Pony In 'Gone With The Wind'

5) Before Johnny died he told Ponyboy to “stay gold”. This was inspired by the Robert Frost poem, “nothing gold can stay”. The main idea of the poem is that life happens in short-lived moments. Good things don’t stay long enough. Johnny is reminding Pony to cherish every moment because he knows that pony has his whole life in front of him, and shouldn’t take it for granite. I think the characteristics that Ponyboy has definitely refer to this. First of all, he is not only the youngest Curtis brother but also the youngest greasers. This should make him the innocent, lovable, baby. Pony really proves that not all gang members are always JD’s (juvenile delinquents). Another thing was his love for literature. “Gone with the Wind” was one of the books he and johnny loved to read. With such an awareness of the characters, Ponyboy sees himself in the story. Over the course of the book pony really finds himself. One thing he pointed out was how the Socs are like …show more content…
He especially learned a lot from Cherry Valance. In chapter 3 she and pony talk about the differences and similarities of the greasers and socs. Cherry tells him that socs have problems just like the greasers. Pony kept saying that since he is a greaser he must be a JD. Socs have a lot of pressure put on them to dress the part and act like a true a Soc. Since cherry got him speaking about this topic he had it on his mind. Later on in the book Pony find some differences between them. He says "the difference between Tim Shepherd's gang and ours - they have a leader and are organized; we are just buddies who stick together - each man is his own leader". I think the one major difference is that the greasers are family and they stick up for each other no matter what. The little themes in this book can really teach you life lessons. This one can teach you that besides the amount of money or the reputation you get, you can still be a different person under all of