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In the novel, Ponyboy describes Darry as a father to him, because he took him and Soda in when their parents died. An example of that is: "It seems funny to me that he should look just exactly like my father and act exactly the opposite from him. My father was only forty when he died and he looked twenty five and a lot of people thought Darry and Dad were brothers instead of father and son". (Page 6)
S.E Hinton is a great author in many ways, one of the ways is indirect characterization. On page 68, she writes,"Darry's cooking breakfast, and in a minute he and Soda will come in and drag me out of bed and wrestle me down and tickle me until I think I'll die if they don't stop. It's me and Soda's turn ti do the dishes after we eat, and then we'll all go outside and play football." This shows that Darry, Soda and Pony are really close and that they care for each other in a lovable way.
There's always a type of conflict in a novel/story, and the main one in The Outsiders would have to be between the Socs and the Greasers. It was pretty obvious because Johnny had killed Robert, and later on they had the rumble between the two gangs. At the start of the novel, page 5, it says,"'Need a haircut Greaser?' The medium-sized blond pulled a knife out of his back pocket and flipped the blade open."
The Outsiders takes place in a city by the name of Tulsa, Oklahoma (OK). The boys live on the poverty-stricken east side of Tulsa. Another place the novel takes place is a town nearby Tulsa - Windrixville Oklahoma. Johnny and Pony had escaped to the old church on the hill in Windrixville, that's where the fire that killed Johnny happened.
The character I could relate to the most was Johnny because he had to make sacrifices. For example, when the kids were in the fire, he sacrificed his life for the ones that were in danger.
Symbolism is sometimes an object or a phrase used to represent another thing. For example, on page 77 the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is written. They later use the poem when Johnny is on his death bed, seconds before he dies, telling Pony to "stay gold" (Page 148). The real meaning behind the phrase "stay gold" is a symbol for nothing lasts forever, that you have to let things go sometimes. And that refers to Johnny, because he dies.
The subject matter of this novel can vary on opinion, such as mine and yours. I believe that the theme of The Outsiders is: Everyone is human, and equal, and nothing lasts forever. The reasons why I picked those two for theme is because on page 115 Pony says,"'Greaser' didn't have anything to do with it. My buddy over there wouldn't have done it. Maybe you would have done the same thing, maybe a friend of yours wouldn't have. It's the individual."
Would there have been peace between the Greasers and the Socs if the boys hadn't died? Short answer - No. Reason why is because Hinton showed us from the start of the novel that there is conflict between the two characterized groups. Page 5 - Socs drive to Pony, targeting him as he walks from the movies. "'Hey, grease,' one said in an over-friendly voice. 'We're gonna do you a favor, greaser. We're gonna cut all that long greasy hair off.'' From personal experiences, and knowledge, first impressions are the best impressions. Starting of the novel to Pony being jumped doesn't give off a good first impression that Socs and Greasers get along. Also, on top of that it states in the text,"I about decided I didn't like it so much, though, when I spotted that red Corvair trailing me. I was almost two blocks from home then, so I started walking a little faster. I had never been jumped, but I had seen Johnny after four Socs got a hold of him, and it wasn't pretty. Johnny was sixteen then."