The word “Family” has a strong relation to all the characters in this story along with the theme of the story. The theme of family is a frequent theme that occurs a profusion of times. The definition of family tends to be a group of consisting parents and children living together in a household. This story goes beyond the definition. Family in this story is not necessarily blood, but of the people that grow to be your family. The sacrifices the gang went to for each other in the story are things they would only ever imagine doing for family. Darry gave up his whole life just for the sake of his brothers. It is mentioned several times in the story the quality of life Darry would have if he did not have to sacrifice all he works for, for his family. Even though Darry has to sacrifice, he would not have it any other way if he could choose. The sacrifices The lengths the gang would go to for each other shows the reader the level of loyalty they have for each other. Johnny goes to the greatest lengths for the gang in The Outsiders. Johnny sacrificed for Ponyboy time and time again. The reader sees this especially when Bob was drowning Ponyboy. Johnny would go to the lengths of killing someone for the only family he had, Ponyboy. …show more content…
I feel that Dally and Darry had the greatest passion for the others. Dally would protect the others in any situation. Dally even helped Johnny and Ponyboy leave town when they had killed someone. Dally was a fatherly figure to the younger ones, and would do anything to protect them. Darry was also very passionate about the gang, especially his brothers. Darry would do anything for his brothers. Darry had to force himself to grow up too early, for the well being of his brothers. This shows the reader Darry cares passionately about his brothers. The passion, and love the gang had for each other plays a large role in how they acted for one
He is smart, and gets good grades in school. This is purposefully mentioned several times within the story, and people tend to be surprised to learn that he is a Greaser. In addition, some Greasers are nicer than people tend to think. When the church burned down, Ponyboy and Johnny run in to save the children without a second thought. They acted with selflessness, putting the safety of the children above their own. In the ambulance on the way to the hospital, Ponyboy is asked if he and Johnny are "professional heroes". He responds by telling the entire story of how they're Greasers and Johnny is wanted for murder, shocking the man in the ambulance. It is difficult for him to believe that a group of Greasers would do something so heroic. Johnny dies as a direct result of their actions, but neither Ponyboy nor Johnny regretted what they
Dally and Johnny are similar in a way of knowing what it is like to have abusive and neglectful parents. There is no love coming from Dally’s home, which is why he does some reckless things. The neglect he faces at home affects his ability to love others. His parents do not interact with him and Dally states, “‘my old man don’t give a hang whether I’m in jail or dead in a car wreck or drunk in the gutter’” (88). Dally’s
In the book The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy, along with his brothers and friends, has to face the daily struggles of being a greaser among the Socs. This fiction book focused on Ponyboy’s life and the problems he ran into with the Socs. He and his gang of friends had fights with the Socs that happened often, and had to deal with a Soc being killed by one of the Greasers, though it was an act of self defense. The three topics addressed in this intriguing novel are the fight between rich and poor, the power of friendship, and what it means to be a hero.
Two people with two completely different characteristics have something alike. Both Dally and Johnny are mentally tough because of their parents. Johnny and Dally’s parents both do not care for them and could care less about them. For example, during Dally’s childhood he went to jail, been in a gang, and has been in many fights and his dad still would not care for him even if he won the lottery. Dally also talks about his dad's disgrace towards him in the car with Johnny and Ponyboy, “‘ Shoot, my dad don’t give a hang whether I’m in jail or dead in a car wreck or drunk in a gutter...’”(88). Dally could easily live without his dad and he does for the most part. Dally just hangs around with his friends and stays at their place. Similarly, Johnny's parents use him like a rag doll to blow off steam, “his father always beating him up”(14). The gang knows what happenes in Johnny’s house. Once Ponyboy was witnessing, “Johnny take a whipping with a two-by-four from his old man”(33). Ponyboy talks about how loud and mean Johnny's mom is and,“you can...
Darry Curtis was undeniably loyal, which is gallant. Loyalty is when you stand by someone no matter the consequence. Darry left the door open for any Greaser to walk through if they needed to because he knew that Greasers had it tough. Darry was also
The Outsiders, an enthralling novel by S.E Hinton, is an excellent story about the hardships and triumphs experienced by the Greasers and the Socs two rival gangs. S.E Hinton tells a thrilling tale about the Socs and the Greasers that are two gangs and she characterize how they live. Ponyboy, his brother and his friends have to deal with the challenges relating to their environment. The three most important topics of The Outsiders are survival, social class and family support.
If Ponyboy is a hero with sympathy in mind than his friend Johnny is a hero with sympathy in action. The first time Johnny showed his sympathy is when Dally harass the Socs girls, Cherry and Marcia. Johnny bravely stand up to Dally to everyone’s surprise. In the novel, the dialogue of Johnny and Dally showed Johnny’s
Boom! Johnny drops to the floor. Kids are screaming. This is when Johnny is a hero for the second time in the story, The Outsiders. Johnny is a hero because he saved kids from a fire and Johnny saved Pony from dying.
The legendary quote “Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold” from the renowned novel “The Outsiders” is something that I hope my children and grandchildren will have the privilege to know and understand. The Outsiders has a strong value of family and friendship. Throughout the book there are many satellite themes and issues. The book is known as a coming of age for adolescence. When I first read this book it was in my 8th grade Language Arts class. The first thing that came to my mind was “hey, isn’t that the movie with that Cruise guy”. I had no clue that the story of Ponyboy Curtis would touch my heart in such a way. I had been going through so much that year, I felt as if I was Ponyboy. Middle school starts were kids finally come to a realization of
Johnny says a lot of times in the book that his parents do not care about him and even the whole gang knows that his parents are mean to him. Pony once says “His father was always beating him up, and his mother ignored him, except when she was hacked off at something then you could hear her yelling at him clear down at our house.” (12). Clearly Ponyboy just told us that Johnny's mother and father yell at Johnny and are abusive towards him. Dally also has this problem with his parents telling the reader that “Shoot my old man dont give a hang whether i'm in jail or dead in a car wreck or drunk in the gutter.” (88) Dally clearly just told the reader his parents do not care about him very much. Therefore Johnny and Dally are extremely similar but also very
...n they are in the hospital when Johnny, Ponyboy and Dally return from Windrixville and Johnny is dying. Ponyboy realizes that Darry does actually care about him; he is just strict because he wants him to be better. At that point Ponyboy thinks that everything is going to be all right because he understands Darry now, but it just goes back to normal with all of the arguing. Finally Sodapop steps in after Dally dies and everyone is sad and feeling helpless. He tells Darry and Ponyboy to promise to never argue again because he doesn’t like it, and they agree. All of these conflicts in the novel “The Outsiders” started with Darry hitting Ponyboy in the face. This lead to many different relationship problems between the Curtis brothers and three deaths that made the relationship very strong.
Out of all of the members of the gang Johnny and Ponyboy were the closest, because they were the youngest and also they were not as tough as the other boys. After Ponyboy got in a fight with Darry about being late at getting home, Ponyboy ran to the lot and told Johnny that they were running away. Without hesitation the two boys took off running. Johnny needed no explanation. He had a rough life at home and without the support from the gang he may have already killed himself. Johnny just wanted to be there and support his friend like they had been supporting him through everything. At many points throughout the novel Ponyboy teaches or shows Johnny something new. “You know Johnny said slowly “I never noticed colors and clouds and stuff until you kept, reminding me about them. It seems like they were never there before” (Hinton,78). When Johnny says that to Ponyboy is gives readers a glimpse of how Johnny having Ponyboy in his life makes it better. Another key point of their friendship in the novel is after Johnny kills the Soc. This is a key point because they run off to Jay Mountain to hide from the police and while they are there they discover more about each other and themselves. The boys are at that church for about a week before Dally came to check in on them and while they were inside that church they read Gone with the Wind. As they read Gone with the Wind they started to make connections
In the story the The Outsiders the two characters Johnny and Dally have many similarities and one is that the gang is their family. The gang is Dally’s family because after he dies the judge asks Darry if Dally was a good friend of theirs and Darry says’”yes sir”’(168). Darry said that Dally was a good friend of theirs. When the judge asked Sodapop and the rest of the gang they said the same exact thing. Similarly,in the beginning of Ponyboy says that the gang is Johnny's only family. “If it hadn’t been for the gang, Johnny would never have known what love and
In The Outsiders it is given that through faith and devotion to one another Ponyboy and the gang use their close friendship in troublesome situations for instance when Johnny tells Ponyboy “i had to” he does this as an act of loyalty to Ponyboy to show him that he can trust him no matter what situation they are in. Most of the story is told from first person or Ponies perspective which shows us without exception every aspect of the story. When Johnny dies at the end of the book Ponyboy only then realizes the importance of him, and the gangs need for someone like Johnny to give them a sense of purpose after mentioning “we couldn't get along without him . We needed Johnny as much as he needed the gang.” Throughout all of Ponyboys hardships Johnny was always there to support him even when Ponyboy wanted to run away after darry slapped him, he never asked any questions.
A quote I would say that supports my answer is "I was crazy, you know that kid? Crazy for wantin' Johnny to stay outta trouble, for not wantin' him to get hard. If he'd been like me he'd never have been in this mess. If he'd got smart like me he would have never run into that church. That's What you get for helping people."(147) Mainly this describes how much dally cares for Johnny. How if Johnny would have been a little meanier and stronger he wouldn't be dying. "We ran through the lobby and crowded past people into the elevator. Several people yelled at us, I think because we were so racked-up looking, but Dally had nothing on his mind but Johnny." (147) This quote shows he cares for johnny and he doesnt want anything to every happen to him , and right niw he's in a rock in a hard place because he knows whats going to happen to johnny."Tell dally it's worth it.Im just going to miss you guys. Ive been thinking aboit it, that poem, that guy that wrote it, he meant you're gold when your a kid, like green. When you're a kideverythings new, dawn. Its just when you get used to everything that its day. Like the wsy you dig sunsets, pony.