Stay Gold In The Outsiders

In the book, “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton, I think “Stay Gold” means don't be the rest and stand out. I also think that “Stay Gold” means that don't be a follower, and its okay to be you than to be someone that people think of you. Just because others labeled you as something, doesn’t mean that’s how you should act. Just like PonyBoy, even though he is a Greaser, he can still act whatever way he wants to be, and does not have to be a typical gang member or troublemaker that everyone thinks that's how Greaser act. It also kind of relates to their social class, just how everyone thinks the Socs are perfect, bullies, rich, etc. but most people don't know how they feel inside. PonyBoy was just one not-respected, troublemaker hoodlum, but turns out that in the story that he was just some lost kid that became a hero. …show more content…
Stay gold…”(148). This was one of the important parts in the story because this is when the character Johnny dies while telling PonyBoy that message. When Johnny was dying in the hospital, PonyBoy said,” Yeah, they're calling you a hero now and heroizin’ all the greasers...They're still writing editorials about you in the paper, for being a hero and all.”(148). Now, they were running/hiding away from killing a character named Bob, but they found out the church they were living in was burning with kids inside. A typical hoodlum would have just ran to save themselves, but Johnny/PonyBoy came to the rescue to save those children from the fire, and they knew that they are risking their lives. Everyone is now giving justice to the greasers from that incident, just because some of the greasers chose to be the person they want to which is helping others in that life/death