Ponyboy's Character In The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton

In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the novel is about a gang of boys who live a hard life, but are always there for eachother. The setting takes place during the 1960’s in a small neighborhood on the south side of town. The main characters in this book are Ponyboy who tells the story, Darry a brother of Pony’s, Sodapop another brother of Pony’s, Dally a tough guy, Johnny a scared, quiet boy, Two-Bit a talker, Steve a tough guy, and these boys are called the Greasers because they live on the poor side of town, and they never get along with the Socs who are the rich ones who never get in trouble. Throughout this timeless novel, Ponyboy the main character was dynamic because he went through a complete transformation in the story. Ponyboy changed drastically throughout the story. In the beginning of the book, Ponyboy was weak, and preferred to be independent. Ponyboy was independent because he preferred to watch movies, read, walk, alone without anyone. Ponyboy explained in the book that being with people was distracting and it always felt like someone standing over your shoulder. Throughout the story, there was the Greasers, and the Socs who did not get along, and one day while Ponyboy was walking home alone from the movies the Socs jumped him and he was …show more content…
One night at the park after running away for a short amount of time, the Socs came and for once Ponyboy stuck up for himself and Johnny by firing back with what Socs were to the Greasers. The Socs got angry and caught them both trying to drown Ponyboy in the fountain. Johnny had to do something, so he fought back and killed Bob. After that they had to run away together, and Ponyboy was growing farther away from independence because he was surviving with Johnny. Also he read to Johnny in the churches. Ponyboy was changing into a different person after the drastic change in his