S. E. Hinton's 'The Outsiders Nothing Gold Can Stay'

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The Outsiders is a book made by S.E. Hinton. Then there is the poem Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost. Outsiders is a book about two gangs fight but one night thing go wrong. Nothing gold can stay is about nothing can stay the way it is. I well tell the theme of the two. The theme for Outsiders chapter four is individual identity. Johnny wouldn’t hurt anything. “Johnny!” I nearly screamed.”what are we gonna do? They put people in electric chair for killing people” pg 57. This makes Johnny different from the of the gang.
Johnny has changed a lot.”Clam down ponyboy get ahold of yourself”. This shown that Johnny is more then he would of been The theme of line one and two are Empathy. Nothing gold can stay.”Nature's first green is gold”.

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