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Childhood Innocence In The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton

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Have you ever been in a situation where you felt you changed and had to grow up? Felt like you went from being an innocent child to knowing or doing something that changed your childhood innocence. The Outsiders by S.E Hinton,is a book about two rival gangs/sides. The Socs are a group of boys from the west side and are wealthy. On the otherside are the Greasers,a group of boys from the east side who are not wealthy and are at war with the socs. The main character,Ponyboy is a member of the Greasers who lives with his two brothers Darry and Sodapop, also members of the Greasers. One day coming from the movie theater ponyboy is jumped by the socs in their red corvair. The fighting continues leading up to the all mighty rumble. In the outsiders By S.E Hinton Childhood Innocence disappears from the character by their actions and the environment they are in. Johnny kills Bob which turns him from an innocent child to a criminal. In the book Johnny says "Calm down, Ponyboy. Get ahold of yourself." and also says "I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. …show more content…

“Darry didn't deserve to work like an old man when he was only twenty. He had been a really popular guy in school; he was captain of the football team and he had been voted Boy of the Year.... But we just didn't have the money for him to go to college, even with the athletic scholarship he won. And now he didn't have time between jobs to even think about college”(pg.16) This quote shows that Darry sacrificed and even gave up his career to take care of his family as the “Man of the house” Darry couldn't pay tuition,and couldn't go to college. Darry had two younger brothers who he had to fill in the role of a guardian for them as their parents were now gone. This further shows and proves that Darry left his childhood innocence because he had to step up for his family and take care of them, forcing him to grow

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