Examples Of Innocence In The Outsiders

Innocence is a character trait in The Outsiders that is portrayed quite often in the novel. Innocence is when one person is not guilty of something or un-aware of something. Sometimes innocence can make people vulnerable to bullying or making mistakes. Many different action and scenes happen in The Outsiders and innocence is a big part of it As Innocence is in The Outsiders many times there are more specific times where it happen more often. First is when the “greasers” get jumped by the Socs. There are many fights in The Outsiders and plenty sights of innocence in the fights. The “greasers are innocent in the fights, all the time because the “socs” jump them just because they’re “greasers”. Some examples of innocence from the “greasers” is when Ponyboy …show more content…
The fire may have been started by the “greasers” but there are many other people, including some of the greasers who are innocent during the fire. First is the teacher. The teacher of the school next door to the church decided to have a picnic next to the church. The teacher warned the students not to play in the church, but the kids decided to go play in church anyway, not knowing minutes later they would be trapped in a burning inferno. The teacher is not guilty of putting the kids in danger because she told them not to go in the church therefore she is innocent. Next we have Ponyboy and Johnny, who started the fire, but are portrayed as innocent by the news and are called heroes. Johnny and Ponyboy had been smoking in the church and accidentally started a fire so they are the ones guilty of the fire but when they run into the church to save all the kids in the fire they are called heroes and people think they are innocent. Last there is the nurse at the hospital who keeps getting nagged by Two-Bit repulsively to let them see Johnny but she can’t do anything about it. She is just following the rules which makes her