LIFE IS ROUGH ALL OVER:
In the novel, Ponyboy learns that life is rough all over. Ponyboy states, “Half of the hoods I know are pretty decent guys underneath all that grease, and from what I've heard, a lot of Socs are just cold-blooded mean --- but people usually go by looks,” this piece of evidence shows that Ponyboy thinks that Greasers are judged and thought of as hoods and delinquents merely by their looks. This proves that life for the Greasers is not fair. Life for the Socs is also not fair either, as Cherry says, “We have troubles you've never even heard of. You want to know something?" She looked me straight in the eye. "Things are rough all over."” By this Cherry means that even though the Socs may look like the rich kids, have nice cars and live on the nice side of town, but the Socs have it rough too in ways that Ponyboy can’t even imagine. Ponyboy learns that life is rough all over, for both the Greasers and the Socs.
LIFE ISN’T FAIR (THROUGH JOHNNY BEING ABUSED BY HIS PARENTS): …show more content…
He sees this mostly when he thinks about Johnny’s life and circumstances and his abusive parents. Ponyboy also learns how much abuse Johnny receives from his parents with his drunk father and selfish mother, “"It ain’t fair that we have all the rough breaks!" I didn't know exactly what I meant, but I was thinking about Johnny's father being a drunk and his mother a selfish slob,” Ponyboy notes. In the hospital, Johnny's mother shows up to visit him, but Johnny refuses to see her: "Tell her to leave me alone. For once." This piece of evidence displays that throughout Johnny’s life, he had been repeatedly harassed and abused by his mother. Johnny is considered as “a puppy who has been kicked too many times,” proving that Johnny has had an abusive
In the novel, Ponyboy learns that life is rough all over. Ponyboy states, “Half of the hoods I know are pretty decent guys underneath all that grease, and from what I've heard, a lot of Socs are just cold-blooded mean --- but people usually go by looks,” this piece of evidence shows that Ponyboy thinks that Greasers are judged and thought of as hoods and delinquents merely by their looks. This proves that life for the Greasers is not fair. Life for the Socs is also not fair either, as Cherry says, “We have troubles you've never even heard of. You want to know something?" She looked me straight in the eye. "Things are rough all over."” By this Cherry means that even though the Socs may look like the rich kids, have nice cars and live on the nice side of town, but the Socs have it rough too in ways that Ponyboy can’t even imagine. Ponyboy learns that life is rough all over, for both the Greasers and the Socs.
LIFE ISN’T FAIR (THROUGH JOHNNY BEING ABUSED BY HIS PARENTS): …show more content…
He sees this mostly when he thinks about Johnny’s life and circumstances and his abusive parents. Ponyboy also learns how much abuse Johnny receives from his parents with his drunk father and selfish mother, “"It ain’t fair that we have all the rough breaks!" I didn't know exactly what I meant, but I was thinking about Johnny's father being a drunk and his mother a selfish slob,” Ponyboy notes. In the hospital, Johnny's mother shows up to visit him, but Johnny refuses to see her: "Tell her to leave me alone. For once." This piece of evidence displays that throughout Johnny’s life, he had been repeatedly harassed and abused by his mother. Johnny is considered as “a puppy who has been kicked too many times,” proving that Johnny has had an abusive