How Is Ponyboy Mature In The Outsiders

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Everyone has to grow up and mature at some point, some take longer than others. In the book "The Outsiders" by S. E. Hinton, Ponyboy is the main character. He is a 14 year-old boy trying to figure himself out. Over the course of the book he starts mellowing in many different ways.
The book is about two groups of teens, the Greasers and Socs. There is many feuds between the two groups. Ponyboy is in a gang that is part of the Greasers. In their gang there's seven members; Ponyboy, Soda, and Darry Curtis, Johnny Cade, Dally Winston, Two-Bit Matthews, and Steve Randle.
In the beginning of the book, Ponyboy asks Sodapop, his older brother, about what it's like to be in love. It's a typical question for a young, crude boy. Pony also demurs about

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