Loyalty In The Outsiders

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The human race has many important traits, but loyalty is one of the most important traits that we have, and in any type of relationship you need loyalty for it to be real and survive. In the song “locked Away” by R city tells us about the importance of loyalty and being real when things are not easy or the best that they have ever been. Throughout the song he keeps asking this girl that he loves if she would stay if he showed her all of his flaws, would she stay and still be loyal? He stresses the importance of honesty and loyalty with repetition throughout the entire song asking her over and over if I wasn't rich, handsome, and strong enough, would you still be here with me ? Most people at some point in their life have felt the fear of losing …show more content…

The way Hinton's sets up the characters' personalities in the beginning of the story is amazing. The characters Ponyboy, Dally, Johnny, Darry, and Sodapop all bring it together throughout the book showing their growth and revealments of who they are and are becoming. Ponyboy isn’t street smart, he doesn't use his head, and that's what makes Darry how he is. He, darry, forfeited college, works two jobs, and always is on Ponyboys back because he wants him to have a good life. Even though the Curtis brothers are going to stick together it doesn't stop ponyboy from being afraid of what will happen when johnny and him come back. He’s afraid that they won’t love him anymore. He’s afraid Darry won't want him, and that soda pop would be ashamed of him. Johnny and Ponyboy both had to bleach and cut their hair,and now they’re afraid they won’t be socially accepted back into the gang because now they look like socs. Dally he’s just scared for Johnny he doesn’t want him to get hurt, because even though dally has the gang johnny was really the only thing that dally had ever loved. Dally was always had his wall up. Him against the world. He didn't want to world to touch him or anyones else. He didn’t see the good, but johnny made him see it and johnny saw the good in him when no one else saw it. They were all afraid that if they messed up, and showed their flaws no one

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