Soda And Darry In The Outsiders

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In the novel The Outsiders, the main character, Ponyboy lives with his two older brothers: Sodapop and Darry. If you’ve read the book, Soda and Darry might seem like polar opposites, but they do, in fact, share many common characteristics. Sodapop and Darry. Yin and Yang. Fire and Ice. Ponyboy’s two older brothers are opposites that attract.

Let’s first examine what makes these two so distinctive from one another. They are different in their appearances, their personalities, occupations, and their relationships with Ponyboy. Soda has light-gold hair, dark brown eyes, and a slim build while Darry has dark brown hair, pale blue-green icy eyes, and a very muscular build. Soda has a reputation for being happy-go-lucky and always smiling. On

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