Wednesday 6 November 2013

In the novel The Outsiders, where is Ponyboy's hideout located?

After Johnny kills a Soc named Bob, Dally tells Johnny and Ponyboy to hop a freight train to Windrixville and hide out in an abandoned church on top of Jay Mountain. Ponyboy says about the church, "It was a small church, real old and spooky and spiderwebby. It gave me the creeps." The floor of the church is made of stone, and there is a pump in the back where the boys can get water....

After Johnny kills a Soc named Bob, Dally tells Johnny and Ponyboy to hop a freight train to Windrixville and hide out in an abandoned church on top of Jay Mountain. Ponyboy says about the church, "It was a small church, real old and spooky and spiderwebby. It gave me the creeps." The floor of the church is made of stone, and there is a pump in the back where the boys can get water. In the back of the church the hill drops off steeply, and the boys can see for miles around them. They have a view of the valley, filled with fields, and they do not go to the front of the church, where farm people pass by on horses en route to a nearby store. The church is in the countryside, and all the boys can hear is the whistling of the wind in the trees. They spend their time reading Gone with the Wind, smoking, and playing poker. 

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