When people think of someone in their family who provides for them many think of their mom or dad. Although, that is not always the case. Darry is the older brother and provider to Sodapop Curtis and Ponyboy Curtis in the book The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton. Darry’s parents died in a car accident so he was left raising his two younger brothers, which are sixteen and fourteen. Although Darry can be harsh, he still cares deeply about his brothers and their lives.
Dallas The book, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about two gangs who did not like each other in the hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the middle of the 1960s. The theme of the book is growing up and learning about life. One character who stands out in the story is Dallas because he comes from the poor side of town. He is a static character.
What are 1960 's outsiders? What are 2000 's outsiders? They are both put out of society, but that can 't be it. The outsiders have changed so much, it 's incredible. But, why are insiders afraid of them.
Johnny killed Bob to save ponyboy from drowning. Second, Ponyboy defended Dally when Cherry said: “What's a nice, smart kid like you running around with trash like that for?” (pg.23). Third, Ponyboy said, “When you're in a gang, you stick up for the other members. If you don't stick for them, stick together, make like brothers, it isn't a gang anymore.”
First, Ponyboy went through a big change when he left home and went to the country. Pony felt that he needed a change and a break from everything that was going on. Another reasons was
" Despite his abusive background, Johhny still put others before himself even if that meant he needed to give up his life, going into the church to rescue trapped kids without a second thought to his own personal safety. He stayed there long enough to make sure all of the kids were evacuated safely, even though Ponyboy as well saw the roof falling in around him. Johnny's actions were extraordinarily heroic, shoving Ponyboy through the window at the last second, saving his friend, and in the process, sacrificed himself. Johnny acted selflessly when he was truly needed the most and saved the lives of his friend and other children that he haven’t even met before. I believe Hinton did this in order
In the text it states, ¨´I killed him,´ he said slowly. ´I killed that boy. ´ Bob, the handsome Soc, was lying there in the moonlight,¨(Hinton 56). Ponyboy and Johnny got jumped that night. Pony was drowning and Johnny had a knife so he had to save Pony before he was dead.
Ponyboy has a very tragic plight, filled with violence and confusion. Ponyboy is mixed up at the church and cries to Johnny, “I’m just mixed up” (73). When Ponyboy is at the church, he is in a difficult situation because he is accused of murder and is there. Ponyboy is mixed up because of all of this. He tries to change on the outside by cutting and bleaching his hair.
When they went to save the firing church, they got hurt and had been sent to the hospital. The first thing Ponyboy woke up and asked is where is his friends. We can see this from:“ I was sitting in the waiting room, wait to hair how Darry and Johnny were. ”(Hinton 96). We can know that the first thing Ponyboy recolonize is his friend, he really care about his friends are save or not.
It’s worth saving those kids.” (Hinton 178) Johnny chose to save the kids in the church on fire and it caused him his life, but he doesn’t regret it at all. He chose to do what he thought was right and it didn’t end up good for Johnny in the end, but he accepted it and died
This concludes that they both ran away with a gun from the police. However, why they ran away is different. Johnny and Ponyboy were young and scared and didn’t grow up in the best conditions. On the contrary, Frein is grown man who ran away over state lines with illegal
Run away. The police will be here soon.(57)” A little while later of Johnny killing the socs he began into a state of hysteria. In the process of running away Ponyboy could not shake
He could take anything. It was Johnny I was worried about.” He knows how frightened and anxious Johnny is after being jumped and how he is not as tough as the rest of the Greasers. Especially without a loving family at home, Johnny only has the gang and is not able to take as much. Throughout the whole novel, Ponyboy expresses how much he cares for others both with Johnny, and
Even though Johnny killed him, Pony thinks he did it. Pony would rather admit he did
At the court hearing, the charges are dropped and Pony is allowed to stay under the custody of Darry, keeping the Curtis boys together. Later in life Ponyboy finally has the courage to finish the book Johnny had left him, Gone with the Wind. Inside the book there was a note from him saying: Stay gold kid Stay gold. Johnny also tells Pony his sacrifice to save all the little boys and girls in the church was worth dying for because he felt like a hero in the end when parents thanked him and made him feel important. (Hinton 178-179)
