Frenemy In The Outsiders

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In every novel, there are characters that you connect with, dislike, or make you have goosebumps. Who would you exterminate, have as your bff, or as your frenemy from “The Outsiders”? There are many characters like Steve Randle, Ponyboy Curtis, Dallas Winston, Darry Curtis, and Sodapop Curtis. Everyone has their own opinions, but there are reasons why they would be killed, befriended, or etc. The person who you would most likely exterminate is Steve Randall, the person who would be a frenemy is Dallas Winston, and who would be a bff is Sodapop. One important key aspect is that who would be exterminated from the book, the person most likely to be exterminated would be Steve Randle. Steve Randle isn’t an important figure in the book, he only …show more content…

The best part of having him as a BFF is that he doesn’t drink alcohol and is loving and caring. "it's rare to find a kid in our neighborhood who doesn't drink once in a while. But Soda never touches a drop. He doesn't need to. He gets drunk on just plain living" ( Hinton, 8) He shows affection to his brothers and to everyone that he knows. A third key aspect, is that Dally Winston would be a frenemy because he can be nice to some people, like Ponyboy and Johnny, or he can be mean and rude to people like Cherry and Marcia. “ First of all, you didn’t join in Dally’s dirty talk, and you made him leave us alone” (Hinton, 26). Dally is cold and mean, but he cares about people this is why he could be my friend but an enemy at the same time. Ponyboy describes Dally as “cold with all the hatred in the world." Dallas is shown to be cold and mean like I mentioned before. Overall, you know who you might connect with and dislike in the Outsiders. The person who you would of pick might have been Steve Randle to be killed, Sodapop as a bff, and Dally as a frenemy. This is an opinion, others can say something different like, “ I would put Darry as a frenemy”. Both of these statements are true in a way that you may agree or

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