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S. E. Hintons Changes In The Outsiders

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In the book “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton the character Sodapop changed for the better in the final chapters of the book. He changed by telling his brothers that they need to recognize that he has feelings and doesn’t always want to be in the middle of their fights anymore.

In the beginning of the book we see very early that Soda is the one that is keeping Darry and Ponyboy together, this is shown on page 17 it states, “Listen, kiddo, when Darry hollers at you . . . he don’t mean nothin’. He’s just got more worries that someone his age ought to. Don’t take him serious . . . you dig, Pony? Don’t let him bug you. He’s really proud of you ‘cause you’re so brainy. It’s hust because you’re the baby-I mean. He loves you a lot. Savvy?” (S. E. Hinton). This shows that even at the beginning of the book he was always helping Ponyboy see that …show more content…

“I don’t know. It’s just . . . I can’t stand to hear y’all fight. Sometimes . . . I just have to get out or . . . it’s like I’m the middleman in a tug o’ war and I’m being split in half. You dig?” (S. E. Hinton). This shows that now Soda is standing up for himself, showing that he won’t stand to be torn apart by his brothers anymore. Soda now wants his brothers to stop the fighting, so they can all live happy with each other, and so he doesn’t hear them fighting everyday. What happened to Soda during the time of this book was awful with Ponyboy running away, and Sandy breaking up with him Soda has been through the ringer. Now he can rise past this and change in a positive way, telling his brothers that things have to change and they have to take his feelings into consideration. Telling them that they have to see him and see that he is hurting, and recodnize that. Now that Soda can rise past his brothers and their fighting, he can still be the glue in the relationship but they all have help and support each other like a real

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