Nothing Gold Can Stay

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If you can imagine a flower, or leaves on a tree, you will notice “nothing gold can stay”. With the changing of the seasons, the growth of the plant changes. The same is with life. As you go through different seasons of your life, you can see yourself change; for better, or for worse. One aspect of life in which the tables can turn is innocence. As portrayed in Robert Frost’s poem; “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, the characters in The Outsiders also change according to the seasons in their life.
When you are first born, you know nothing of the evil that lurks inside of this world. “Nature’s first green is gold.”, is the first line in Robert Frost's poem. As a plant firsts starts its growth in the spring, it sees no hardships, no pain. It has the

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