The Outsiders Book Report Essay

Choo choooo. Choo choooo. SMACK! Weee Wooh. Wee Whooh. Imagine losing both your parents to a train. They were just driving around, when their car stalled on the tracks. Right then their car stalled, the train couldn’t stop. Your family’s care is parted into two, swung out into the trees only a matter of seconds. In the book, “The Outsiders,” that just happened to come into a boy’s life. A boy named Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy went through many challenges after his parents passing. He had to learn to never walk alone when he went to go somewhere, like to the movies or to home. One day Ponyboy and his best friend Johnny were walking around the park to cool down before they went back home. Some rich kids with a blue mustangs and madras stepped

This boy hadn’t quite came to the point that Darry only was harsh on him was because he cared for him and his future. Darry had thought that Ponyboy could’ve done better and since he had good grades that he should be able to have at least a little bit of common sense. Ponyboy had thought that Darry was tough on him because he hated him. What would’ve done if you were in Ponyboy’s position? Ponyboy’s other older brother, Sodapop tried to emphasize throughout the book that Darry was only harsher on him because he cares for him. It wasn’t til further in the story, one late night when Darry and Ponyboy had been arguing with each other. Not soon into the argument the two had been trying to make Sodapop pick a side, so in that matter Soda storms out of the house. Pony and Darry chased him until they were able to stop him. Sodapop started to explain what they each were doing when they were arguing, mainly why they were arguing. After that event Pony starts to look at Darry at a different angle, realizing why Darry yells at him and Darry was so tough on him. I furthermore believe that helped Ponyboy and Darry to grow as