Flying on an airplane over the clouds, the sky would look sunny, while down below, there could be a heavy storm present. The cloud covers the passenger's’ view of the ground, but if the plane would just fly through the clouds, passengers would see that it wasn’t sunny at all. In life, a person's point of view can differ like that depending on perspective. This is how the events in The Outsiders can be seen differently. The Outsiders, a book written by S.E. Hinton, is a story about the life between two social groups, the Socs and the Greasers and how they interact with one another. This book showed the theme that opinions on people can change, especially if people look at others from a different point of view. One example of a character’s change …show more content…
Ponyboy has always thought of their relationship being very close. He says how Soda's the only one that understands him, how he always listened to everything Pony wanted to say to him, therefor he perceived the relationship as a very good one. But one day Pony noticed how Soda’s been acting differently, but he continues on and doesn’t pay much attention, however. His view of the relationship changes when Pony and Darry had a fight about school and Soda ran out of the house. Pony didn’t know what was going on, so Darry explained, “It’s the letter he wrote to Sandy, returned unopened.” (Hinton 174) Here, Pony realizes that their relationship isn't all that good. He thought about the fact that he “never had paid much attention to Soda’s problems.” Darry too was surprised to hear this and goes on to ask Pony why Soda didn’t tell him, because he thought Soda told Pony everything. Pony notices the fact that he might’ve tried to. He says, “How many times had Soda tried started to tell me something only to find I was daydreaming or stuck in a book? He would always listen to me no matter what he was doing.” (Hinton 175) Pony never realized their relationship was only a one way street until now. He thought their relationship was all good, but that's not how soda saw it. A relationship like this shows readers that if people would try to see from someone else's point of view, they could have a different opinion of other
This shows how Ponyboy isn’t really comfortable with Darry but values his uniqueness. When Ponyboy describes his other brother Sodapop he describes them as warm and lively which shows how he is comfortable with him and likes his liveliness. Ponyboy says he has “lively, dancing, recklessly laughing
He doesn’t use his head in most situations, so he needs support(Ch.1). In school Pony uses his head to get good grades(Ch.1). Also Pony doesn’t use his head, if he did he wouldn’t have fallen asleep in the lot and that caused he to miss curfew, and later cause him to slapped by Darry, his oldest brother He needs support and love from Darry, Sodapop, and the gang so he can take the loss of Johnny better and in certain situations he can use his head better. He needs love from Darry so he won’t get slapped or disrespected again.
Lastly, Sodapop is always there for his two brothers, he will drop everything for his family no matter what. For example, ¨ Soda just put his hand on my shoulder. " Easy, Ponyboy. They ain't gonna hurt you no more."¨
Sodapop was there getting the soc’s off ponyboy when they jumped him when he was walking (6-7). When Soda showed up to protect ponyboy he chased the soc’s so they couldn’t hurt him anymore. By him chasing the soc’s, he was doing the best he could to protect Pony. Soda poured his heart out when Darry and Ponyboy were arguing to make them stop (175).
In the past, as the story begins, Darry hurts Ponyboy by his words and actions. But when he comes back home, Darry shows his love and care for his brother. Darry always was a strict and rude brother to Ponyboy. But after he realizes the stress Ponyboy has been going through because of him, he decided to make it up to him. He decided to be a kind and loving brother like Soda.
“We’re all we’ve got left. We ought to be able to stick together against everything. If we don’t have eachother, we don’t have anything.” The quote is significant by connecting to an Essential question because Ponyboy and Darry’s relationship has been strained since their partners died and Darry became responsible for his little
Ponyboy realizes that Darry was hard on him because he didn’t want to see another loved one die. A quote for this is “suddenly I realized, horrified, that Darry was crying”(Hinton 98). This quote is important because it proves that Ponyboy was shocked that Darry was crying. Ponyboy has never seen Darry cry, not even at his parent’s funeral, so this shows him that Darry really does
Pony is smart in school, but does not have much common sense. Darry’s determination to sacrifice his needs for Pony and Soda allow him to understand his role as a
Like a drag race or a dance or something.” When Ponyboy asked Soda if he liked fighting, he said, “Yeah, sure. I like fights. ”My fifth picture is a girl symbol because girls are attracted to Soda because on page 9 (Chapter 1) Ponyboy says, “Soda attracted girls like honey draws flies.” In addition, Soda loves Sandy, his girlfriend that moved to Florida.
I hadn’t seen him cry in years” (98). Again, this shows that Darry was worried about Ponyboy and scared to lose him, which shows that he is not heartless, but the exact opposite. “I hadn’t seen him cry in years” indicates that Darry has been hiding his feelings, which may make him appear uncaring even though he really loves and cares about Ponyboy. Finally, when Soda runs away after Darry and Ponyboy had a fight, Ponyboy thinks, “Darry looked real worried. I suddenly realized that Darry was only twenty, that he wasn’t so much older that he couldn’t feel scared or hurt and as lost as the rest of us” (176).
Pony sees the article about him in the paper, and realizes he needs to be present at court for his actions. This risks the chance of the three brothers being allowed to continue living together. Surprisingly, all they said about Dally was how he was a hero. Soda tells Pony that they are going to have a party after the rumble where the greasers get rid of the Socs for good, after this everyone leaves and Two-bit is left to babysit Pony. While out with Two-bit, Pony spots a few Socs, Randy (Marcia’s boyfriend) being one of them.
Carlos’ Outsiders Essay When you change the way you look at something the things you look at change, to give you a wider perspective of what you see. Ponyboy Curtis learns this the hard way. One theme in The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is that as people grow up experiences force them to see life in different perspectives and look beyond their bias. This essay will demonstrate how Ponyboy’s point of view changes throughout the book.
Darry is hard on Ponyboy because he doesn’t want him to become a high school dropout like Soda. “Darry had cooked dinner; Baked chicken, potatoes, and corn. Two chickens because all three of us eat like horses” (Hinton, 131). Generally Speaking, Darry doesn’t just work too, Sodapop actually dropped out of high school to work with Darry to support all three of them. Soda and Darry work to make sure Ponyboy has a meal on the table for him, a nice bed, and a clothes.
Even during dreadful situations, Soda attempts to sustain peace, regardless of Ponyboy being a distance away. In conclusion, being a peacekeeper is an ideal description of Sodapop and is one of the many important responsibilities he acquires throughout the
Throughout the story, we see Sodapop and Ponyboy building a stronger relationship by listening and understanding each other. “Soda is different from anybody, he understands everything, almost.” (Hinton, p. 2).