Nothing Gold Can Stay

Pony recited the poem, “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” by Robert Frost when he watched the sunrise out in the country where he was hiding from police. He remembered the poem but didn't understand what it meant. At the end of The Outsiders, Johnny was the character who figured out how the poem related to him and his friends. This poem seems to be only about nature but when one reads it carefully, he or she can see that it is really about keeping your gold until the very end. Pony’s story is symbolized by the poem and each line explains his experiences in life. The first line is, “Nature’s first green is gold.” This means that the valuable life is brought back to a world that has been dead. The new plants have great potential for a fulfilling …show more content…
This shows how Adam and Eve loses their gold by eating from the knowledge tree and has to leave the garden forever. This can relate to Pony since he had to leave his house and went to live in an abandoned church with Johnny while they were running away from the police. Pony and Johnny killed Bob and they were forced to leave their comfort zone just like Adam and Eve, outside their comfort zone they were not protected and could see all the bad things that were happening. This can show how events like this can effect Pony from keeping his gold for a brighter …show more content…
As time goes sometimes a person has to give up on a dream, a goal, and hobbies, they do not have enough time for all of it. This relates to Pony on how he started acting after Johnny and Dally died. He was always blaming himself, that he had killed Bob with a knife. Also Pony knew that Johnny and Dally died but he started pretending that they weren't and kept on telling himself, “Johnny is not dead.” Pony finally understood that things were bad through the process of