Physical description
1. 14 year old boy
2. Long brown greasy hair
3. Greenish-grey eyes
4. Small for 14
5. Good build
Personality Traits
1. Likes to be alone sometimes
2. Likes walking
3. Smokes
4. Smart but doesn’t use his head
5. Loves his brother, Soda
6. Afraid of his brother, Darry
7. Scared of girls – not into girls
yet
Social/Environmental influences
1. His parents passed away
2. He lives with his brothers
3. He doesn’t get along with Darry
4. Because Darry is always angry
or yelling at him after their
parents died.
Ponyboy
Characters
1. Sodapop
2. Darrel (Darry)
3. Two-Bit Matthews
4. Steve Randle
5. Dallas Winston
6. Johnny Cade
7. Sandy
8. Cherry Valance
9. Marcia
Personality Traits
Physical description
1. Understanding
1. Almost 17 years old
2. Happy and will never grow up
2. Handsome like a movie star
3. High on life – gets drunk without
3. Dark gold straight hair
alcohol
4. Dark brown eyes
4. Doesn’t drink
5. Gets along with both brothers
Social/Environmental influences 6. Too much energy and feelings
1. Dropped out of school when 7. Not good at school
8. Girls go crazy for him
his parents were killed to
help Darry with expenses of 9. He loves horses
a family.
2. Has a girlfriend called
“Sandy” that he loves.
Sodapop
Physical description
1. 20 years old
2. Broad shoulders and
muscular
3. Ice, blue-green eyes
4. Big and handsome
5. Hard as a rock
Social/Environmental influences
1. works all the time as a roofer
to support his brothers since
his parents died
2. Was popular in school
3. Resentful that he never got
to go to college.
Personality Traits
1. Works long and hard
2. Tough, cool and smart
3. Grew up too fast
4. Rough with Pony because he
doesn’t like him – very strict
with him
5. Nags at him
6. Blows up at him
7. Never yells at Soda because
he likes him
Darry
Physical description
1. 6’ tall and stocky
2. Long sideburns
3. Grey eyes
4. 18 ½ years old
5. A junior in high school
Social/Environmental influences
1. Mother is a barmaid since
Dad ran out on them
Personality Traits
1. Wise cracker
2. Funny – has to get his twobits in, hence the name
3. Life is a big joke to him
4. Shoplifter
5. Likes to fight
6. Not smart
7. Drinks
8. scatter-brained
Two-Bit
Physical description
1. 2nd youngest in the gang
2. Smallest
3. Slight build and tanned
4. Black eyes
5. Long, black, shaggy hair
Social/Environmental influences
1. His dad beats him and his
mother ignores him
2. He was beaten by the Socs
so he is fearful
3. Parents fight all the time
4. Dad is a drunk
Personality Traits
1. Nervous and suspicious
2. High-strung
3. Knows love and affections only
from the gang
4. The Pet of the gang
5. Quiet type
6. Has seen a lot
7. Brave and loyal
Johnny
Physical description
1. Elfish face – high
cheekbones, pointed chin,
sharp teeth, ears like a lynx
2. White-blonde hair
3. Blue, hateful eyes
Social/Environmental influences
1. Johnny’s hero
2. Lived the life of a hood on
the streets of New York.
Personality Traits
1. A real character
2. Came from New York
3. Tough, cold and mean
4. Arrested at the age of 10
5. Bitter
6. A real criminal – has a long
record
7. Smoker
8. Dirty mouth
9. drinker
Dally
Physical description
1. 17 years old
2. Tall and lean
3. Thick hair in greasy swirls
Personality Traits
1. Car fanatic
2. Too much energy and feelings
Steve
Social/Environmental influences
1. Hates his father
Physical description
1. Red hair
2. A real looker (beautiful)
Social/Environmental influences
1. Has a lot of money
2. Has more than she wants
3. Bob’s girlfriend
Personality Traits
1. Self-confident
2. Classy Soc cheerleader who met
Pony at the movies
3. Says things to impress others
Cherry
Physical description
1. Cute
2. Dark hair
3. Smaller than Cherry
Social/Environmental influences
1. Has a lot of money
2. Cherry’s best friend and
Randy’s girlfriend
Personality Traits
1. Classy Soc
2. Scatter-brained
3. Befriend Two-Bit at the drive-in
movies
4. Share the same humour and a
taste of nonsensical musings as
Two-Bit
Marcia
Physical description
1. Wear Madras shirts
Personality Traits
1. Rich, west-side kids
2. They have their own troubles
3. Aloof – don’t feel anything
Social/Environmental influences
1. Has money
2. Beer blasts
3. River-bottom parties
4. Have too much
5. Drive nice cars
The Socs in
general
Physical description
1. Long, greasy hair
2. Wear jeans and t-shirts,
tennis shoes or boots
Personality Traits
1. Get jumped by the Socs
2. Poor
3. Wild
4. They steal
5. Hold up gas stations
6. Have gang fights
7. They are like a family
8. Say nasty things to girls
Social/Environmental influences
1. Decent girls looked at them
like dirt
Greasers in
general