You hear people crying, see looks of frustration, the door to reality has been opened. "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is a poem about the loss of human innocence. "The Outsiders" is a book of feelings, with many unwieldy turns. Robert Frost's poem and S.E Hinton's book have indistinguishable themes.
The phrase "Nature's first green is gold' resembles infants being born with innocence. When children are first released to the world, their parents shield them from the dreadful surroundings that make up the earth. Johnny, in The Outsiders, is considered the gangs pet. "If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, you'll have Johnny....He was the gang's pet, everyone's kid brother" He has been sheltered in purity, and even at 16 he still had his innocence. …show more content…
It is figuratively saying that the individual leaf is no longer apart of the garden. It is it's time to become an individual. Just like saying after your innocence has been lost, their is no one there to hide you from reality. Johnny also goes through these hardships, with his hard home life it is difficult to remain an innocent little boy. "His father was always beating him up, and his mother ignored him, except when she was hacked off at something, and then you could hear her yelling at him clear down at our house." Without his family there Johnny would have had to make it by all own his own, if it wasn't for the
The phrase "Nature's first green is gold' resembles infants being born with innocence. When children are first released to the world, their parents shield them from the dreadful surroundings that make up the earth. Johnny, in The Outsiders, is considered the gangs pet. "If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, you'll have Johnny....He was the gang's pet, everyone's kid brother" He has been sheltered in purity, and even at 16 he still had his innocence. …show more content…
It is figuratively saying that the individual leaf is no longer apart of the garden. It is it's time to become an individual. Just like saying after your innocence has been lost, their is no one there to hide you from reality. Johnny also goes through these hardships, with his hard home life it is difficult to remain an innocent little boy. "His father was always beating him up, and his mother ignored him, except when she was hacked off at something, and then you could hear her yelling at him clear down at our house." Without his family there Johnny would have had to make it by all own his own, if it wasn't for the