![]() ![]() How did two bit scare Ponyboy and Johnny? What is ponyboy comparing two-bit to when he calls him “chessy cat”? what figure of speech is this besides a simile? When Ponyboy says that Two-Bit is “grinning like a Chessy cat”, he is comparing him to the character of the Cheshire Cat from the Lewis Carroll story Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. We know this because Ponyboy says that these are the names that are on their birth certificates.Īre sodapop and Ponyboy nicknames? What is Ponyboy comparing two-bit to when he calls him Chessy cat? ![]() These names are their real names, not nicknames. In the book, Ponyboy defends his name by stating that it is the name that is seen on his birth certificate as well as Sodapop’s. Yes, this is a simile, and it is also an allusion. What figure of speech is grinning like a Chessy cat? The phrase ‘Chessy cat’ is a metaphor that alludes to the classic children’s book, Alice in Wonderland’. The use of imagery creates for the reader a series of mental images that all convey the seriousness of Johnny’s injuries when he was mugged by a group of Socs. Hinton uses the literary device of imagery to describe Johnny’s mugging. What literary device is used to describe Johnny’s mugging? Who is called a Chessy Cat in the outsiders?ĭefinition: Refers to a slang that is being used by Ponyboy who called Two-Bit Matthews a Chessy Cat, referring to a “Cheshire Cat, a proverbial grinning cat from Cheshire, in England as described in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. ![]()
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