Pony

The Outsiders S.E. Hinton’s novel, The Outsiders takes place in 1960’s Tulsa, Oklahoma where the town is separated into Socs and Greasers. Ponyboy, a young greaser, is a young boy who is still considered innocent. However, after Pony witnesses one of his friend’s murder a soc, his life changes forever. He must grow up and mature after a series of unfortunate events. One theme the novel suggest is to cherish your innocence, before it’s too late. In chapter 4, Ponyboy and Johnny realized they…

lives alone with his two brothers Darry and Sodapop because his parents were killed in an accident. All three of the boys are greasers or hoods. The brothers are at risk of being separated because Pony got into some trouble with the law. Many people believe the brothers should stay together, others think Pony and Soda should be put into a boys home. This essay is the side that the brothers should stay together. There are many reasons the brothers should stay together, Soda, Darry and the rest…

novel, Pony is a little kid with long greaser hair and plays a role of a outsider of the gang. When the conflict begins, the relationship between he and Darry is still very intense. As the story goes on, he and Johnny kill a soc. Before Pony and Johnny kill the soc, Darry punched Pony which is the climax of the conflict. The problem Pony needs to face is a homicide, he felt lost and almost collapse. In the sibling conflict, Darry feel sorry for the punch. After the problem has been solved, Pony…

is extremely brave. Ponyboy was courageous when he decided to run away to Windrixville with Johnny. Pony was innocent, his friend was not. He could have stayed back and let Johnny face the consequences for killing the Soc alone. He risked putting himself in danger by going with Johnny. But, Pony knew that Johnny had protected him so he was not going to betray him. After the stay in Windrixville, Pony, Johnny, and Dally noticed that the church had caught fire and rushed back to see what had…

is always one character that sticks out from the others, and that character is, Johnny Cade. Johnny was the character people would least expect to be the hero of the story, he was nice, helped others, and even saved someone's life! But others like Pony and Dally can be considered heroes just for willing to help others if needed. But Johnny did more than just help others and be nice, he was a hero. Johnny Cade was the kid who was scared of everything, shy, and small. He made all of the Greasers…

beyond the boundaries of a Soc or Greaser. It’s easy to see that the Greasers would be the outsiders of the story. One example was when Ponyboy was at school in biology. He took out a switchblade to dissect a worm since the knife wouldn’t cut. Pony didn’t consider this to be a strange or awkward notation in any way since it was a normal thing for him, but for the Socs, it was totally different. One of the Soc girls near him noticed and automatically assumed that he was a…

The street light is on, buzzing as the quiet sound of crickets echoed in the night. Pony boy and Johnny are talking. The two are best friends then the rival gang shows up, everything then goes downhill from there. The author S.E Hinton provides a great motivational, and exciting story about a group of boys, in particular I chose Pony Boy and Johnny who are both best friends, one night something happens between the ‘’greasers’’ and the ‘’socs’’ which causes the two to only have themselves and…

He keeps Pony in line; he is constantly looking out for him. “On school nights I could hardly leave the house” (Hinton 21). Darry is determined that Pony excels in school so he can become successful in the way Darry could not. Noticing their relationship is delicate, Darry refers to Pony with nicknames, hoping this will help Pony realize he is trying to do better. “‘Maybe you could be a little neater, huh, little buddy?’” (Hinton 174). Pony notices that Darry does love him…

aggravate them like Dallas. They would also expect all greasers to aggravate them and Johnny and Ponyboy didn’t so they wouldn’t recognise them as greasers. One thing that Cherry and Pony have in common with each other is that the both don’t like fights. They also both don’t purposely try to annoy or aggravate other people. Pony is very disappointed as he told Cherry Sodapop is a ‘dropout. 11. Why is Dallas surprised when Johnny tells him to leave her alone? Dallas is surprised when Johnny…

the novel, Summer of the Monkeys, by Wilson Rawls, Jay Berry Lee, the protagonist, is determined to find the lost monkeys, to get the reward money. This is because, the prize money can help his sister, Daisy, with her twisted leg, and Jay could get a pony and a “.22” gun, something he has wanted for a very long time. First of all, Jay can use the reward money to help fix his sister’s twisted leg. Daisy, Jay’s sister, was born with a leg that was all twisted up. The only way to fix it was to see…