The Outsiders Commentary

The setting takes place at a city in Oklahoma (Although the book never identifies the location but S.E. Hinton’s book prior to this one “The Outsiders” has characters such as Ponyboy Curtis therefore I am assuming it is the same location). Where the weather is considered normal for a fairly overpopulated city. During the time period of the 60’s where greasers, hippies and sox all strive for street cred and rule the streets in which the majority of people 's lives consist of poverty, carelessness, and troublemaking. For example actions such as fights, theft, drug use, and underage intoxication were not uncommon.

Bryon - The main character. A sixteen year old big guy with dark hair, and dark eyes to match. His attitude towards life begins much like Marks but events in the story cause him to have a change of heart. After actions such as gambling took the life of his friend and put himself in a near death situation, Bryon realises how precious life is.

Mark - Bryon’s best friend who’m is practically a brother to him. He has a small and compact body, his eyes are golden matching his hair. He thinks life is only a game and lives merely for the thrill of it. His actions of stealing, assault, and drug dealing show he has no self respect, and has little to no …show more content…
Bryon and Mark went from being able to trust their lives to each other to wanting to never look at each other again. When Bryon was in the prison talking to Mark he thought to himself that if it weren 't for all the bars and guards Mark would have killed him. Prior to that Mark states “I didn’t have to see you. I wanted to though. I had to make sure.” Bryon asks “Make sure of what?” and Mark replies “Make sure I hated you.” Maybe something won’t change to that degree, but it just goes to show everything changes its only a matter of time. In summary the passage on number 8 shows that nothing is immune to