Point-Of-View Narrative Analysis

Suddenly it was deathly quiet. We had all frozen. Nobody in the family had ever hit me. ”(50) . This heightened Ponyboy’s fear of Darry.

“Oh, damnit Johnny, don’t die, please don’t die…”” Ponyboy used to think of Dally of this strong guy, who didn’t care about anything or anyone, but after the scene, Ponyboy realizes that he has feelings, he has a soft spot and he cares about

Johnny shocks Dally by telling him he wants to go back home and confess to his crime. Dally tries to change Johnny’s mind, convincing him not to because if he does he will be going to prison and dally doesn’t want Johnny to see him in prison. Johnny is points out that his own parents would not care what ever happens to him, but Ponyboy’s brothers care about him and don’t want to see him like that. Swearing under his breath, Dally begins to drive Johnny and Ponyboy home. As they drive past the church where Ponyboy and Johnny had been staying, they see that it is on fire. Ponyboy thinks he and Johnny must have started the fire with a cigarette butt, so the boys jump out of the car to check out the fire. When Ponyboy wakes, he is in an ambulance,

Ponyboy is a thoughtful character. In one instance, Ponyboy is with Johnny hiding from the police in an old church in the country. Ponyboy woke up earlier than normal, went to the front of the church, and sat down on the steps to watch the sunrise. While he is watching, Johnny comes up behind him, startling him by commenting on how pretty the sunrise was. He also mentioned

"Get the keys to the truck, we're going to the hospital. Hurry," Darry quickly responded, putting quite an emphasis on the word 'hurry'. He took Sodapop, who was as limp as a ragdoll into his arms, cradling him protectively against his chest. He wasn't going to take any chances, his brother needed to stay alive. The world around Darry seemed to have some dream-like quality because the next thing he knew he was placing Soda into the back seat as Pony took the seat next to him, still in tears.

Ponyboy is restricted to bed rest for a week after he wakes up after the brawl and Dally’s death. He finds a picture of Bob the Soc in Sodapop’s high school yearbook. Bob’s smile reminds him of Sodapop’s and concludes that Bob was cocky, hot-tempered, frightened, and human. Randy arrives at the house to talk to Ponyboy and does not think about Pony’s feelings They talk about the hearing scheduled for the next day. Ponyboy deliriously says that he killed Bob himself and that Johnny is still alive. Darry asks Randy to leave. After the hearing, Ponyboy becomes detached and depressed. Mr. Syme, Ponyboy’s English teacher, says that Ponyboy is failing and he can raise his grade to a C by writing an outstanding theme on a topic of his choice. The next day at lunch, Ponyboy goes to the grocery store with Steve and Two-Bit for candy bars and Cokes and they almost get into a fight with some Socs. Ponyboy threats them with a broken glass bottle, which worries Steve and Two-Bit. They are relieved when Ponyboy bends down to pick up the broken glass, not wanting anyone to get a flat tire. Later Darry and Ponyboy fight, which make Sodapop run out of the house because he can't take it anymore and they are tearing him apart. The brothers makeup and race back home. Ponyboy finds a note from Johnny telling him to stay gold. Ponyboy decides that he wants to tell the story of his friends.

Ponyboy’s decision to run away after being slapped opens Darry’s eyes to the fact that he could have lost his baby brother: “[Ponyboy] could hear the sobs racking him as he fought to keep back the tears. ‘Oh, Pony, I thought we’d lost you...like we did Mom and Dad’”(98). Darry exposes his vulnerable side to Ponyboy when he cries in front of him and expresses his fear of losing another person that he loved. Darry realizes he made Pony feel like an unimportant member of the family, and makes sure that Ponyboy understands that he is loved so much. Darry begins to make immediate changes to himself to himself in fear of losing Ponyboy.

In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy is introduced and develops from a shy person into more of a tough-skinned, mature young man and starts getting along with his brother, Darry, more often and helping people with their problems while dealing with his through his journey trying to escape the war the Greasers and the Socs are having. The Outsiders is a novel about Ponyboy and his gang going through a war the Greaser and the Socs are having while also going through their own problems in their lives. One part of the novel that shows Ponyboy is developing more of a tough-skinned person is when he wakes up after being in a coma for three days and has a thought that maybe he didn’t call for Darry while he was delirious. Hinton writes, “Something

Dally eventually comes and visits the boys, who are both convinced that they should return home. Dally submits and takes both of the boys out to eat; when they return to the abandoned church, they find it has been set on fire and a bunch of school children are trapped inside. Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dallas all rush in to save the kids, resulting in Ponyboy being knocked out. When he wakes up, Ponyboy is in the hospital along with Dally and Johnny. He finds out that everybody is all right, except for Johnny, who is in critical condition. After he and Dally are released from the hospital and win victory in a rumble with the Socials, they return to the hospital to dolefully find that Johnny has passed away. Dally darts out of the hospital in a fit of rage and is later shot by the police after being caught robbing a grocery store. Ponyboy is devastated, and soon begins to lose his mind until his English teacher assigns the class to write an essay about something meaningful. Ponyboy decides to write about the events that recently happened to him in hopes that it could make a

They through him to the ground and said “ You need a haircut greaser?” They had cut him a couple of times and threaten to kill him. PonyBoy at that moment did not know if he was going to live or die. Surprisingly the socs got up and ran. PonyBoy was confused until he felt darry pick him up.

Ponyboy and Johnny react with surprise to the fact that Cherry Valance has beenacting as a spy for the Greasers. Dally explains that Cherry approached theGreasers in the vacant lot and said that she felt guilty for the whole mess, andthat she "would testify that the Socs were drunk and looking for a fight and thatyou fought back in self-defense." He says that it's pretty apparent Cherry hateshim, but Ponyboy knows it's because she's afraid of falling for him that she acts socold.After they chat a little bit about the church and the country, Johnny announcesthat they are turning themselves in. He explains that he has no record, so he has agood chance of "bein' let off easy," and that he won't say Dally helped them at all.He thinks it's unfair

As I realized that Ponyboy was not at home, I started thinking of the worst. What had happened to my innocent and little brother? He has never been outside the house for such a long time. I thought of a clock going tick-tock forever and never stopping for a long and dragging eternity. Oh no Ponyboy, where are you? I’m going to hurt every arrogant and spruced up soc I thought.

I often think about what I would do if I never began to pursue my art. Would I be as creative? I began making art my main focus during my sophomore year of high school. Before that, I believed I was going to go into the science field. Not only did it become my main focus, but it was my escape from the struggles in my life, and my coping mechanism to handle my depression and anxiety, as cliche as it seems.

When I was in middle school I decided that I wanted an Ipod for listening to music in school. When I got home I asked my mom if she could go on the computer to see what the prices for an Ipod were. She looked it up on the apple store and told me they were anywhere from $200 to $400 depending on which one you got. So for the next year I saved up enough money to get it. To this day I still have that Ipod and it does not have one scratch unlike most people who have had theres given to them. I believe that we should not beg for things; if we want something get it yourself.

Hiding the truth will never help because the truth sets one free. In the fall of 2016, I started to drive more often. I would usually prioritize safety in my driving due to my current girlfriend at the time being in an accident from reckless driving. While driving down Baltimore Ave I crashed my silver Honda Civic for the first time. The clouds were out and little flakes fell from the air making the world looking like a snow globe. I was heading to a lake nearby to take picture but I couldn’t image what would happen next. My car began to slid and I couldn’t control it which resulted in me hitting a guard rail and scratching the whole side of my car. Crashing my car resulted in self-guilt, lost in trust, and use of money to fix my car.