Differences In 'The Outsiders' By S. E. Hinton

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The Outsiders
S.E Hinton

Soda, ponyboy, and Darry have a lot in common and also have a lot of differences and the good thing is they still get a well great.
“Great authors are admirable in this respect in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences”
How are they alike, ponyboy, soda, and dally are alike because they all have strong feeling for each other and get aloud great. They all live together and also agree that they should live together even if they try to go away they always end up coming back together. Now about the relationship, I think there relationship is better now than it was before. Also because they didn't have each other. Before they were alone and had to do every thing there

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