Straight Facts Show: It’s the Greasers.
“You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear.”-Sherlock Holmes Who can you trust the Greasers or the Socials? In the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton the main character Ponyboy (Pony) and his Greaser group encounter many dilemmas throughout the text. They run away, start and rumble and even lead two friends to death. Who started it? Well “...when you have eliminated all which is impossible…”-Sherlock Holmes the turmoil and other heartbreaking occurrences were the Greaser’s fault. Of the many incidents that happen in the text, there are two major events that happen proceeding a catastrophic battle which leaves some characters severely injured and/or dead. First of all, there is a church …show more content…
Johnny’s death also ended the life of Dally. “‘Oh, damnit, Johnny, don't die, please don't die…’ He suddenly bolted through the door and down the hall”(127), then after getting the cops attention he allows the cops to shoot him. Associated with the start of the Church fire, and the death of Johnny things start to become a chain reaction of the Greasers doing. First the church fire was Johnny and Pony’s fault for endangering the children, then the church fire caused Johnny death and finally the death of Johnny caused by the Greasers (Pony, Johnny and Dally) forces Dally to go full out worthless in his mind. Since the Greasers rule states to stick up for each other, the result of Johnny’s death makes Dally feel he has no use of living since he did not live to his purpose which was to protect members in the gang. Secondly, after slaughtering a Soc, both johnny and Pony elude the cops to avoid coincidences. Johnny thinks “‘I got a good chance of bein' let off easy,’ Johnny said desperately, and I didn't know if it was Dally he was trying to convince or himself. ‘I ain't got no record with the fuzz and it was self-defense. Ponyboy and Cherry can testify to that. And I don't aim to stay in that church all my life.’”(74) and then adds “Would you rather have me living in hide-outs for the rest of my life, always on the run?”(77). This shows that even running and hiding was a worse choice since either way they still end up going back and it would have been easier if they stayed and not run because, they wouldn’t be charged for eluding the police in hopes to stay “safe”. They still could be “left off easy” without the regret and hastel of debating whether or not to go
“You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear.”-Sherlock Holmes Who can you trust the Greasers or the Socials? In the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton the main character Ponyboy (Pony) and his Greaser group encounter many dilemmas throughout the text. They run away, start and rumble and even lead two friends to death. Who started it? Well “...when you have eliminated all which is impossible…”-Sherlock Holmes the turmoil and other heartbreaking occurrences were the Greaser’s fault. Of the many incidents that happen in the text, there are two major events that happen proceeding a catastrophic battle which leaves some characters severely injured and/or dead. First of all, there is a church …show more content…
Johnny’s death also ended the life of Dally. “‘Oh, damnit, Johnny, don't die, please don't die…’ He suddenly bolted through the door and down the hall”(127), then after getting the cops attention he allows the cops to shoot him. Associated with the start of the Church fire, and the death of Johnny things start to become a chain reaction of the Greasers doing. First the church fire was Johnny and Pony’s fault for endangering the children, then the church fire caused Johnny death and finally the death of Johnny caused by the Greasers (Pony, Johnny and Dally) forces Dally to go full out worthless in his mind. Since the Greasers rule states to stick up for each other, the result of Johnny’s death makes Dally feel he has no use of living since he did not live to his purpose which was to protect members in the gang. Secondly, after slaughtering a Soc, both johnny and Pony elude the cops to avoid coincidences. Johnny thinks “‘I got a good chance of bein' let off easy,’ Johnny said desperately, and I didn't know if it was Dally he was trying to convince or himself. ‘I ain't got no record with the fuzz and it was self-defense. Ponyboy and Cherry can testify to that. And I don't aim to stay in that church all my life.’”(74) and then adds “Would you rather have me living in hide-outs for the rest of my life, always on the run?”(77). This shows that even running and hiding was a worse choice since either way they still end up going back and it would have been easier if they stayed and not run because, they wouldn’t be charged for eluding the police in hopes to stay “safe”. They still could be “left off easy” without the regret and hastel of debating whether or not to go