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media type="custom" key="58771" =My Meaning Statement:=
 * Trying to understand how the world works
 * Trying to both overcome and live within the labels that people give
 * Trying to find ways to not get in trouble, when most the ways aren't the best ideas.
 * Staying with your friends which you consider more of a family.
 * Self-protection
 * Class struggle
 * fighting

//The Book//
> **I think that either Johnny, or Ponyboy relates most like me because they are trying to figure out their life still, and they would risk it for someone else's life, knowing that they may only be worth little to others, but younger children are worth more, seeing a young one dying is like a waste of 9 months, but seeing a teenager dying is more like a gain of 14+ years for being a hero most likely.**
 * What would the characters in the novel have to say about your Meaning Statement? (You can come at this from the perspective of any/all of the characters in the book. Would they think that it was a good idea? Would they call you an idiot for trying to achieve something like that? Would they simply agree that it is something valuable?) **They would probably relate to it because they are trying to get through life as simple as they can and trying to learn more about it. Like, Johnny and Soda. They are dealing with** **not being that great at school, and trying to over come the issues they have at that. No I don't think they would call me an Idiot because they relate to me a lot, because they are also trying to understand different things.**
 * How is the the character that you relate to most like you? (You can compare and contrast you and the character you have chosen in any way that you like, but make sure that you think about all of the ways that you are similar.)

//You//

 * If you were a character in the novel, how would the book change?
 * **I think the only part that would change would be that, I would be a girl being like them, fighting and stuff, and maybe that, I realize more than other people can but sometimes I can't explain what I mean, when they can explain their own words and what everything they understand they can just spill easily.**
 * What is the one relationship in your life that helps to explain your Meaning Statement most clearly? How is that relationship significant in your life? **Um, probably my relationship with my parents or friends, because they are always helping me understand what the world is really for, and what things mean, and what the point is to them, they help me with things that most people couldn't help me out with, like the part when Bob's reason he did bad stuff was for someone to say no to him, but they never did. My friends and parents are the kind of people that would do the opposite.**

//The Book//

 * What objects in the book represent are the most significant to you? What do you think that they represent? (You can use pictures of these objects in order to illustrate you point.) **I'm very daring, and i take alot of chances, not at school but outside of school. So i think that i would cherish Dally's attitude, because he's almost like me, except he fights and i don't. :]**
 * Which places in the book had the greatest affect on your mood (your thoughts) when you were reading them? (Describe the environments/settings that you could see the best in your mind.) **i could see the drive-in movie part of the book very well, I could even see Cherry throwing the coke back at dally when I visioned it, and i could also imagine the water fountain where Ponyboy was being drowned, and I think the reason that is, is because when I read, psh when anyone does they obviously can imagine in their head about what the place/thing would look like.**

//You//

 * How does the place where you live affect whether or not you can achieve your Meaning Statement? (Does Highlands Ranch have an effect on your goals or the things you want out of life?) **It does yes, only because most highlands ranch is rich people. and if you were to be an outsider you wouldn't live in a rich neighborhood, nor have that many expensive items because you couldn't afford it. Unless you had soc's as friends, and they bought stuff for you but in the book that would most likely not happen.**
 * What are the __things__ in your life that give your life meaning? (What objects do you hold most dear?) **My friends, because without them I probably wouldn't be where I am today, I wouldn't be able to speak up like how Johnny is, and I probably wouldn't realize crying isn't always a bad thing but it showing you aren't that tough but you have a soft side too unlike alot of the outsiders, and if i didn't have ever had met them or had them with me I seriously probably wouldn't understand half the things i know now.**

//The Book//

 * How does the way people talk in the book affect the way that they deal with their problems? (What things in our Poor Man's Dictionary help you to understand the issues that face the characters in the novel?) **Their terms, or slang, whatever, I think are most likely their parts of defense to not get caught. because like, saying weed is most likely saying they do drugs but not extreme ones just to look tough, and the ice chest(I think?) is so that your not admitting to alot of people that you've been in jail or someone you know is in it.**
 * If you were going to speak to a character from the book, what would the conversation be about and what would it sound/look like? (Write out any dialogue you think would be realistic in a conversation with this character.) **I would talk to Johnny, and we'd probably talk about the better things in life. Or atleast I would want to. because he deals with alot of stuff, and always is questioning things in his own way it seems like, and that is why. Also, because he is quiet, and likes to be alone sometimes, but always wants to act like he's in a safe place no matter where he is.**

//You//
> because some stuff i dont want to know, but i want to know some.**
 * How does the way you talk to your friends explain who you are? (What are the specific slang words and inside jokes that give your conversations meaning?) **I can't really explain that question. haha. um, well.. like um. I can't really say cause that would spoil the insideness part right? But, when you say like or something, it carries on to a conversation. Or even random things, it makes us just talk about stuff, and sometimes when we talk about stuff, it could mean alot, like if it was a deep talk or something.**
 * What would an interview (with your parents, with your friends, with your teachers, etc.) about your Meaning Statement look/sound like? (Record your interview with this person using [|Gcast] and put it on your wiki page. Or, you can write out the questions and have one of your friends go onto your page and answer them.)
 * 1.)Why do you want to know why the world works? Don't you ever just want to be content with what you have?**
 * A.) I do but, theres alot that i still don't know about the world. i'm old enough to know, but still young enough not to care about knowing it either.**
 * 2.)Why don't you care about knowing it? Is there a specific age for wanting to know about the world?**
 * A.) no there isn't.

//The Book//

 * How were all of the characters involved in the central conflict of the book? (Hint: you need to identify the central conflict before you can answer this question. You can write out character names and then think about how they were involved.)
 * Who was hurt/changed by the resolution of this conflict, and how? (This can be a part of the answer to the first question if you think that it is easier.) **PonyBoy, Dally, Johnny, Sodapop and Darry, because it is ALL of them that went throught the fight, or atleast some, and then seeing Johnny and Dally die, it then causes hurt to darry sodapop and ponyboy. Ponyboy then changes to realize that someone died. And then he gets bad grades at school and acts a whole lot different.**

//You//

 * What is the greatest conflict you have ever been a part of? (A fight with your friends? An argument between you and your parents?)
 * Probably right now, when my friend and I are fighting about which fight we should pick, i don't really know if its a great conflict but its nothing extreme i know from what happened in the outsiders.**
 * How was it a problem or a dilemma? (Identify if it was a problem (long-term, perhaps without a solution) or a dilemma (short-term, with a real solution and then explain it.)**It was definetly a dilemma, considering we chose to put the eeny-weeny fight on instead of a fight that is alot longer, and would take more time to explain it. Solution: Putting the one on now.**