I have read from page 1-66 of “The Secret Life of Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd. As I was reading, I was stunned about the similarity I found connecting this novel to “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton. In “The Outsiders”, Ponyboy was having trouble at home with his older brother (who is basically his father since both of his parents died) Darry. After Darry slapped Ponyboy, Ponyboy had enough of the fighting between the two of them, so he decided to run away. He decided to take Johnny with him. Johnny recently killed a soc, so he was wanted by the fuzz. Johnny ran away from the fact that he would be arrested if he stayed home. So they both ran away to Windrixville. They both left everything behind and hid from their problems.
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