How To Teach Ponyboy

One of the ways that Ponyboy matured through the novel is through his friendships. One of the friendships that matured the most was Ponyboy’s friendship with Dally. When the book started Ponyboy admired Dally. Ponyboy admired that Dally was brave and risky. Dally knew what to do in every situation because he had experience from all of the times he had gotten in trouble himself. Ponyboy especially admired this when he and Johnny were in a pickle and needed help. Ponyboy then slowly throughout the novel realizes who Dally really is. “Don't you know a rumble ain't a rumble without me?” (Hinton, pg. 126). Dally is really a thief who causes trouble and isn’t trusted by many people. He is selfish and the only person he truly loved was Johnny. When Ponyboy slowly came to these realizations, I think he might have been slightly disappointed. I believe this because when you truly look up to someone and you realize their real character, you feel let down or upset at yourself. Ponyboy, even though upset, still had Dally’s back because no matter what Dally did the Greasers had each other's backs.

1.M Ponyboy walks Johnny to his house but, Johnny decides not to go in because his parents were having another argument. Johnny then decides to go to the empty lot where most of the greasers hangout for the night. Ponyboy tags along because it's not time for him to go home yet. The two boys end up falling asleep in the lot, Ponyboy wakes up suddenly two hours later and realizes he is late and is going to be in big trouble with his oldest brother when he gets home. Ponyboy runs home hoping that both of his brothers will be sound asleep but he's in for a rude awakening. Ponyboy walks into his house to find his oldest brother Darry sitting in his chair reading a news paper. Ponyboy tries to seek passed him but he sees him and puts the paper down. Darry gets up from his chair and starts yelling and Ponyboy for coming home so late and having both him and Sodapop( Ponyboy's younger older brother) worried sick. Ponyboy tries to say he's sorry but Darry continues to yell. Ponyboy begins to yell back saying that he is tired of him always yelling at him. Darry reminds Ponyboy if he can't keep control of of Pony and Soda they we both in up in a group home. Ponyboy continues to and

He is unable to control the fighting between the Socs and Greasers, but he still manages to overcome this major obstacle and conflict through his own means. Ponyboy tries to make sense of the situation by befriending a Soc named Sherry (nicknamed Cherry) Valance, whom he meets by chance in a movie theater. Ironically, Ponyboy’s actions in the movie theater are a perfect example of how Ponyboy yearns to have peace rather than war with others, and to make friends rather than enemies. Ponyboy enters the theater accompanied by Johnny and Dally, the latter of whom immediately realizes that the two girls in front of them are Socs. Because Dally believes all Socs to be enemies and jerks, he begins rapidly trash talking loudly behind them.

The fact that Sodapop doesn't know where they are hiding, and still wants to make sure that Pony and Johnny are OK, proves that he deeply cares for both Pony, and his friend Johnny. When Pony does return, it is under sad circumstances. When Johnny and Dally die, Pony becomes sick because of his grief. On page 160, Sodapop explains the events that took place when Pony was unconscious, “‘We stayed with you so much that the

Prior to Dally’s instructions, they caught a train to a ghostly town called Windrixville to hide in an abandoned creaky church. Lonely and worried, the boys patiently waited for Dally to save them when the coast is clear in their hometown on the east side of Oklahoma. A few days later, Pony and Johnny went to dairy queen in Dally’s red stolen corvair later to find their hideout in blazing morone flames. Rashly, Pony and Johnny run into the fiery chapel to rescue a cluster of tots from burning to oblivion. In the process, Dally runs to help but is soon smashed by the burning roof of the church. While the kids were not hurt, Dally and Johnny get badly injured with Dally's arm broken and Johnny covered in 3rd degree burn and a busted back. Pony is reunited to his older brothers soda and Darry as well as the rest of the gang. Pony and two-bit visit dallas and johnny soon to find out that there is gonna be a rumble and they won't have Dally to help them bruise the socs. Sadly Johnny passes out cold befor pony and two-bit even left. On their way home, they met up with cherry and chatted for awhile then went home and got ready for the rumble that night with the

Not to mention, protection is also an important and fundamental, and Sodapop and Darrel effectively take care of the young Ponyboy. In any situation they will protect the minor, even if there are gang conflicts outside of their neighborhood, the minor will be protected by his oldest brothers, and as a matter of fact, Ponyboy is in good hands with his brothers. As said in their neighborhood, "they have each others back"

Ponyboy, after the death of his friends Johnny and Dally and Bob the soc comes to some stark life revelations that Bob the soc, Dally the hardened greaser from their gang, his older brother Darry all had a tie that bonded them in some way.For instance, Ponyboy recovering from his concussion revealed to us, I had never given Bob much thought--I hadn't had time to think.But that day I wondered about him.What was he like? (pg161) Ponyboy realized that just like his unique family, Bob was a victim of his family structure and it was too late for him to change but Ponyboy still had time.Prior quotes from Ponyboy finally resolved so much of his inner conflict with his older brother Darry the first one was when he asked Sodapop, "Is Darry sorry I'm

When they are reading the book they are talking about how the soldiers were gallant, and Johnny said that Dally reminded him like the soldiers. Which Ponyboy didn’t agree he thought that Soda was more like the soldiers. “Dally was so real he scared me,” (76), he thought this because he didn’t have understanding like Soda, he didn’t have Two-Bit’s humor, he was real which scared him sometimes. Also when the fire happens when Dally comes and takes Johnny and Ponyboy to Dairy Queen. When they get back to the church it’s all in flames.  Johnny and Ponyboy go up to the church to get the little kids out which they do, but that’s when Ponyboy gets cought on fire by helping little kids. Dally puts out the fire on Ponyboy’s back knowing that it will hurt himself, and Ponyboy is wondering whether Johnny is

They took off within minutes to the hospital. Darry had his eyes staring intently at the road in an attempt to distract himself, silent tears streaming down his face. He went against his own wishes and turned his head to see Sodapop, still unconscious as Ponyboy held him in his arms. He couldn't bear to look for no more than a few

Reason number one why Ponyboy should go to foster care is because Dally and Sodapop are atrocious caregivers. They give under age children drugs, alcohol, and weapons. Dally is abusive to children. He hit Ponyboy for staying with Johnny Cade over night. They both get in fights with their gang of greasers against their rivals ,the Socs.

He finishes the list by describing the lives of his brothers, Sodapop and Darry, who work very hard to support themselves and Ponyboy (Hinton 38). Clearly, Ponyboy knows his fellow gang members very well since he is able to precisely pinpoint not only their current struggles, but how their upbringing and past experiences shaped them. The overwhelming effect created by this long list is achieved by the constant repetition of the conjunction and interrupted by the ellipses used as a technique to show where Ponyboy catches his breath. This device also allows Hinton to reveal that Pony truly worries about his friends and brothers because it is their struggles, and not his own, is what makes him so

Ponyboy shouldn't stay with Darry because he isn't very responsible and seems as if he doesn't have enough time for him nor Sodapop. For instance, Darry has to decide if whether Ponyboy should be permitted to also participate in the rumble, “Let me fight, Darry…“Well”-Darry gave in-”I guess you can”(Hinton page 135). With this in mind, Darry imperiled Ponyboy into getting injured. Darry is being careless about his brother and allows him to participate in a perilous rivalry. To make matters even worse, Ponyboy just recovered from the incident where he was trying to save some children in the fire, so he was in an unhealthy situation.

When ponyboy assumed that Darry did not want him it made a distrust between ponyboy and Darry. Ponyboy runs away from this problem it just created more problems. When pony got to the park,

Ponyboy: 14 years old narrator.Sodapop: happy-go-lucky Curtis boy.Darry: Ponyboy’s strict,oldest brother.Ponyboy went to the movie theater.Johnny was cut.Bob was drowning Ponyboy.Randy wants the parents to say no.Johnnyś the gag pet.Johnny doesn't want to die. A Lot of people were drowning Ponyboy but in the book Bob was drowning Ponyboy.

Brotherly love comes in many different ways, but in The Outsiders this connection between the Curtis family is tremendously strong and will be tested at times throughout the book. The oldest brother Darry is hard on Ponyboy at times because he tends to find trouble. Soda tries to protect him, “leave my kid brother alone you hear? Soda always takes up for me,” (Hinton,