What kinds of social realities does the text portray?
It portrays the reality of discrimination - rich vs poor. It also paints us a view of the inside lives of gangs that their enemies don't bother to see.
What view of the world and values does the author assume the reader holds? How do we know?
If Ponyboy - the protagonist of the movie - is the author, he assumes that the reader/viewer holds equal value to people. He assumes that they know that everyone sees the same sunset and everyone is the same deep down.
What is the text about? How do we know?
The text follows the adventure of Ponyboy Curtis, a young Greaser boy who's in a gang with his two older brothers, Darrel 'Darry' Curtis and Sodapop Curtis, and their friends, such as Johnny Cade, Dallas 'Dally' Winston, and Keith 'Two-Bit' Matthews. The text shows Ponyboy's relationship with his brothers, his gang members, and his opposing gang, the Socs.
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| (Left to right) Darrel 'Darry' Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, Ponyboy Curtis |
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| (Left to right) Ponyboy, Johnny Cade, Dallas 'Dally' Winston |
Jay, I really liked that you used the proper punctuation and grammar.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading your 2nd paragraph it reminded me that, that is some good information for the reader to know of.
Maybe you should have added a little bit of text about Ponyboy's relationship with his brothers in the 3rd paragraph.