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The Importance Of Brotherhood In The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton

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Alexis Galindez Mrs. Chen English 7 28 April 2023 The Importance of Brotherhood What makes brotherhood such an important topic? In the young adult fiction, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy Curtis deals with a week full of many interesting events with his gang of greasers. Due to the traumatic experiences Ponyboy encounters he realizes the growth, and importance of his relationship with his brothers Darry, and Sodapop. Ponboy Curtis in The Outsiders, learns the value of brotherhood when he realizes how much his brothers protect, take care, and love him. In The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton writes about Ponyboy Curtis’s brother hood like how they take care of each other. Ponyboy remembers, “Darry cooking breakfast … he and Sodapop will come …show more content…

Ponyboy gets rescued: “Sodapop came loping back. By then I had figured that… the gang was coming to rescue me” (Hinton 7).This quote represents the close brother relationship bond they have together. It might also be possible that this quote is showing that not only his brothers care for him but, the whole gang cares for him. It is likely that this quote is meant to show how protective Ponyboys brothers are. This quote also represents how much Ponyboy's brothers also care for him. In addition to this first quote of evidence there is a second important quote that can be used as evidence. Ponyboy remembers, “I lay[ed] there and wondered … people were jumping over me and running by me and I was too dazed to figure it out. Then someone had me under the armpits and was hauling me to my feet. It was Darry” (Hinton 6). It might be that Darry came to save Ponyboy, because they are family. This quote could represent how important Ponyboy is to Darry. It might be possible that Darry wants to protect Ponyboy as much as possible because of the bond they have with each other. It is also possible that Darry came because of all the memories he has with Ponyboys. All things considered this information helps prove how Darry, and Sodapop show they care for

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