“Maybe the two different worlds we live in aren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.” (Hinton 41) In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy is the main character. Even though Ponyboy shows many signs of a possibility of being a Soc, he is apart of the poorer class, the greasers.…
Ponyboy was the kind of greaser that doesn’t get into many fights. Ponyboy also cares for other persons, and an empathetic person, and confused at…
Ponyboy is a hero because he likes to see things from other people's perspectives. Johnny is also considered to be a hero to many people. Dally is also a hero even though he's a tough guy on the outside. Ponyboy is a hero because he likes to see things from other people's perspective and save people.…
After this he ran away with Johnny to the nearest park, questioning why would he do that? This action caused Pony to rethink on how he sees himself, making it seem that no one can stand…
He says, "Randy was supposed to be too cool to feel anything, but there was pain in his eyes." (Pg. 116) Even though Ponyboy is different from the rest of the Greasers, that doesn’t mean that he isn’t without his flaws. Like anyone,…
This changes Johnny and Ponyboys because they are now becoming adults, but this also is what causes the tragic event of the burning church and johnny dying. This also changes ponyboy because he has a loss of innocence. Darry tries to protect ponyboy as much as he can but ponyboy is involved in all of the major things in the story. Johnny is a 16 year old boy living with abusive dad and his mother who did not care about him.…
In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton tells the tale of 2 gangs, the stuck-up, rich socs, and the rough, impoverished greasers. Pony thinks that greasers are the only ones that have it hard, and that they’re the only ones with problems. He then talks with his family who agrees, but friends who don’t. He proceeds to go to the movies and meet a girl named Cherry who talks to him about socs lives. Pony then decides to learn more and realizes that even if you’re given whatever you want, that you will still have problems.…
Ponyboy throughout the whole book isn’t that noticeable, although he is the main character of the book, but when comes to his emotions, he explodes. This happens very often in the book with him running away from a soc’s murder and…
And since the book is told from Ponyboy’s perspective and will be slightly biased to his opinion on…
Ponyboy Curtis is someone who teaches some of these lessons. Ponyboy is a faithful character who showed equality. In the end he cared for everyone. It didn’t matter if you were a Social or Greaser.…
Ponyboy Curtis clearly states that he has light-brown reddish hair, but in the movie he was found to have dark-brown blackish hair. Pony also stated that he had greenish-gray eyes, whereas in the movie the actor had brown, hazel eyes. Pony’s physical traits are what defines him as a greaser, and with…
In the book, Ponyboy is currently being jumped by Socs, and is completely defenseless until his fellow Greasers appear to help chase out the Socs. However, in the movie, we see Ponyboy and the rest of his little gang walking out of a movie theater, and start to get chased by Socs that were driving mustangs. In the book, Ponyboy is also descriptively describing the color of everyone’s eyes. This gives us an imagination to work with since…
Pony did not see how Darry was being overprotective until later in the book. His understanding of his brother proves he is growing up. Towards the end of the book Ponyboy’s perspective changed as well. Ponyboy sees the world as Soc vs grease, but eventually starts to see everyone as just people. On page 118 he thought “Socs were just guys after all.…
His realization leads to a stronger relationship between the two because they try to understand each other. At the end of the novel, Ponyboy decides there really is "good in the world", even for those (like dally) who don't think there is any. They don't believe there is good due to their own life experiences and how people have treated them. Ponyboy chose to see the good, having a positive outlook even after all that had happened. Perspective is what you make it, especially when unexpected events are thrown at…
This essay will compare and review the relationships Ponyboy had with Dally and Johnny and how they impacted him and what role they played Ponyboy’s life Johnny Cade is described early on into the book as the “Pet” of they family (p. 22, PDF), it also is said that the Greasers gang would fall apart if they didn’t have a person like Johnny to keep them all together. In the novel some members of a rival gang, the Socs, jump Johnny unexpectedly (P. 40, PDF). Johnny…