Three Diverse Characters In 'The Outsiders'

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Three Diverse Characters

In The Outsiders, there are favorited and hated characters throughout the story. Cherry would be the perfect BFF, Ponyboy would be a frenemy, and Dally would be exterminated. Cherry is everything you’d want in a friend, Ponyboy has superior and inferior sides, and Dally is 100 percent shoddy. Introductory, Cherry would be the ideal BFF because she’s a kind and brave young woman. Cherry wasn’t afraid to socialize with the greasers and she helped them out by being a spy for them. Cherry is the ultimate role model because of these traits. Succeeding, Ponyboy is definitely a frenemy type. He’s kind to friends and cares for them. When Johnny was in the hospital, Ponyboy visited Johnny many times and when Johnny died,

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