders.
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What is Darry middle name in The Outsiders?

Darrel "Darry" Shaynne Curtis Jr. is the oldest of the three Curtis brothers, one of the three deuteragonists of The Outsiders, and the man of the house ever since their parents died.
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How old is Ponyboy now?

Ponyboy is a fourteen-year old greaser who lives with his two older brothers, Sodapop and Darry on the lower-class east side of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Does Two-Bit have a sister?

Two-Bit's Sister is the sister of Keith Mathews. Her name was not mentioned throughout the book or the movie. Her father left the family and her mother works as a bar maid to earn money for the family.
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When was two-bit Mathews born?

The Outsiders House Museum - Happy Birthday Keith "Two-Bit" Mathews. Born June 20, 1947.
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Who are Two-Bit friends?

Keith "Two-Bit" Mathews is one of the main protagonists of the 1967 novel The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton. He is one of the best friends of Ponyboy Curtis and a member of the Greasers.
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What did Bob call the greasers?

Bob says that Greasers are "white trash with long hair" (4.14).
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What does Bob say a greaser is?

Bob tells Ponyboy that greasers are white trash with long hair, and Ponyboy retorts that Socs are nothing but white trash with Mustangs and madras shirts. In a rage, Ponyboy spits at the Socs.
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Why does Dally want Johnny to turn himself in?

Why doesn't Dally want Johnny to turn himself in? Dally doesn't want Johnny to turn himself in because he has helped him this much already and he doesn't want his help to go to waste and he doesn't want Johnny to go though with jail because Dally knows what it fells like.
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