Ponyboy Curtis In The Outsiders

Ponyboy Curtis is the main character in S.E. Hinton’s popular novel, The Outsiders. After Ponyboy’s parents tragically died in a car accident, he is left to live with his older brothers Darry and Sodapop. The three brothers are part of the Greaser gang. Greasers are looked at as ‘hoodlums,’ mostly by their rival gang: the Socs. After the Socs cause the gang lots of trouble and even a couple of deaths, Ponyboy's strength is really put to the test. Ponyboy’s character is very admirable because he handles all of the tragedy around him with such resilience. His strength is influenced by his important traits, such as being brave, sensitive, and ‘golden.’ To begin with, Ponyboy Curtis is extremely brave. Ponyboy was courageous when he decided to run away to Windrixville with Johnny. Pony was innocent, his friend was not. He could have stayed back and let Johnny face the consequences for killing the Soc alone. He risked putting himself in danger by going with Johnny. But, Pony knew that Johnny had protected him so he was not going to betray him. After the stay in Windrixville, Pony, Johnny, and Dally noticed that the church had caught fire and rushed back to see what had caused it. …show more content…
“...I've been thinking about it, and that poem, that guy that wrote it, he meant you're gold when you're a kid, like green. When you're a kid everything's new, dawn. It's just when you get used to everything that it's day. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That's gold. Keep that way, it's a good way to be…” (Hinton, 178) Johnny noticed that Ponyboy did not want to be like the others. He was youthful. Gold. Ponyboy is a very special character. Unlike Darry would say, Pony did use his head. Just in a different way. “He feels things differently than you do.” [Sodapop to Darry] (Hinton,