“I fought again desperately but only sucked in water. I’m drowning I thought, they’ve gone too far…” (pg 51). The novel, The Outsiders is a story about to gangs and the changes that occur between them, not to mention a couple people end up dead. In my opinion, the obvious theme of this book is change. In this essay Johnny changes throughout this whole story. Another character in The Outsiders that goes through a big change is Dallas, or Dally. Lastly, the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” describes change through a
